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Climate expert says it’s time to retire the word ‘unprecedented’
"We're just breaking records over and over again. We've got to stop using unprecedented because it's not unprecedented anymore. It's normal", Jim McQuaid said.
70% of Rwandan houses earmarked for asylum seekers have been sold to locals – reports
"Just when you thought you had heard everything", Peter Stefanovic said.
Tory MP involved in sexting scam ‘resigns as vice-chairman of 1922 Committee’
William Wragg has also stepped down from his role heading the Commons’ Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC).
Labour plans tax avoidance crackdown to fill ‘non-dom’ gap
Labour has had to come up with new plans after the Government adopted its policy of scrapping ‘non-dom’ tax exemptions.
Activists demanding arms embargo on Israel spray Labour HQ with red paint
Demonstrators from the Youth Demand group insisted both the Government and Opposition should commit to preventing supply of weapons to the country.
Government ‘scores 3 out of 10’ on energy security commitments – analysis
The ECIU accused the Government of “going backwards” on reducing the country’s reliance on expensive foreign fossil fuel imports.
Post Office minister says ‘people should go to jail’ over Horizon scandal
Kevin Hollinrake met some of those affected by the scandal in Fenny Compton, where subpostmasters started their campaign.
Privileged-beyond-belief Telegraph columnist blasts ‘lazy’ Gen Z for not hustling harder
Sophia Money-Coutts, of the (now infamous) Coutts banking family, said her hard-working twenties would teach lay-about youngsters a thing or two.
All-female team send aid to Gaza to ‘give dignity’ to women in warzone
A volunteer group of eight women, working with the charity ISRA-UK, landed in Egypt on April 1 to pack and load aid for the women in Gaza.