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Theresa May just confirmed: voting against her deal “risks no Brexit at all”
“If we look at the alternative to that deal with the European Union, we see that it will either be more uncertainty and more division, or it could risk no Brexit at all.”
‘Star Trek’ plane with no moving parts takes flight
Using a technology featured in the cult sci-fi fantasy series, scientists say it combats both air - and noise - pollution
Read this before you shop on Black Friday
Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it.
Government defeated in Commons for third day in a row
The Conservatives have been dubbed a "zombie party" after they were defeated in the House of Commons for the third day in a row. Not a single Tory voted to support the government in an appeal to change the horse racing betting levy order in a joint regulatory reform committee. Ministers and civil servants were unable to make a coherent argument for the legislation, and the shadow body, which has already been set up with Sir Hugh Robertson at the helm,...
‘Obscene’ – Bet365 founder paid herself a whopping £265m in 2017
Denise Coates, the multibillionaire founder and boss of gambling firm Bet365, paid herself £265m last year. This is a record-breaking pay deal for a chief executive of a British company. Denise's pay is over 9,500 times the average UK salary, and 1,300 times that paid to Theresa May. Luke Hildyard, a director of the High Pay Centre, said: “Why does someone who is already a billionaire need to take such an obscene amount of money out of their company? It...
Man and woman charged in connection with the death of a toddler
Riley Siswick, three, was found unresponsive at his home address in Huddersfield, West Yorks on February 6, 2016.
Alleged drug dealer charged with murder of 52-year-old man in south west London
Gerald Matovu, 25, is accused of the murder of Eric Michels who was found dead at his home in Chessington, south west London, on August 17 this year
Cop charged with racially aggravated wounding after traveller bitten by police dog
PC Paul Birch, 50, attended a suspected theft of roof tiles when the man was injured
Labour MPs unlikely to back May’s withdrawal bill, McDonnell claims
Labour MPs who back Theresa May's exit deal with the EU are likely to be in the low single figures, John McDonnell has claimed. Speaking at a Reuters Live event the Shadow Chancellor said he has had talks with a "a block of MPs" who are worried about facilitating a no deal and who said they are going to “stick with” the Labour leadership. He added that the Finance Bill amendments accepted by the government last night "were not particularly significant" but proved...