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Boris Johnson: children of working class working mums more likely to mug you
Mr Johnson made comments about low-income women and their children in 2006, it has been revealed.
CCTV images released in hunt for pair who attacked senior rabbi
The religious leader was beaten in Stamford Hill, north London, on Friday by two men who shouted ‘Kill the Jews’.
Climate change ‘causing birds to shrink’
Sparrows, thrushes and other migrators have got smaller over the last four decades - and climate change is to blame, according to a new study
Climate change protesters dressed as bees invade Brexit Party office
They lay down on the floor, buzzing in protest.
Economy ‘staggering’ to year end as services sector returns to contraction
The latest Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) recorded a reading of 49.3 in November, down from 50 in October.
Climate change activists target Lib Dem bus
Jo Swinson says it is ironic they focused on an electric bus.
YouTube takes down Conservative adverts featuring edited BBC footage
The move follows similar action by Facebook, after the corporation complained it could ‘damage perceptions of our impartiality’.
Hotel blaze centred on outside of ‘cladding-covered’ building
A hotel guest expressed concern that cladding is still attached to buildings, saying the blaze "really went up quickly.”
ONS figures show immigration prevents ‘almost unimaginable’ NHS staff shortages
There is a ‘very real risk’ that proposed election policies will make it more difficult to bring staff into the NHS, a think tank is warning.