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‘Austerity played role’ in record numbers of children being taken into care
It has left local authorities with fewer resources to do something other than go to court, the head of the family courts has said.
Brexit-backing press struggle to fathom France’s ’90 day visa hell’
Still, at least we have blue passports, eh!
Booze bill for Boris’s Brexit party in No10 revealed after two-year legal fight
Those present consumed a whopping 117 bottles of Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2014, which is sold for around £65 a bottle.
UKIP deputy leader quits, citing chairman’s ‘personal desires’
"Sadly, I was planted as the Deputy Leader of UKIP, because the chairman wanted to get me into bed. (Send sympathy to his fiancée)"
Four Rwandans ‘granted refugee status in Britain over fears of persecution’
It comes ahead of a crunch week for Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill, which aims to prevent further legal challenge to the Government’s asylum policy.
Head of UNRWA calls on countries to reconsider ‘shocking’ pause in Gaza funding
Philippe Lazzarini said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency is depended upon by more than two million people for their survival.
Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after sex abuse lawsuit filed
A former employee has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the ex-WWE boss of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler.
Has the penny dropped? Ress-Mogg says new Brexit trade laws are ‘really stupid’
Those Brexit benefits just keep racking up, don't they? Even Jacob Rees-Mogg is balking at the latest set of regulations.
Alabama man shook violently during first nitrogen gas execution
Convicted killer Kenneth Eugene Smith convulsed in seizure-like spasms for at least two minutes of the 22-minute execution by nitrogen hypoxia.