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Donald Trump’s boast that he received the majority of the female vote in the 2016 election couldn’t be further from the truth

Donald Trump boasted that he received 52 per cent of the female vote in the 2016 election even though he was running against a woman last night. The claims, which we aired during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, have quickly been marked as false - with people quick to point out that the stat is based on the number of white women who voted. According to Washington Post the exit poll shows he got only 41 per cent of the...

Delegation from Normandy planned to descend on Bristol in a bid to poach businesses opposed to Brexit

A second 1066 invasion is set to go ahead after a delegation from Normandy plans to descend on Bristol in a bid to poach businesses opposed to Brexit The French special envoy will arrive in Bristol next week with a large bus brandishing a faux-classified advert stating: “Hot Entrepreneur Wanted. Someone allergic to post-Brexit tariffs, legislation and restrictions preferred”. It is part of a campaign which will also run mocked-up front page stories on several national newspapers including The Times,...

An eco-friendly woman is so green she doesn’t even own a bin – and fits all her monthly waste into a JAM JAR

An eco-friendly woman is so green she doesn't even own a bin - and fits all her monthly waste into a JAM JAR. Canny Adele Morgan, 23, recycles virtually everything and generates hardly any rubbish. She turns all her food into compost, makes her own toothpaste, cleans her home with vinegar and orange peels and uses pillow cases as shopping bags. Adele uses coconut oil as a moisturizer and make-up remover and her toothbrush is made of bamboo. The brush...

Woman sparks debate after saying it is wrong for passing pedestrians to put rubbish in household bins

A woman sparked debate after criticising children who used her household bin to throw away rubbish. Posting on a Facebook group, the woman said: “Bins outside someone’s front door are not public bins.” But other social media users hit back and said the children should be praised for using bins rather than dropping litter. The woman wrote: "Just a reminder. Bins outside someone’s front door are not public bins. “Allowing your child to put their rubbish in our bin is...

Brexit driven by nostalgia for world where “passports were blue, faces were white,” Says Cable

Vince Cable has thrown himself, and his party even deeper into the Brexit argument during a speech over the weekend The Lib Dem leader was speaking to crowds at his party’s spring conference yesterday. Cable slammed Brexit and the outcome of the EU referendum, claiming that the vote has started a “non-violent civil war” and that young people were going to feel the effects of the referendum for years to come. Cable said: "Too many were driven by a nostalgia...

UK consumers put at risk of fraud because banks are focusing on cost-cutting over new technology

UK consumers are being put at risk of fraud because banks are “seriously lagging behind international competitors” when it comes to security. New research has revealed UK financial services organisations are failing to invest and not keeping up with digital investment seen in other sectors. While other countries are taking a lead in facial recognition, social media data and automated electronic data capture to ID customers and improve the customer experience, British-based banks are stuck in the dark age. A...

From romance to ruin: financial disclosure and fraud in divorce

Acrimonious splits bring out the worst in people. With emotions running high, it’s not unusual for individuals going through a divorce to feel aggrieved about the idea of sharing anything. Financial settlement is one of the most contentious areas of divorce, along with child custody. When a marriage or civil partnership breaks down, both sides can feel they have a genuine right to money and assets. But, selling assets, transferring assets or hiding them to stop your estranged partner getting...

Family of mum have hit out at “sorry” state of NHS after over two hour wait for ambulance

The family of a mother have hit out at what they claim is the "sorry" state of the NHS after she was forced to wait SEVEN hours before doctors treated her broken back following a fall at home. Marion Nash, 61, slipped and took a tumble from the top rung of a ladder while clearing her back garden on Monday after the carnage of the 'beast from the east'. She was left writhing in pain after fracturing her spine in...

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