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Corbyn tells May that austerity very much isn’t over
Happy PMQs (Austerity is over)…only it isn’t really Rejoice! Walk out into the streets and hug your fellow humans. Austerity is over, the PM literally said: “Better times are coming.” This was just the news we need on World Mental Health Day. But it took that party pooper Corbyn to spoil all the fun. At today’s PMQs the Labour leader asked the PM why there are 5,000 fewer mental health workers. His point seemed to be irrelevant to May as...
UK one of the top EU member states selling Golden Visas to the super-rich
Britain is one of the top EU member states opening its doors to criminals via Golden Visa schemes that allow corrupt individuals to gain residency-by-investment. A report released today by Transparency International and Global Witness has revealed at least six thousand passports and nearly 100,000 residency permits have been sold in the EU in the last decade. Spain, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal and the United Kingdom have granted the highest numbers of these – with over 10,000 each. Golden Visa schemes...
Air pollution linked to heightened mouth cancer risk
The first study of its kind discovered that high levels of fine particulate matter and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be key
Sturgeon says Brexit will make Scottish independence more likely
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said that Brexit is likely to mean Scotland will leave the Union. She was speaking at the SNP party conference and she blamed the chaotic Brexit negotiations as proof that Scotland would be better off as a stand alone country within the EU. She said: “Brexit is about turning inwards, pulling up the drawbridge, retreating from the world. Independence is about being open, outward looking, aspiring to play our full part in the world around...
Seven of the most worrying things Brazil’s far-right frontrunner Bolsonaro has said
After his first-round victory, Jair Bolsonaro has attempted to quell fears that Brazil could return to a dictatorship under his command Here are some of his most worrying quotes and you can make your own mind up… “I’m not going to rape you, because you’re very ugly” – to a female representative in Congress. “They don’t do anything. I don’t think they’re even good for procreation any more” – referring to quilombolas, the black descendants of rebel African slaves. “I’d rather have my...
Police cordon around London Uber office as drivers protest at “slave labour”
Dozens of police in riot vans were forced to blockade the entrance to the glass skyrise where the company is based, in Aldgate, amid fears of violence.
Why climate change could spell an end to polar bears
Study found that although dead whales are still valuable sources of fat and protein, it will not be enough to sustain most polar bears when the Arctic becomes ice-free in summers
Seventh East London school closed due to spiders, though there’s bad news too:
Eastlea Community School is set to become the seventh east London school to close due to being infested by Britain's most dangerous spiders - the False Widow
Spending drops to its lowest level in a year in retail sector
Worrying figures show the high street has hit a slump. In September retail sales increased by the lowest level for nearly a year. KPMG and the British Retail Consortium found like-for-like retail sales were down 0.2 per cent, while total sales increased 0.7 per cent. The BRC said this was the lowest growth rate since October 2017. Helen Dickinson, head of the British Retail Consortium said: "These figures lay bare the difficult operating environment for the retail industry. “After a...