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“Lion of London Bridge” Millwall fan spared jail after drug bust
Millwall football fan Roy Larner, 49, was badly injured when he took on the terrorists during the attack on Borough Market, south London, in June 2017 in which eight people were killed
Iguana-sized reptile – an early relative of crocodiles and dinosaurs – found in Antarctica
Scientists say that the presence of the 'Antarctic king' showed how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinction with unique animals before it became a frozen wasteland
Paedophile who filmed himself trying to rape 18-month-old baby jailed
Joshua Gould, 23, documented his abuse of three children over a number of years
£150m hospital renovation marks the 40th anniversary of UK’s first successful heart transplant
Sir Terence English performed the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979 at the Royal Papworth hospital
Jess Phillips brings the house down with incredible speech on “insulting” £30k salary test for immigrants
Labour MP Jess Phillips received a rapturous response in parliament after she lamented the proposed £30,000 salary test for immigrants. The government published a heavily-delayed immigration White Paper last month setting out requirements for workers hoping to move to the UK. In what Sajid Javid described as the "biggest shakeup to the UK immigration system in a generation", workers from across the world would be subject to the £30,000 minimum salary threshold in order to prove they are "skilled" in their trade. The...
Vicious gang kicked & stamped on man’s head after minor row on tube train station platform
Ali Ali (doub corr), Gessica Goti, Mohamed Abdulle, 22, and Fiona Abdillahi, 18, launched a brutal attack on two 40-year-old men at Oxford Circus Tube station.
Suicides in prison rise by almost a third in 2018
The number of prisoners who died by suicide rose by almost a third in 2018, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today. Overall deaths in custody rose by 10 per cent, the statistics show, and assaults increased by 20 per cent in the 12 months to September 2018. Some 325 people died in prisons in England and Wales, including 92 men and women who lost their lives through suicide – a 31 per cent rise compared to 2017. The...
DNA tests reveal endangered sharks sold in Britain’s fish and chip shops
The study warns that families may be tucking into "critically endangered" species of shark when visiting their local fish and chip shop
Car industry hits ‘red alert’ as investment drops by £2bn in three years
Investment in the UK car sector has dropped by almost £2 billion in three years as Brexit fears put firms on "red alert", the industry's trade body said. In 2015, car manufacturers invested £2.5 billion in the UK. Since then it has fallen ever year and in 2018 was just £589 million. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) say the fall-off in inward investment is down to Brexit uncertainty, which has "done enormous damage" according to SMMT chief Mike Hawes....