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Pro-Brexit group founder wins appeal against £20,000 EU referendum fine
Darren Grimes, founder of pro-Brexit campaign group BeLeave has won his appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed by the Electoral Commission.
Queen’s Duchy of Lancaster income increases by more than £1m
The Queen’s income from her private Duchy of Lancaster estate has increased by more than £1 million to £21.7 million,
James Goddard admits calling MP Anna Soubry a Nazi
The protester also admitted one racially aggravated public order offence towards a police officer.
Race and religious hate offences double in six years
A total of 60,763 offences were recorded by police forces in 2018/19.
Young mum has chemotherapy and double mastectomy only to be told she did NOT have cancer
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust admitted lianility after Sarah Boyle underwent gruelling treatment at Royal Stoke Hospital.
Unions slam reports of Theresa May’s parting pay rise for public sector workers
The move is a ‘last-gasp’ attempt to curry favour with workers after years of wage caps, say union leaders.
Multibillion-pound investment in schools ‘desperately’ needed, say MPs
The committee has called for a 10-year education funding plan.
Largest amount of shopping trolleys ever found in River Thames in just one day.
Port of London Authority workers pulled out dozens of ageing supermarket wire trolleys from the banks of the capital's river after spotting a huge clump of them stuck in mud at low tide.
No-deal Brexit puts jobs and NHS patients at risk warns committee
Boris Johnson's claims that Gatt 24 could be used to avoid tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit under WTO rules were debunked by an inluential commitee of MPs.