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Fleeing Taliban, desperate Afghan mothers toss babies over barbed wire fences
British officers in Kabul have described the "awful" scenes at the city's airport.
Autumn is coming! ‘Bizarre’ outdoor lessons guidance to schools is ‘total fudge’
"The suggestion that schools could realistically consider holding assemblies and lessons outdoors during the autumn term, as temperatures plummet, is a total fudge on the Government’s part."
Watch: Question Time audience member destroys Tory MP’s Afghanistan excuses
"I don't know who this lady is, but I think I might love her,' wrote one Twitter user.
‘If you want it, come get it’: Woman on Tube steals Matt Hancock’s cap
A group of women on a boozy night out took the opportunity to ask him about cheating.
UK’s biggest bosses earn more in year than key workers do in a lifetime
Britain's FTSE-100 bosses earned 86 times the average employee’s wage last year.
US declares Colorado River water shortages for first time ever
Washington declared a water shortage on the Colorado River, threatening the water access of 40 million people.
Thousands refused ‘life-changing’ NHS cannabis treatment
Multiple sclerosis patients are refused access to a legal cannabis treatment which could ease their symptoms, a charity said.
Daily Mail and Telegraph produce ‘least accurate climate coverage’
Right-wing UK newspapers have some of the least accurate climate change articles in the English-speaking world, a study revealed.
Watch: Tory MP who slams Afghans for ‘queuing at the airport’ is called a ‘disgrace’
His 'words remind us that, sadly, some of our politicians are simply not fit to serve us,' said one Twitter user.