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An FOI request has revealed James Dyson financed the construction of a water reservoir on his farm with EU funding. The billionaire arch Brexiteer took money from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) to pay for the development, despite campaigning for Britain to leave the union. The farm, dubbed Beeswax Dyson in Lincolnshire, has received £4.2 million of European subsidies between 2016 and 2017. Susan Elan Jones MP, leading supporter of the People’s Vote campaign, said that Dyson was...

The level of support for the Conservatives has plummeted to its lowest level in five years as turbulent Brexit talks and party divisions grip the party. According to the latest polls they have dropped 6 points to 29 per cent this week, meaning Labour now has a 7 point lead with 36 per cent of the vote. This is the lowest the Tories have scored since the European elections in May 2014, almost five years ago, and comes just two...

Women have been at the forefront of huge protests in Sudan that have led to the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, with some estimating they have made up to 70% of those on the streets. They have borne the brunt of 30 years of autocratic rule, with even the most basic civil rights denied them. Now a new chapter in Sudan’s history begins, it is crucial women are given a central role in shaping the country’s future, one that is free from...

Half a dozen protestors in cars and camper vans blockaded an Aldi depot, seemingly for the reason that the firm originates in Germany. The xenophobic protestors blocking off the road in front of the multinational supermarket chain’s Merseyside centre were spotted brandishing Union Jacks. “This is Brexit at it’s best,” one bellowed through a megaphone. The seemingly spontaneous racist Brexit-promoting supermarket blockade prompted reactions of disbelief on Twitter. ‘Alexa – show me the stupidest Brexit protest to date,’ tweeted Liam...

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has launched his new Brexit Party today, and bookmakers rate his chances of securing the most seats at the European Elections as high. Farage will head the Brexit Party (which sounds like something he hoped to celebrate with red, white and blue bunting last month) to fight to sit as an MEP again in the European Parliament he is campaigning for the UK to leave. But though he’s registered to stand as a European Parliament...

The Mayfair hotel is part of the Dorchester Collection, a chain of hotels owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, which is owned by the Sultan.

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has launched a rival, "similar" but "different" party to Ukip - which he brands "tarnished" by the far right. Farage will head the Brexit Party (which sounds like something he hoped to celebrate with red, white and blue bunting last month) to fight to sit as an MEP again in the European Parliament he is campaigning for the UK to leave. But though he's registered to stand as a European Parliament candidate, he forgot to...

Jeremy Corbyn has defended Julian Assange and has demanded that America's request for him to be extradited is denied. Corbyn said that Assange had been the target of the USA because he was “exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan". His comments, in a tweet on Thursday night, came hours after Assange was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court of breaching bail conditions. The extradition of Julian Assange to the US for exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and...

Cali's murder rate has more than halved since the new approach was introduced