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BREAKING: Bookmakers suspend bets on a general election following large bets
A bookmakers has been forced to suspend betting on a General Election to be called, following a flood of large bets in the last hour. Rumours have been circulating that Theresa May is set to make a statement tonight. A spokesman for Paddy Power said: "We've seen a rush of hefty bets on a General Election to take place within the last hour or so, and as a result, we are refusing to take any further bets on the market....
Campaigners claim to have filmed fox hunt which they say has previously hunted illegally leaving Jacob Rees-Mogg’s country house
The Tory MP has been blasted for supporting hunters who activists say illegally chased foxes, killed pets and terrorised locals
Leader of Farage’s Brexit party quits after racist social media posts exposed
The leader of Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party has dramatically quit today following a HOPE not hate investigation revealing her numerous Islamophobic statements and extensive retweeting of far-right figures – including a neo-Nazi – on her Twitter feed. A HOPE not hate analysis of tweets posted to Catherine Blaiklock’s now-removed Twitter account revealed multiple examples of anti-Muslim statements, including claims that Islam is “incompatible with liberal democracy”, that “Islam = submission – mostly to raping men it seems”and is a “threat to women,...
PM asks EU for three month Brexit delay & hints she might quit if delayed further
Prime Minister Theresa May has written to the European Union to ask for a three month delay to Brexit. She has sent a letter to Europe asking for Brexit delay until June 30. The UK is due to leave the EU next Friday, on 29 March, May says in a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk she needs more time to get her withdrawal deal passed and ratified by Parliament. May seems to threaten to quit as PM if MPs...
Knife-wielding man was shot by police in London after stabbing an officer & threatening to kill people
Officers were called reports a domestic disturbance in Hackney where they found a 28-year-old man armed with knives making threats to kill.
Teen “stable” after stabbing just a mile from where Jodie Chesney was murdered
The victim of the latest stabbing and his pals managed to take refuge inside Havering College in east London, leaving a trail of blood up to the gates
Paedophile policeman who avoided jail WON’T have sentence reviewed
Lee Bartram, 44, made his sick catalogue of images and videos and admitted he "may have tried to touch a child” if his offending went undetected
First fossil bird found with egg preserved inside body
Scientists say that the "incredibly well preserved" find, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs, sheds new light on the reproduction of birds
Woman accused of being member of banned neo Nazi group ‘won beauty contest called Miss Hitler’
Mark Jones and fiancee Alice Cutter along with Gerry Jack and Connor Scothern are charged with belonging to National Action