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Britain’s WORM population is in decline which is also hitting bird numbers
A study has shown that the average field has just 9 worms per spadeful of soil - almost half of the number there should be
Councillor dubbed ‘Disappearing Donald’ after moving 400 miles from his constituency in Cambridge
Donald Adey moved miles away and despite this move, he claimed he could serve the residents of Trumpington and interact with them via Skype.
Watch lawyer explain Brexit vote would be void for corruption if only it was binding…
A court has ruled that the 2016 EU referendum should be voided because of criminal activity by the Brexit campaign. – Only it can’t be because of this loophole: it wasn’t a binding referendum. Yet Theresa May is still treating it as legally binding. You couldn’t make it up. Barrister Jessica Simor took May’s government to court for proceeding with Brexit on the basis that the referendum was lawful, despite their full knowledge of the illegal behaviour of the campaign...
Two county lines drug dealers who murdered a man have been jailed for life
Juned Ahmed, 18, and Ashraf Hussan, 20, stabbed Peter Anderson, 46, multiple times at just after 4pm on 25 July last year
Dogs to demonstrate in ‘Brexit is a Dog’s Dinner’ parliament protest
UPDATE: "Brexit is a Dog's Dinner" protest outside parliament will now be going ahead on Sunday 10 March. In a barking Westminster protest no one will relish cleaning up after, dog owners from around the country will be having a "dog's dinner" outside parliament to demand a ‘Wooferendum’ on Sunday, March 10th. The pups' protest will commence at Victoria Tower Gardens at 1pm with dog owners demanding the public have the final say on leaving the EU now it has...
Labour outline Brexit people’s vote plan
With just 32 days left until Britain is due to leave the EU, Jeremy Corbyn has finally announced a framework for a second referendum as agreed in the last Labour Party conference. The Labour leader is telling his MPs tonight that if parliament does not back the Labour Party's Brexit proposals, the public should have the final say to avoid a "damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country". Jeremy Corbyn will tomorrow table an amendment to the government’s Brexit...
Official report into Sala plane crash reveals pilot was not qualified to fly commercial passengers
An official report into the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala has revealed the pilot was not qualified to fly commercial passengers. The Cardiff City striker died after the aircraft crashed over the English Channel while the body of the pilot Dave Ibbotson has not yet been found. But in an interim report published today, the air accident investigation branch revealed that Mr Ibbotson did not have approval to fly commercially and had not sought approval from the authorities...
Donald Tusk says Brexit delay would be a “rational solution”
Donald Tusk has said extending Article 50 would be a "rational solution" as Brexit D-Day draws near without an agreement in place. The President of the European Council said "the less time there is until 29 March, the greater the likelihood of an extension, and this is an objective fact - not our intention, not our plan, but an objective fact." He said an extension would be a "rational solution" but that Mrs May told him "she still believes she...
Brexiteer throws online strop after poll results don’t go his way
A Brexiteer has thrown a very public strop after the results of an online poll didn't go his way. Owen Halliday, who goes by the Twitter tag #standup4Brexit, posted a loaded question on his profile at the weekend asking if people would be "outraged" if Brexit was delayed any further. As things stand two-thirds of respondents said they wouldn't be outraged if that transpired, which has provoked an angry reaction from the host. His subsequent posts read: "Remainers are attempting...