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British Army reject who fought against IS guilty of terrorism
Aidan James set out to Syria to join the bloody war in 2017.
Pensioner dies after spending six hours in a queue of trolleys at rammed A&E
Donald Driver, 84, slid off a trolley and died minutes later at Coventry University Hospital
BBC at risk of losing generation of viewers, Ofcom warns
The number of young people using BBC services is falling.
NHS nurse makes plea for help as take-home pay doesn’t cover rent, childcare and travel
She said: "My basic outgoings (rent, travel to work and childcare) are equal to my monthly wages."
Violent deaths linked to price rises ‘to soar worldwide’
Researchers say the number of deaths due to conflict and rioting caused by food, water and fuel shortages is likely increase rapidly over the next 10 years
Coastal homes in Yorkshire threatened by erosion saved by £3 million grant from Europe
The ‘Holderness coastline’ has some of the fastest eroding coast in Europe with over four metres a year of land eroding at south Withernsea.
Bob Geldof says we are living in a world led by “thugs” not leaders
“Younger people retreat to the certainties of the strong man, the admiration for thugs like Putin, fools like Trump. But these people are not leaders. They are not strong. They are weak."
Emigration from Britain to the EU at a 10-year high
Brexit has been blamed for an increasing number of British people emigrating to go live in continental Europe - the vast majority of whom are of working age.
Number of migrants smuggled into UK in containers ‘on the rise’
Last year there were 6,993 cases – a 36 per cent increase on 2017 - as smugglers increasingly use higher risk methods of clandestine entry.