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An unprecedented number of people flocked to a Bernie Sanders rally in Sacramento on Monday night, packing a stadium beyond capacity. Despite the race to become the Democrat candidate for presidency looking pretty much wrapped up, Sanders attracted some 15,000 to 20,000 people, with more than 10,000 more continuing to wait outside. Kathy Dennis, a member of the National Nurses Union, told US Uncut: “You got to fight to the end, and Bernie’s creating a bigger movement than just a nomination for the...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor On the eve of a major corruption conference in London, David Cameron was captured on camera describing Afghanistan and Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt countries,” while chatting to the Queen Cameron is going to host delegates from both countries later in the week and it might cause some very awkward conversations with both groups. Additionally, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to deliver a keynote address entitled: "Why We Must Tackle Corruption Together". The Prime Minister...

An animated graphic has been released highlighting the extent to which global warming is spiralling out of control. Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist in the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, used data from the Met Office Hadley Centre to show how rapidly the global temperature has risen in the past few decades. The pace of change is immediately obvious, especially over the past few decades. But perhaps most the most concerning observation is how global temperatures have...

Transgender Connie, 21, was horrifically attacked by her new flatmate just because she was born in the wrong body. Enough is enough.  When will hate crimes like this end? Brave Connie recently shared her harrowing real life story about having a quarter of her skull removed after being attacked with a hammer whilst seeping. Connie’s flatmate had discovered she was transgender before unleashing an astonishing hate attack on her. Every day, transgender people are living with abuse and prejudice. Even after the amazing...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor This clip shows a homosexual cyclist being applauded by a group of bystanders when he closes down a man preaching his views on the LGBT community. The video from Glasgow, shows the preacher holding what appears to be a bible in his hand. The preacher yells after him: 'god still loves you.' The cyclist then says: 'I love me, I don't need a god to do it.' His statement is met with instant cheering and clapping...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Around 800 volunteers were involved in a mock terror attack at the Trafford Centre, Manchester the second biggest shopping mall in Britain. The clip is terrifying but thankfully bit real, but it shows how seriously security forces are taking the chance that a similar attack might happen for real. The exercise took place at midnight and went onto the small hours of today. The stunt began with a suicide bomber detonating a device and killing and...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Department of Education has blamed a “rogue marker” for the online leak of a grammar, punctuation and spelling test. The test is being taken by 600,000 ten and eleven-year-olds. The BBC said a DfE source blamed an "active campaign by those people opposed to our reforms to undermine these tests". The answers to the test appeared Monday night for four hours on a password-protected website. Only three weeks ago a primary school exam was...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor An Anti-Islamic march managed to get two hundred meters up the road and lasted five minutes before the attendees packed off home. The police who were there to oversee the event outnumbered the protestors by four to one, that took place in Staffordshire. Only 24 protestors showed up for the demo in Burton, which had been organised by a group that have dubbed themselves “The Casual Infidels.” The group describes itself as a “freelancing movement”...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In March the state of North Carolina passed a piece of legislation restricting the lavatory use of transgender people. It forces transgender people to use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate. The policy was criticised across America and the world. The US Justice department, told the North Carolina state government they had until the end of Monday to bin the legislation or they could have millions of dollars cut from federal...