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Brexit supporter who brought Eurostar services to halt jailed
In total, 88 trains had to be cancelled and around 22,000 people were directly affected - British Transport Police estimated the cost of the disruption to be more than £1 million
Jeffrey Epstein prison guards ‘falsified cell check records’
The financier was found dead on Saturday while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Europe can produce enough energy from onshore wind farms to power the whole world for the next 30 years
British and Danish researchers found the continent could produce more than 100 times the energy it currently does from the farms.
Mondelez and Volkswagen ads first to be banned under gender stereotyping rules
The two television ads showed men being adventurous while a woman sat next to a pram and two new dads leaving a baby on a restaurant conveyor belt.
One homeless person dies every 19 hours on UK streets
Homeless deaths are highest in areas with the biggest council budget cuts.
Golden eagle pictured with ‘trap’ attached to leg
Police have launched an investigation after a tourist raised concerns about the protected bird of prey near Balmoral on Thursday.
Same amount of carbon dioxide pumped out by 200 million cars ’emitted from African region blighted by drought’
Scientists say that soil across a huge part of the continent, including western Ethiopia, is producing the gas because of drought and changing land use.
Gang ‘jumped out of car and chased down lad, 16, before stabbing him to death’
The victim was the 15th teenager to be murdered in London since Christmas, 14 of whom were stabbed to death