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Up to 10,000 children as young as 11 are being used by dealers in County Lines drug networks
In the past week 400 children were rescued from County Lines gangs - which are estimated to rake in half-a-billion pounds a year
Peak Brexit? It “will do country good to go without food”
Surely it can't get anymore insane than this? BBC news filmed some vox pops to gauge what the average person on the street thinks about the potential of food shortages post-Brexit. The British Retail Consortium penned an open letter about their concerns over potential food supply issues when the UK leaves the EU. The final gentleman's answer was jaw-dropping. He told the presenter "It's purely scaremongering. As far as I'm concerned it would do the country good to go without...
Woman who spotted mattress with sign saying ‘Airbnb – £5 a night’ says it raises issue about housing
Ailsa Deans, 31, was heading to work yesterday (Mon) when she saw the mattress lying next to a large wheelie bin.
Trump asks for global warming to come back as it is cold
US President, Donald Trump, has taken to social media, not for the first time, to rant about global warming, or the apparent lack of it. On Monday he tweeted that as it was currently very cold in the Midwest then global warming doesn’t exist. He tweeted: “In the beautiful Midwest, wind chill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded.” “In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can’t last outside even for minutes. What the hell is...
Reality of Brexit uncertainty starting to bite as business and personal insolvencies soar
The reality of Brexit uncertainty is starting to bite, experts have said after the number of personal insolvencies hit its highest level since 2011. Insolvency Service figures showed 115,299 people became insolvent in England and Wales last year, 20 per cent up on 2017. The number of companies going under also reached a five-year high in 2018. There were 17,439 company insolvencies last year — the highest since 2013 — driven by a big jump in numbers of builders and retailers...
Mind reading machine that converts people’s thoughts into words has been developed by scientists
It offers hope of patients paralysed after a stroke or accident communicating with friends and loved ones - despite being unable to speak
Microplastics flushed into the oceans are causing mussels to lose their grip
The tiny particles of plastic fragments are affecting the ability of mussels to attach themselves to their surroundings and triggering an immune response in the mollusc
TV star shouted “My name’s John Alford, I’m fighting Rupert Murdoch & corrupt police officers” as he was arrested for hijacking bin lorry
The 47-year-old former Grange Hill and London Burning actor suddenly broke into the Veolia lorry while it did its morning rounds near his north London home.
No deal Brexit could see up to 250,000 British expats return to the UK – leaked government memo reveals
A no deal Brexit could see between 50,000 and 250,000 British expats return to the UK from the European Union, a leaked government memo has revealed. The internal document, shared with Buzzfeed News, suggests government officials are preparing for a sudden rush of citizens to return home if Britain crashes out of the EU without a negotiated settlement. The EU exodus could put a significant strain on public services, with around 40 per cent of returning expats expected to be be pensioners, placing...