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New stats reveal NHS hospital superbugs have fallen over past decade but up on last year
But the new figures from Public Health England show a rise in e.coli.
Hackers’ blackmail scam claims to film you watching porn
Cybercriminals claim they have video footage of their would-be victims watching pornography taken from their targets' webcams.
Air can be turned into drinking water – using just salt and sunlight, say scientists
It offers a cheap solution for providing the most vulnerable populations in the world with water - some of whom lack access for at least a month every year.
Over half of homeless families across England are in work, charity warns
The homelessness crisis in the UK has been highlighted, once again, by charity Shelter. A FOI request has found that over 33,000 families are holding down a job even though they are in unstable temporary accommodation. Back in 2013 there were 19,000 families in this position. The increase is an astonishing 73 per cent. One single mother, Mary Smith, has bravely spoken out about how she fell on hard times and ended up in temporary accommodation. Mary and her three...
Leaving EU with no deal could prompt “civil unrest,” claims Amazon UK boss
The head of operations in the UK for Amazon made some very worrying claims over a no deal Brexit. He claimed that civil unrest could break out across the UK within days of a no deal Brexit kicking in. UK boss Doug Gurr told a meeting organised by new Brexit secretary Dominic Raab that Amazon was now considering this worst-case outcome as part of their contingency planning. His remarks make Amazon UK the first company to make such a stark...
A skin patch that measure how stress you are by your sweat has been developed by scientists.
The patch will worn in real time so if someone is getting stressed so they can take steps to avoid it.
Watch – EDL members and anti-racist protesters clash in ugly scenes in Worcester
Three people were arrested and two police officers were injured when the EDL held a rally to protest against a new mosque
In pics – Jeremy Corbyn attends the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival Dorset
In 1834 the martyrs were arrested put on trial and punished leading to the foundation of modern day trade unionism
Jacob Rees-Mogg warns of economic uncertainty as his investment firm launches second Irish fund
Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested it could take 50 years to judge whether Brexit has been an economic success. The dire warning comes as the leading Brexiteer launched a second fund in Ireland. Somerset Capital Management (SCM), which ploughs millions of pounds into emerging markets, created the fund to meet demand from international investors. The UK’s withdrawal from the EU has forced many asset managers to set up replica product ranges in European investment hubs such as Dublin and Luxembourg in order to...