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Child abuse inquiry hears shock claims of ‘collusion’ to hide truth about Home Office and council ‘hellholes’
Child abuse survivors who grew up in 'hellholes' run by the Home Office and other institutions have been 'ignored', their 'complaints and accounts sidelined', the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales (IICSA) heard today. The Home Office, local authorities, their insurance companies, police and social workers who disbelieved abused children, all came under fire. The inquiry set up by Theresa May as Home Secretary heard how these institutions had all failed shockingly to protect many of...
Has baldness finally been cured?
A drug developed to treat brittle bones could cure baldness, suggests a new study. Researchers found that the drug, originally designed as a treatment for osteoporosis, has a "dramatic stimulatory effect" on human hair follicles donated by patients undergoing hair transplantation surgery. Currently only two drugs - minoxidil and finasteride - are available for treatment of male-pattern balding. But both those medications have side effects, and often produce disappointing hair regrowth results. The only other option available to patients is...
Thieves ‘putting lives at risk’ with spate of tower block firefighting equipment thefts
Police have revealed that 11 tower blocks were targeted in a city centre in April
This term “will be the toughest the Conservatives have faced in Wandsworth”
The term 2018-22 will be one of the toughest the Conservatives have faced in Wandsworth, Councillor Ian Lewer says. Following a shock win the Deputy Mayor for the borough predicts that the next four years are likely to be some of the most challenging that the party has faced in its now 40 year rule. Aside from having to manage a council with the lowest majority since 1986, "the number of issues facing the authority are huge and complex," Lewer said....
RUBBISH POWER – Green-fingered dad invents washing machine-sized incinerator that turns rubbish and food waste into fuel
The Home Energy Resources Unit, or HERU, generates enough power to heat a home for a day
Could motorists soon face a roadside breath test for drugs as well as drink?
A chemical sensing chip has been developed that detects cocaine "within minutes."
‘Appallingly cynical’ Tories win key council seat by reinstating racist post councillor
Q: When is it OK for Conservative councillors to post racist jokes about “brown” people being “lazy” “dogs”? A: When reinstating them helps Tories win a local council. LOL As certain disgruntled Labour Party figures join Conservatives and much of the media in portraying a Labour council victory (Labour up 77 to 2,350 councillors as Tories lose 33 councillors – down to 1,332 - see below) as a shameful defeat. And Jeremy Corbyn’s enemies line up to blame him for...
Machete seized off schoolboy after Trump London ‘war zone’ knife crime speech
Police say the youngster was involved in a knife fight with other youths in Camden, north London
Donald Trump compares London hospital to warzone in this bizarre speech to the NRA
President Trump mocks Paris terrorist outrage and tells NRA crowd that London hospital is like a "war zone" for stabbing wounds because of guns regulations at National Rifle Association convention. After another difficult week for Donald Trump, another lawyer resigning amid more revelations about Robert Mueller’s Russian probe and his pay off of porn star Stormy Daniels, the President took the opportunity to indulge some of his favourite topics in this rambling speech in front of the supportive audience of...