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A senior Cardinal called on young Christians to become “martyrs”
Cardinal Robert Sarah warned of the "dangers of pornography", swiped at Irish abortion rights reform and said the UN was "decisive" in creating a Satanic world.
SPAD accused of groping is actually a feminist, says former cabinet member
Richard Holden, 32, an aide to former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, denies sexually assaulting the woman at a party
Watch: The Boris Johnson prank in full
Boris Johnson became the latest victim of infamous Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus after the duo called pretending to be the new prime minister of Armenia. The Foreign Secretary congratulated the caller on his election success before going on to discuss highly sensitive topics such as UK-Russia relations, the Salisbury poisoning and Syria. According to the latest reports the hoax callers talked to Alan Duncan first, and his private office gave them a number for the Foreign Secretary on his recommendation. After congratulating...
Pair of Columbine obsessed teenagers conspired school terror plot
The pair, both 15, plotted to carry out a 'Columbine'-style massacre' attack
Winter weasel being wiped out by predators because global warming has melted snow
A decade long study found numbers of the adorable creature have halved because of fewer days of snow cover.
6 in 10 workers still haven’t received GDPR training
6 in 10 workers still haven’t received GDPR training despite looming deadline, according to new figures Almost half employees also said they didn’t think firm’s data was secure in time for deadline. A new study released today has found that 43% of UK office workers still believe there is data in their organisation that isn’t secure, with 6 out of 10 (59%) office workers admitting they haven’t been given training on how to deal with the new GDPR regulations. Office...
Corbyn says GPs are “leaving the profession in despair” & workforce falling 50% in most deprived areas
During yesterday’s PMQs Jeremy Corbyn highlighted the amount of family doctors who are leaving the profession. Worryingly he said that these essential medical staff are “leaving the profession in despair” at the pressures of the profession. Mr Corbyn said that four thousand GPs “have retired early in the past five years – that’s one in ten.” Alongside this large reduction in GP numbers, a survey also reported that almost 17 per cent of GPs have had to turn down patients...
Almost half the population of Britain will be clinically obese within 30 years
A study also forecasts that almost a quarter of the world's population will be obese by 2045 - and one in eight will have type 2 diabetes
Rees Mogg says MPs should respect their constituents’ vote on Brexit
Jacob Rees Mogg has told his fellow MPs to respect their constituents' vote on Brexit, despite his area of Bath and North East Somerset voting overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union. The outspoken MP says the Conservative Central Office has launched "an effective campaign to hold to account MPs whose constituents voted leave but seek to stop Brexit". But he made no account of any action against MPs whose constituents voted remain but are pushing for a hard split...