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Tommy Robinson loses case to stop his prosecution
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the far-right activist and MEP candidate who calls himself Tommy Robinson has lost a High Court Case to stop prosecution for contempt of court. Robinson will face new contempt proceedings. The founder of the English Defence League (EDL) faces up to two years in prison for charges relating to filming people in a criminal trial and broadcasting footage on social media. High Court judges have given the go-ahead for fresh proceedings to be brought against Tommy Robinson over...
UK on the path to becoming one of the most unequal nations on earth
Rising inequality is putting Britain on the path to becoming one of the most unequal nations on earth, a Nobel-prize winning economist has claimed. Sir Angus Deaton is leading a landmark review of inequality in the UK amid fears that the country is at a tipping point due to a decade of stagnant pay growth for British workers. The Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, which is working with Deaton on the study, says Britain is on track to “follow the...
Driver who stole nearly £1million from G4S van splashed out £1,400 on sportswear
Joel March, 36, admitted to snatching the money on April 23 but his sentencing was adjourned for psychiatric reports to be prepared
Decorated Gulf War hero suffering PTSD says Jeremy Kyle Show drove him to brink of suicide
“After the show I just wanted the ground to swallow me up. If it wasn’t for my kids I would have ended it. "I am relieved the show has been taken off the air and I hope it never comes back. Mental health is a serious subject and this show exploits the most vulnerable."
Prison officer caught smuggling £15,000 of cannabis and crack cocaine into jail
Martin Fazakarley, 44, stepped forward to admit he had the drugs during a staff search at HMP Swaleside on April 24.
The moon is shrinking
Earth-style quakes are wrinkling it "like a raisin" - creating step like cliffs called 'scarps'
Probe launched after death of Cardiff City’s Emiliano Sala finds SIX suspected illegal air taxi planes
Non-commercial pilots on Jersey are being warned that they could be fined thousands of pounds if they are caught carrying passengers for a profit
10 years on from the financial crash workers suffer as bankers thrive
Bankers have seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent since 2009 as average wages fall by 3.1 per cent, new figures show. In the ten years since the financial crash the typical worker has been left nearly £1,000 worse off a year in real terms, the Trades Union Congress found. But the typical worker in finance or insurance has seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent in a decade, giving them an extra £119 a week or £6,188...
Police arrest second teen following death of 15-year-old girl who took MDMA
Leah Heyes, 15, collapsed in a car park on Saturday May 11 and died later in hospital