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BBC cancels HIGNFY because it featured Heidi Allen – the day after Nigel Farage appears on Question Time
The BBC has been criticised for cancelling last night’s episode of Have I Got News For You because it featured Change UK MP Heidi Allen. The broadcaster said it was “inappropriate” to air a show featuring the leader of a political party ahead of the European Parliament Elections – even though Brexit party leader Nigel Farage was given airtime on Question Time the night before. Have I Got News For You tweeted: “Sorry everyone. The BBC have pulled tonight’s edition...
Tusk claims chances of Brexit being cancelled are 30 per cent
Donald Tusk, president of the European council, claims that the chances of Brexit being cancelled is up to 30 per cent. He believes that a new referendum would see a remain majority, overturning the original vote. Tusk said: “Paradoxically, Brexit awoke in Great Britain a pro-European movement,” to Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza in an interview shared with The Guardian. He said: “After the British referendum in 2016, I thought that if we recognise that the case is closed, it will be the end....
Romans polluted the air with heavy metals
Ice cores from the French Alps have revealed mining for lead and silver led to poisons being released into the air more than 2,000 years ago.
Schoolboy died from “extraordinary reaction” to cheese that was flicked by another pupil
Karanbir Cheema, known as Karan, became ill at his school in Greenford, west London, was severely allergic to wheat, gluten, dairy products, eggs and nuts
Armed officers find gun and a grenade on suspect
Joseph Grey, 54, was stopped by Greater Manchester Police Specialist Ops Team on January 30, 2019 after being identified as part of the investigation.
Women’s groups reject Tommy Robinson’s pledge to donate salary to grooming victims
Controversial MEP candidate Tommy Robinson’s offer to donate his salary to grooming victims was branded an “insult” by women’s groups. Over 40 women and charities have signed a letter stating that they would not be willing to accept any of his salary to their causes. He had announced that he would hand over his MEP salary, if elected, to women who have been victims of sexual exploitation. The letter signed by charities including the End Violence Against Women and Girls...
Ann Widdecombe compares no deal Brexit to the suffering of World War II
Brexit Party candidate Ann Widdecombe has ompared leaving the EU without a deal to the suffering people went through during the Second World War. Her comments were greeted by disbelief. The 71-year-old former Conservative Party MP who has returned to politics after retiring in 2010 insisted a no deal Brexit “is as nothing compared to the sacrifice that we asked a previous generation to make an order to ensure Britain’s freedom.” She added: “my granny was bombed out in Plymouth......
Global warming threat to British frogs
Warmer springs and autumns when temperatures reach a steady 16C - 60.8F - could dramatically increase the risk of Ranavirus outbreaks in common frogs
Scientists expanding knowledge of nuclear physics…using Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise
Professor Arindam Banerjee and his team are making great leaps studying how certain materials react in extreme environments - which may one day be used to help pioneer space travel.