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Climate change walkout: Student strike splits political leaders
Theresa May today took a swipe at "disruptive" school pupils after they walked out on strike over a lack of action on tackling climate change. A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said the disruption caused by the climate change walkout will "increase teachers' workloads and waste lesson time that teachers have carefully prepared for". In contrast, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn backed the walkout, tweeting: "Climate change is the greatest threat that we all face but it is the school kids of today...
London property owner stabbed and beaten by thugs who had arranged to view his house
Police say the victim was rushed to hospital after being attacked in his north west London home on Thursday afternoon
Thousands of pupils protest over climate change
The national protest, called 'Youth Strike 4 Climate', is being led by a coalition of campaigners
Thousands of children skipped school & descended on Parliament to protest against ‘climate change’ & the Government
Pupils from across the country met in the capital to "take a stand against emissions" chanting “Oh Jeremy Corbyn” and there was a return of “fuck Theresa May”.
Boy, 16, arrested after police called to reports of a passenger carrying this enormous knife on the London Underground
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by armed police on suspicion of possession of a bladed weapon following a report of a person carrying a knife on a London Underground train
Top cop slams sentence handed to his own officer who avoided jail despite being found with indecent images of children
Lee Bartram, 44, made his sick catalogue of images and videos and admitted he "may have tried to touch a child” if his offending went undetected
Father of one of three British girls who joined ISIS in 2015 has pleaded for girls’ relatives to get in touch
Hussen Abase, 52, said he had no means of contacting the family of Shamima Begum, 19, for news of his daughter, Amina Abase.
Used plastic bags may soon be powering our smartphones, here’s how
Scientists have managed to convert them into the carbon chips found in the batteries of almost every device
Paramedics hit with ‘fine for saving lives’ by HCPC while boss gets pay rise to £194,000
HCPC slap ambulance workers with rate hike while chief executive enjoys pay rise to £194,000. GMB, the largest union for the ambulance service, is appalled by a decision to hit hard up paramedics with a whopping 18% hike for their professional registration. The Health Care Professionals Council – the body which all paramedics have to be registered with before they can operate - has increased their fees from £90 to £106. Paramedics, along with all NHS staff, have been hit...