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Major cities running out of water is becoming the new normal according to The Climate Council. From 1st February residents in Cape Town will be allowed to use no mare than 13.2 gallons of drinking water a day in an effort to avoid "Day Zero." If "Day Zero" does arrive, many people would have to go to collection points guarded by security forces for a daily ration of 6.6 gallons. Taps are expected to run dry on April 12th in the...

@BenGelblum The economy will grow more slowly outside the EU even if the UK manages to strike a final deal with Brussels reveals a leaked government report on the different Brexit scenarios. The nation’s income would be 5 % lower in 15 years time with a free trade agreement with the EU. It will be 8% lower if the UK departs from EU regulations in a no deal scenario. And 2% lower if Britain manages to keep single market membership....

Every single disabled person receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is to have their claim reviewed, the Department for Work and Pensions has admitted in an embarrassing climbdown set to cost the tax payer an estimated £3.7billion. A total of 1.6 million claimants of the main disability benefit will have their benefits reviewed after a court verdict found that people with mental health conditions were being discriminated against unfairly. The Government have confirmed that 220,000 people with mental health conditions will...

As the UK economy becomes increasingly automated there are fears that the workforce in the North and Midlands will be adversely damaged, and these areas had a large percentage of Brexit voters. It is thought this will widen the north-south divide in the lead up to 2030. A total of 3.6m UK jobs could be replaced by machines. Of the top ten Mansfield, Sunderland and Wakefield are at the highest risk of having their jobs taken by machines. It it...

Rail bosses are investigating after a group of residents apparently chopped down trees on an embankment - to give them a better view. The wooded area above a train line has disappeared after years of locals in large townhouses asking Newtwork Rail to remove them. Locals say their repeated requests to have them chopped down have been declined by officials because the trees stop landslides and are home to bats and badgers. It is thought a group of around ten...

Following a brief rallying call from her frontbenchers, Theresa May is now odds-on to resign in 2018. The beleaguered PM enjoyed momentary support from colleagues last week, but she has come under fire today from her own side as one of her MPs said the “window is closing” on her leadership and her former chief of staff laid into the government’s lack of purpose. A string of Conservatives voiced fresh criticism, casting further doubts on the stability of the prime minister’s...

German car manufacturers have been testing the impact of diesel fumes on monkeys by getting them to inhale them in lab conditions. Health impact research done by EUGT, a body funded by Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW, has today been denounced by the German government as "abominable" after reports emerged that animals were used to carry out exhaust fumes experiments. In one of the tests monkeys were forced to inhale exhaust fumes from a Volkswagen Beetle car and an older pickup truck...

Wannabe David Attenboroughs of the world are in with a chance of living out the Blue Planet II lifestyle after the show's exploration vessel was listed on Airbnb. OceanX's iconic ship, Alucia, played a pivotal role in what is regarded as one of the greatest ever natural world shows. Airbnb and BBC Worldwide have now teamed up to let three ocean lovers experience what it's like to journey 1,000 metres beneath the waves off one of the most beautiful places...

The Labour leader pledged to confiscate luxury properties that have been left vacant for substantial length of time. He told BBC’s Andrew Marr show: “We would give local authorities the power to take over deliberately left vacant properties. “When you have in the middle a lot of housing stress, you get some luxury, glossy, glistening block built, sold off plan to long distance overseas investors who may buy and sell it before it’s even built…well hang on. Let’s look at...