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Must have party decoration kills one in five birds who have swallowed them

The man in his 30s was rushed to hospital with serious neck and leg injuries after he was hit by the train.

The government is set to pay Eurotunnel up to £33 million in order for it to drop its legal action brought over the "secretive" process used around post-Brexit ferry contracts. The Channel Tunnel operator mounted a legal challenge after Chris Grayling's department handed out lucrative contracts to increase cross-Channel capacity in the event of a no-deal Brexit to three firms - including one company that did not have any ships. It claimed the £108 million contracts had been doled out...

Researchers found fish stock losses as high as 35 per cent in some regions

“sometimes accusations of racism are used by people against people they don’t like and that weakens the fight against genuine racism”

Almost 10,000 Brits Google "what is Brexit" every month, according to new research. Despite the UK's departure from the European Union being imminent a study into common search queries found 9,900 Brits per month still don't know what it is. "What does Brexit mean", "will Brexit happen" and "Brexit pros and cons" were also among the most frequent Google searches, with over three times as many people questioning a "hard Brexit" than a "soft Brexit". Reboot Online also discovered practical...

Boris Johnson has been booked to give a £75-a-head Brexit talk just three days before the UK officially leaves the European Union. The former Mayor and Foreign Secretary will discuss issues such as the Irish backstop, customs union, transition period and Article 50 at the event in Westminster's Central Hall. Billed as a "conversation" with former Editor and columnist Charles Moore, he will deliver his thoughts on Brexit in a "unique event" presented by The Telegraph’s Editor, Chris Evans. Early...

Net migration to the UK from countries outside the European Union has hit its highest level for 15 years, the Office for National Statistics has reported. 261,000 more non-EU citizens came to the UK than left in the year ending September 2018 - which is the highest figure since 2004. In contrast, net migration from EU countries has continued to fall to a level last seen in 2009. Jay Lindop, director of the Centre for International Migration at the ONS,...

The 'rover' collected micro-organisms in Chile's Atacama desert ahead of NASA and the European Space Agency missions to the Red Planet in 2020