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Tony Blair has called on anti-Brexit Labour voters to back pro-Remain parties in the upcoming European Parliament elections to stop Nigel Farage’s party running riot. The former Prime Minister told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday that it is “important the anti-Brexit side is larger and stronger than the Farage side” in the elections, saying: “I do come across people who cannot vote for Labour, in which case I say ‘don’t stay at home – vote for any of the other...

Police have launched an investigation and are appealing to the public for information, following the death of a 15-year-old girl in Northallerton.

The UK’s two-party political system could become a thing of the past in the next General Election as the Conservatives cling on to second place by their fingertips, the latest voting intention figures show. Labour currently leads in the polls by a hefty margin, but the field is closing behind them. The Brexit party is polling at 21 per cent of the vote, one point behind the Conservatives who are wallowing on 22 per cent. The European Parliament elections are...

Research revealed half of parents – including 59 per cent of those under 25 - feel the so-called ‘anti-vaxx’ movement is becoming more influential.

Former science teacher Alaric Bristow, 31, set up fake social networking profiles in order to talk to boys aged between 13 and 15 and amass thousands of pictures of them stripping

UK firefighters have protested outside the Italian embassy in London in support of a Spanish firefighter facing prison for rescuing refugees from drowning in the Mediterranean. Britain’s Fire Brigades Union have called on the Italian government to drop its prosecution and end the criminalising of rescuing drowning refugees. Spanish firefighter Miguel Roldán faces 20 years in prison for helping to rescue drowning refugees in the Mediterranean. Italian authorities have accused him of aiding illegal immigration and working with human traffickers,...

The BBC has been criticised for cancelling last night’s episode of Have I Got News For You because it featured Change UK MP Heidi Allen. The broadcaster said it was “inappropriate” to air a show featuring the leader of a political party ahead of the European Parliament Elections – even though Brexit party leader Nigel Farage was given airtime on Question Time the night before. Have I Got News For You tweeted: “Sorry everyone. The BBC have pulled tonight’s edition...

Donald Tusk, president of the European council, claims that the chances of Brexit being cancelled is up to 30 per cent. He believes that a new referendum would see a remain majority, overturning the original vote. Tusk said: “Paradoxically, Brexit awoke in Great Britain a pro-European movement,” to Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza in an interview shared with The Guardian. He said: “After the British referendum in 2016, I thought that if we recognise that the case is closed, it will be the end....

Ice cores from the French Alps have revealed mining for lead and silver led to poisons being released into the air more than 2,000 years ago.