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Boys, aged 14 and 15, charged with racially aggravated assault over attack on rabbi in London
The 54-year-old victim was targeted in Amhurst Park, north London
Data reveals biggest gap between rich and poor university students in a decade
Just 26.3 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) went on to university last year.
Climate Change Committee warn PM has fallen short of dealing with the crisis
The UK “must get on track to delivering net zero emissions” in this Parliament, the Committee on Climate Change warned Boris Johnson.
In unprecedented walkout, 9,000 nurses take strike action in Northern Ireland
The unprecedented walk out will see them leave patient bedsides with the support of thousands of other healthcare workers.
Homelessness has now hit one in every 200 people in England reveals Shelter
The charity is warning the new Government must take “urgent” action to address the “dire lack of social homes at the crux of this emergency, before the situation is likely to get worse”.
US lawsuit accuses Apple and Microsoft of profiting from child labour
The suit is filed on behalf of 13 anonymous plaintiffs, all families with children who died or suffered serious injury while mining cobalt.
Wetherspoon’s: Pigs served without blankets after labour issue in supply chain
The British Meat Processors Association previously warned the UK was not attracting enough EU workers to help produce items such as pigs in blankets.
Pope abolishes ‘pontifical secret’ code in clergy sex abuse cases
Francis said the code of confidentiality no longer applies to abuse-related accusations.
Greta Thunberg has been named one of this year’s ten people who “mattered in science”
The 16 year old climate change activist is hailed alongside a neurologist who brought pigs' brains back to life and a palaeontologist who shook up humanity's family tree.