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Tories lose badly on every metric in post-Chequers poll
The Conservatives suffered blows across every metric in a post-Chequers poll. Labour opened up a two point gap ahead of Theresa May's beleaguered party following a raft of resignations last week, with just 13 per cent of the British public saying they believe we will get a good deal out of Brexit. Forty-two per cent said they expect a bad deal to be in the offing and just 23 per cent say the deal "respects the referendum", indicating that the...
We don’t appreciate the scale of the decline of our oceans
Politicians are failing to appreciate the scale of decline of our oceans, Professor Callum Roberts told a Westminster conference this week. The Marine Conservation Biologist from the University of York, who is the author of ‘The Unnatural History of the Sea’, warned that it is remarkable that in the space of just one lifetime there has been a dramatic transformation in the fortunes of ocean life. "The oceans are not the same as they were", he said, adding that a simple policy shift is...
Shock photos show polar bear cubs play with plastic on remote Arctic island
The two young siblings were spotted toying with the large black object before putting it in their mouths.
Huge secret service operation underway ahead of Donald Trump UK visit
150 US agents are set to monitor President Trump's visit which is set to cost £30m
People ‘trust scientists more than politicians – even when the evidence is outlandish’
Researchers found that members of the public in both Britain and the United States have far greater trust in scientific experts than the government
Living in greener neighbourhoods ‘slows down ageing process – particularly for women’
Researchers found a link between neighbourhood green space and mental capacity after following 6,500 people in Britain for 10 years
Watch Emily Thornberry tear apart Tory Brexit turmoil with hilarious World Cup troll
Emily Thornberry standing in for Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn had MPs in stitches as she compared the Tory ministerial bloodbath over Brexit to "Reservoir Dogs remade by the Chuckle Brothers." Theresa May's deputy David Lidington who took Prime Minister’s Questions today squirmed as the Shadow Foreign Secretary forensically explained the inconsistencies in the Tories’ unworkable Brexit plans over which key ministers resigned this week. Ahead of the England team’s World Cup semi-final clash with Croatia, the Shadow Foreign Secretary drew...
The country’s first ‘newt officer’ has been appointed in a bid to save the dying out species
Indea Chawk will take up the job at Central Bedfordshire Council to help preserve the protected species.
MoD would not have to pay compensation if £1bn shipbuilding contract kept in UK, GMB reveals
By contrast, putting order out to international tender could cost shipbuilding jobs and prosperity, warns union GMB, the shipbuilding union, has revealed that the Ministry of Defence would not be liable to pay any compensation if Ministers changed their policy and kept a £1 billion order for up to three new military support ships in the UK. GMB research shows if the much-needed new Fleet Solid Support ships were built in British shipyards around 6,700 jobs would be created, and...