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JPMorgan Chase & Co is asking around 300 London-based staff to sign new contracts confirming they will leave the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Bloomberg has reported. Staff working in areas such as sales and risk have been presented with contracts in the last week that demand they relocate to a European Union country in a no-deal scenario. The affected staff were warned months ago, but with JPMorgan activating its Brexit contingency plans, they now must decide...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data showing the prevalence of mental health problems among young people in England. The numbers suggest that certain groups of are at greater risk of developing a mental health problem in childhood and adolescence, including people who live in social housing, those whose parents have a mental health problem and those whose families need support from benefits. The research also found that children of all ages whose parents were in receipt of welfare...

A controversial Tory MP has spoken out regarding violent crime and how teenagers at risk could deal with potentially life threatening situations.  Conservative MP Christopher Chope told a committee about the teenagers at risk of knife attacks could learn martial arts, so they can deal with situations where they are confronted with a potential knife attacker. In a question to the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, he said: “One of the ways people can be prepared is by doing judo,...

After Jacob Rees-Mogg appears to be backing May’s deal, the DUP might be putting a spanner in the works. His comments show a split between the DUP and ERG (European Research Group) who have been aligned throughout the Brexit process, with both sides opposing the controversial Irish border backstop. Sammy Wilson, the DUP’s Brexit spokesman, says he would be happy with a one-year delay. He wrote in the Telegraph: "We won't let the PM or the Remainer horde in Parliament...

Jonathan Roper, 34, died following a disturbance at an address in Wells, Somerset, at around 4.30pm on Saturday (Mar 23)

It had been thought the bugs hitched a ride on people or animals but the "air bridge" hypothesis could shed light on how harmful bacteria share antibiotic resistance genes.

They say groups of trees have a 'profound cooling effect' on urban environments which are naturally hotter than the countryside.

Arch Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has seemed to indicate he might back the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal, to avoid Brexit being abandoned all together. Rees-Mogg admitted: “The choice seems to be Mrs May’s deal or no Brexit .” via a ConservativeHome podcast Mogg said: "The Prime Minister will not deliver a no-deal Brexit.”  Asked if that meant the options on the table were now "deal or potentially no Brexit", Mogg added: "That, I think, becomes the choice eventually. "Whether we are there...

The 15-year-old was rushed to hospital suffering from multiple injuries and remains in a critical condition in hospital.