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Bid to remove Edinburgh honour from Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi
The 73-year-old leader of Myanmar - formerly Burma - was given the Capital's highest honour in 2005 when she was still in opposition and under house arrest.
‘Two-thirds of alcohol sales are to people classed as heavy drinkers’
An astonishing 68 per cent of revenue from alcohol is generated by people classed as imbibing at risky levels, according to the study
Love child of two prehistoric species of humans have been unearthed
She was at least 13 when she died and had a Neanderthal mother - and Denisovan father!
Giant turtle that swam the oceans 228 million years ago didn’t have a shell
Weird-looking reptile sported a telltale beak but its wide ribs hadn't grown to form the iconic carapace
Victory for Vegan Campaigners as Pets at Home Drops Kangaroo Meat
Animal welfare charity Viva! scores another victory in their long-standing kangaroo campaign as companion animal supplies retailer Pets at Home discontinues the sale of dog treats that contain kangaroo meat. Viva! contacted Pets at Home after an animal advocate reported seeing kangaroo meat dog treats on sale. Pets at Home CEO Peter Pritchard responded positively, confirming that as the treats do not meet their ethical standards, they would discontinue sales. Pets at Home stocked two variations of the 100 per...
Girl, 2, with rare ‘water on the brain’ condition undergoes pioneering surgery to have 72cm head reduced
Tot Maryam had eight four-hour operations to drain her head from the excess fluid
“Zombie” Tories received more money from the dead than the living in 2017, party figures show
The Conservative Party received more money from dead people in legacies than they did from membership fees from living people last year, party figures show. Membership plummeted by 40 per cent in 2017, returning just £835,000 to the party's coffers compared to £1.5 million the year before. But the Conservatives managed to bag £1.7 million from dead people in the form of bequests, compared to £301,000 in 2016. That means they received more from dead people than they did from the living,...
Violent volcanic eruption on the other side of the world led to Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo
Charged volcanic ash ejected higher into atmosphere responsible for cloud formation bringing rain clouds over Europe
Conservative Party suffers collapse in membership fees
The Conservative party has suffered a collapse in the income it draws from membership fees as Labour and the Liberal Democrats see significant increases. According to party accounts the money earned from their membership plummeted by more than 40 per cent in 2017. By contrast membership income for the Labour party grew by around 12 per cent, while the Liberal Democrats saw theirs rise by almost a third. The shocking figures will add to the concern over the Tory party’s...