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A viral tweet is doing the rounds on social media after highlighting the compelling body of evidence that suggests Brexit will make us all poorer. The government's leaked impact report that came to light in March of this year confirmed most of our fears that every region in Britain will be left economically worse off by Brexit. And with negotiations still to be completed, it found the more divergence from European regulations and trade the UK goes for, the worse...

Senior Tory Jacob Ress-Mogg told LBC radio that he was saddened by The Republic of Ireland’s decision to repeal its 8th amendment and allow abortions to take place in the country. The vote was a historic victory for Irish people who had been campaigning for the amendment’s repeal ever since it was passed in 1983. However, the result was welcomed by the PM, Mrs May who tweeted : ‘The Irish Referendum yesterday was an impressive show of democracy which delivered...

Pret A Manger staff are set to receive a £1,000 bonus when the company’s planned sale goes through. The sandwich shop chain is set to be sold by private equity firm Bridgepoint to JAB for £1.5 billion, it was announced on Tuesday. And the firm's chief executive Clive Schlee said that thousands of the chain’s employees would receive a windfall when the deal is finalised. “Today is a big day for @Pret,” he tweeted. “As we welcome JAB, we’ll be thanking the people who...

Brexit has allowed concrete issues to be "swept under the carpet" while we deal with abstract notions of sovereignty, The New European editor Matt Kelly has said. Speaking on Media Masters podcast Kelly said we are facing many real problems in society that are being ignored because of the ongoing debate on the EU. The Conservatives have been allowed to skirt "real" issues such as the NHS, the North/South divide, the size of classrooms and waiting times at A&E because the...

The iron rich sediments are the likeliest place to find fossilised microbes dating back three to four billion years.

Cal Major started Paddle Against Plastic to bring positivity to the plastic pollution crisis

But the the winner of the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers' Joys of Nature contest was a lovely picture of a pair of harvest mice.

Inmates at HMP Long Lartin, near Evesham, Worcs, are also being forced to use makeshift commodes because of a lack of WCs.

The victim, who is believed to be in his 80s, was taken to hospital but pronounced dead a short time later