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Juncker indicates he won’t accept May’s Post-Brexit single market plan
During Jean-Claude Juncker’s annual state of the union address he said that sections of the single market could “certainly not” be offered to countries outside the EU trading area. These comments would appear to pour cold water on the Theresa May’s plan to keep Britain in the single market for goods after Brexit. Juncker said: “We respect the British decision to leave our Union, even though we continue to regret it deeply. “But we also ask the British government to...
Michael Gove backpedals on Brexit animal welfare vows & denies plot to oust Theresa May
Michael Gove this morning denied that fellow hard Brexit Tories are plotting to oust their party leader. Talking to the BBC’s Today programme Mr Gove insisted that "loose talk" of a leadership challenge could "undermine" Brexit negotiations, despite reports that 50 of his colleagues met last night to discuss ditching Theresa May. A Tory leadership coup could be just days away with members of the Hard Brexit shadowy Tory ‘government within a government’ the ERG meeting to plot ditching the...
Police probe death of boy, seven, who fell off wall in London pub beer garden
The boy died after being rushed to hospital from The King Harold pub in Harold Wood, east London
Second UK patient has been diagnosed with monkeypox, days after the first was discovered
The patient, who tested positive at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, had recently travelled to Nigeria
Watch – Moment a crazed man sets fire to a bank in a busy city centre
Seconds later he can be seen emerging from the branch with a meat cleaver in his hand - terrifying the lunchtime crowd
One-in-five used cars advertised online in London ‘have safety issues’
London Trading Standards (LTS) inspectors found everything from safety recalls to dodgy mileage in vehicles for sale across the capital
Tens of thousands of Jaguar Land Rover jobs at risk due to Brexit
Brexit could put tens of thousands of Jaguar Land Rover jobs at risk and cost the company £1.2 billion, chief executive Ralf Speth has warned. Speaking to Sky News he highlighted that the company depends on “free, frictionless, seamless logistics", which could come under threat if the right deal is not struck. Speth told the prime minister that the company’s factories faced grinding to a halt if she failed to reach an agreement with Brussels, describing the prospect of a...
The North is feeling more pain than the South…literally
Researchers say better guidance for doctors on how to manage chronic pain is essential, if an ‘opioid epidemic’ - similar to the one in the United States- is to be avoided
OECD reveals England’s teachers have suffered second biggest pay cut in developed world.
England's teachers have had the second biggest pay cut in the developed world. Pay has only fallen more for teachers in economically unstable Greece. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today reported on education trends from around the world, revealing that teachers’ pay has fallen 10 per cent in England and Wales between 2005-2017. Despite a generally higher starting salary for teachers in Scotland compared to England, pay progression in Scotland appears worse, with Scotland behind England for...