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Two thugs jailed after female police officer was fly-kicked into path of an oncoming bus
Kersan Euell kicked PC Lorraine McGinty in the back of the head and fractured one of PC John Collins ribs after they pulled over a BMW in a routine check.
Video – Asteroids striking Earth have soared since the age of dinosaurs
The increase in asteroid showers backs widely held view the dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive impact, say scientists
Latest polling data shows Labour and Conservatives are “neck and neck”
The latest polling data has put the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck in the race for 10 Downing Street. ICM Research puts Labour one point ahead of the Tories with 40 per cent of the vote. Corbyn's party has increased their share by two points while Theresa May's Conservatives have dropped a point. Elsewhere the Lib Dems, UKIP and the Green Party all remain static with a nine per cent, five per cent and three per cent share of...
Lesbian asked to go back into closet by boss as company owner was ‘old school’ wins case of sex discrimination
Ashleigh McMahon, a quality control manager at a firm in Lancashire, was told to keep her sexuality secret as the company "did not have any other gay people working for it".
Cambridge boffins invent app to improve concentration in age of tech distractions
A team from Cambridge's Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute has developed and tested 'Decoder' - a new game aimed at helping users improve their attention and concentration
East End teen who shares two bed council house with parents & two brothers has won scholarship to Eton College
The rising political star, who currently studies at George Mitchell School in Leyton, will enter the sixth from to study A-Levels in four subjects; History, Geography, Politics and Drama and Theatre Studies.
Sound expert raises mic concerns as Labour lodge complaint over BBC treatment of Diane Abbott
A sound expert has claimed Diane Abbott’s microphone was deliberately turned down and the others turned up during her Question Time appearance on the BBC. Producer Martyn Ware says the volume was decreased to make her sound weaker and to make it more difficult for her to defend herself. The accusations come as the Labour party lodge a formal complaint with the BBC over the treatment of the shadow home secretary on Question Time. According to reports the show's new host,...
Man-made soils ‘could be key to global food security’
University of Plymouth scientists are working with the Eden Project in Cornwall to explore how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors
Policeman threatened to rape colleague and murder her and other cops if arrested for sexual harassment, court hears
PC James Goodchild, 30, said he would stab them if they came round his house and said he would die before going to prison.