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Brits regard money as a bigger taboo than sex, religion or politics
Money is a bigger taboo than sex, religion or politics, according to new research. Half of Brits say talking about personal money matters is taboo in everyday conversation, higher than sex (42 per cent), religion (26 per cent) and politics (14 per cent). The study also found that a quarter of Brits have lied to family and friends about their personal finances, with one in ten admitting to lying to their partner about how much debt they have. And 23...
“More than 100” pupils hospitalised after suffering burned foreheads during Ash Wednesday assembly
At least two children from St Augustine’s Catholic High School were taken to A&E after they had ash crosses smudged onto their foreheads
Beetle discovered on Indonesian island has been named Yoda
Another has been called Obelix, the Asterix character - because of its rather rotund shape.
Murder Squad cops probing the “evil” stabbing of Girl Scout Jodie Chesney arrested second suspect
Police held the man on suspicion of murder - a week after the 17-year-old was stabbed to death in an east London park
Probe following death of 80-year-old man found with back and facial injuries
Alan Powell was found collapsed neat his home in Hornchurch, east London, and died in hospital two days later
John McDonnell calls for cross party cooperation to tackle “racism, prejudice that sneak into politics”
But admits Labour too slow in tackling anti-Semitism within its ranks
London’s fourth knife murder probe in 24 hours arrests three teenagers
The 17-year-old victim was stabbing in West Kensington in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday
Watch – ‘Grow Your Own Brexit Survival Kit’ – to combat food shortages in event of no deal Brexit
An imaginative garden centre has released a Grow Your Own Brexit Survival Kit - to combat food shortages in the event of a no deal Brexit. Bosses at the centre have created a pack of 12 different vegetable seeds to plant, which can provide a year-round supply of nutritious food. The full kit is £34 and provides 12 packs of easy-to-grow seeds, including carrots, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, broad beans, spinach, kale and pumpkin. Credit;swns Paul Carmichael, the retail general...
James O’Brien calls out media for double standards over Tory Islamophobia scandal
James O'Brien said "we live in a country that is utterly upside down" after a spate of Tory Islamaphobia cases went largely unreported in the media. Fourteen members of the Conservative Party have been suspended this week over Islamophobic comments made on Facebook, and last night Baroness Warsi, the Conservative Party’s first female Muslim minister, called for an independent inquiry into "institutional" Islamophobia in the party. The Muslim Council of Britain previously attacked the party for being unable to deal with...