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Developers start to rebuild London pub “brick-by-brick” after illegally demolishing it
The Carlton Tavern survived the horrors of Nazi bombs, until it was levelled, prompting a council order to rebuild it 'brick-by-brick'.
Council accused of reigniting “class war” on once segregated street
A council has been accused of reigniting a ‘class war’ after only resurfacing the posh end of a street - to the spot where a wall once divided council houses from the rich. The suburban street is one long road split into two ends - where the wealthy Wentworth Road meets the more down at heel Aldrich Road. The developer who built the road and the estate in 1934 put a wall keep them apart - and even put spikes...
Boris Johnson “deeply regrets” going down Brexit route close sources reveal
"He knows he's fucked up massively."
Transgender prisoner’s sex assaults on female prisoners before moved to male jail
Karen White, 51, confessed to two counts of sexual touching at New Hall Prison, Wakefield which took place took place between September and November 2017
Hedgehogs have disappeared from almost 80 percent of the British countryside
One of our favourite mammal is being wiped out by intensive farming and climate change, say scientists.
Autism detection breakthrough
It looks for biomarkers and hoped soon all children on spectrum will be diagnosed quickly
Want to be intelligent? You need to hope your parents are
The DNA we inherit from our parents accounts for over two-thirds of the difference in intelligence between individuals, suggests a study
Police probe suspected “arson attack” after woman dies in South East London fire
Sixty firefighters tackled the blaze at a townhouse in Woolwich, south east London
Roy Moore sues for $93m for this Sacha Baron Cohen prank:
Former US right wing senator Roy Moore is suing TV prankster Sacha Baron Cohen, as well as Showtime and CBS which air his Who Is America? show in a $93m lawsuit after a hilarious sketch which mocked the former conservative judge’s sex offence allegations. The lawsuit says that the show “falsely painted, portrayed, mocked and with malice defamed Judge Moore as a sex offender, which he is not.” Several women came forward to allege sexual harassment when he was in...