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BBC sacks Dr Phil Hammond for vow to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg
Broadcaster, doctor and vocal NHS campaigner Dr Phil Hammond announced on Tuesday that he would stand as a candidate for the National Health Action Party (NHA) in North East Somerset where Rees-Mogg is currently MP. Just hours later he tweeted that he had been fired from his Saturday mid-morning show on BBC Radio Bristol. The physician and health campaigner who has made never made a secret of his politics, thanked his team and listeners. https://twitter.com/drphilhammond/status/1031984648145051655 https://twitter.com/drphilhammond/status/1031989829368795136 The health campaigner tweeted that...
Gang film themselves attacking prisoner at scandal-hit HMP Birmingham
The mobile phone clip came to light as the G4S-run jail was taken over by the government after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis".
Aye-ayes split from lemurs in Africa before both made their ways to Madagascar
Retells story of how these unique creatures colonised the Island
TV doctor hopes to steal Jacob Rees-Mogg’s seat in next election
Dr Phil Hammond will stand as a candidate for the National Health Action Party (NHA) in North East Somerset, he said on Twitter
Sixteen men jailed as part of drugs crackdown hoped to bring “long term” reduction of violent crime in London
It is the "first wave" of court sentences for heroin and crack cocaine offences after hundreds of officers raided more than 50 addresses.
Watch – Brazen fly-tippers dump a MILE’S worth of rubbish along a single country lane
Huge piles of waste have been callously dumped along a 2,000 yard stretch of road in Sawley, Derbys.
Woman, 29, questioned over fatal stabbing of pensioner in South East London
Leroy 'Junior' Edwards, 66, was knifed to death at a property in Catford, south east London
PhD boffin set to be one of richest men in Britain after his company is sold for £625million
Harry Destecroix, 31, set up Ziylo while studying for his doctorate - and the firm could revolutionise the treatment of diabetes
No Deal Brexit now an odds-on reality
Dominic Raab returns to Brussels today with the odds against him sealing a Brexit deal before the 29th March 2019 deadline. Bookies are now 8/11 for a Hard Brexit and the odds on a second referendum on EU membership are shortening drastically too. It’s now 2/1 from 7/2 for Brits to have a second chance to cast their vote on the country’s future relationship with Europe before the end of 2019, while it’s evens with the leading online bookmaker for Raab...