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Tories pull Financial Services Bill after working majority cut to zero
The government was forced to postpone the Financial Services Bill today after an official calculation showed its working majority has officially been cut to zero. Ministers took the decision to postpone the bill just hours before before it was due to be debated and voted on by MPs. The legislation, which is crucial to ensuring major financial institutions can continue to operate in the event of a no-deal Brexit, will now have to be re-scheduled for debate in the Commons...
Tommy Robinson supporter who trolled Sajid Javid branding him “a Muslim terrorist” is a convicted rapist
A Tommy Robinson supporter who trolled Sajid Javid branding him "a Muslim terrorist" is a convicted rapist, a court heard. Cleaner Wayne Kirby, 49, was jailed for 28 days after posting the offensive comments on the Home Secretary's Facebook page last summer. He called for the Tory politician to be "hung, drawn and quartered” if anything happened to the right wing leader and Mr Javid "a boy." He ended the post with "legally get ready to die boy.” Kirby, who...
More misery for Grayling as Bechtel sues HS2 over tender process
A fresh legal claim over a £1 billion construction project has been lodged which could add insult to misery for the embattled Transport Minister Chris Grayling. American engineering giant Bechtel is set to sue the government over the HS2 tender process. According to Sunday Times reports the US giant has claimed the procurement process for the development of Old Oak Common station, which will link with Crossrail when it opens, was unfair. Last month the £1 billion contract was awarded...
Over £5,000 raised by 411 donors within a day to help pay for funeral costs of murdered teen Jodie Chesney
The GoFundMe page was created on Saturday and by lunchtime had received £5,520 of its £5,000 goal.
Six-year-old born behind bars to British woman jailed in Pakistan has been freed & returned to UK
Malaika's mother Khadija Shah, from Birmingham, was arrested at Islamabad airport in 2012 and jailed for life in 2014 for smuggling 63kg (138lb) of heroin
PM’s refusal to shut down child sex abuse inquiry into late Lord Janner a ‘political mistake’, his son said
Daniel Janner QC made the comments before the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse began hearing evidence from alleged victims of a paedophile sex ring.
Fountain of youth pill could be on the horizon
This would be like us living up to 200 years
Smokers asked to express views on Brexit with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ slots on cigarette butt bins
An anti-litter group, which created the bin to encourage smokers to discard of butts properly, poses the question "Does the prospect of a hard Brexit worry you?"
Drunk went on racist rant at a train passenger who was completely unaware – because he is deaf
Michael Lannuzel, 43, drunkenly convinced himself that the victim challenged him as he walked down the aisle of the train.