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Use of civil servants to give advice to Conservative backbenchers over Brexit “should be investigated”
The Group - made up entirely of predominantly Tory backbenchers including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nicky Morgan has been meeting in the Cabinet Office aided by Whitehall mandarins
Over 800,000 people committed suicide worldwide in 2016 – a 6.7% rise since 1990
A study, published in The BMJ, shows that men had generally higher mortality rates from suicide than women
UN-BEE-LIEVABLE – Honeybees can do MATHS, reveals new study
Scientists say that the revelation that even the miniature brain of a honeybee can grasp basic mathematical operations has implications for the future development of Artificial Intelligence
Last year was the world’s fourth warmest on record – just behind 2015, 2016 and 2017
It means the planet really is hotting up - leaving experts with little hope of limiting climate change to global targets.
People who eat meat ‘pushing Earth’s largest animals toward extinction’
Numbers of at least 200 of the world's large creatures are decreasing dramatically - with over 150 facing being killed off completely, according to scientists
Tusk says there’s a “special place in hell” for those who promoted Brexit without a plan
Donald Tusk has said there is a "special place in hell" for "those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safely". The European Council President was speaking after talks Irish premier Leo Varadkar in Brussels in which he emphasised that there were 50 days to go until the UK's exit from the European Union with no agreement yet reached. https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1093123941877641217 He said he believed "a common solution" over the Irish backstop is possible,...
Britain’s biggest animal charity calling on government to ban slaughter of all conscious animals
The RSPCA and the British Veterinary Association are urging parliament to repeal the legal exemption that permits animals to be slaughtered without pre-stunning, because it causes them unnecessary pain and suffering.
Council slammed over plans to sell five acres of land worth £1 million to developers – for just £1
The land in Essex was bought two years ago by the local authority with plans to build a luxury 'TOWIE-style' hotel
Labour MP Richard Burgon wins £30K damages from The Sun for this ridiculous antisemitism ‘slur’
Labour MP Richard Burgon has won £30,000 damages from The Sun newspaper over a ridiculous story the newspaper ran with a Nazi “slur” about the Shadow Justice Secretary. MP Richard Burgon who has been outspoken against antisemitism said he would be using the payout to fund an internship for a young person in his constituency. “Delighted to have won my High Court case against The Sun,” announced the Labour MP for Leeds East. “Their slur attempting to link me to...