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Pro-Brexit group founder appeals £20k Electoral Commission fine for breaking EU referendum rules
Darren Grimes was handed the penalty after being accused of breaching spending rules during the EU referendum campaign.
Extraordinary scenes across UK as Extinction Rebellion start ‘summer uprising’ in five cities
Environmental protesters in London, Leeds, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow called on UK to halt wildlife losses and cut greenhouse gases to net zero by 2025.
‘10,000 signatures in 48 hours’ oppose liberalisation of Northern Ireland abortion laws
Stella Creasy’s amendment to allow women in Northern Ireland the same choice as the rest of the UK got overwhelming support from MPs.
Mars could be made habitable by creating small islands
An inch thick layer of tiles made out of silica aerogel - a fluffy white powder that is mostly air - would be enough to insulate the frozen world
US Air Force “stands ready” as up to a million people plan to storm Area 51
A spokesperson says the US Air Force "stands ready to protect America and its assets" as Facebook group gathers momentum.
Gang supplying cocaine to City workers in square mile have been jailed for 33 years
The twelve-strong gang, comprising two lieutenants, eight couriers and two others were snared after an eight month investigation.
Rome police evict Italian and migrant squatters from former school
Italian police have evicted migrants and others from an abandoned former school on Rome’s outskirts in the latest operation to empty occupied buildings of migrants and squatters. Residents set fire to mattresses and other rubbish to form a barrier and prevent riot police from entering the building. Squatters set fire to a barricade created outside the abandoned school on the outskirts of Rome (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP) But authorities doused the blaze and proceeded with the eviction. Interior minister Matteo...
Theresa May hits out at Donald Trump’s ‘unacceptable’ racist Twitter rant
President Donald Trump has been accused of racism over his attack on four congresswomen, and Theresa May made plain her discontent.
Corbyn vows to reveal Britain’s ‘true impact’ on climate change
A Labour government will disclose for the first time the “true impact” on the climate of Britain’s carbon emissions, Jeremy Corbyn is to warn. The Labour leader will say that, currently, only greenhouse gases generated by goods and services produced within the UK are measured. But, while these have been coming down, this ignores the emissions generated from goods imported into the country, which have “barely changed” in 20 years. The result, he argues, is that the UK is effectively...