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Police have made arrest after video was posted online calling for Muslim schoolgirls to be sterilised
The video follows pupils from Central Foundation Girls’ School in Bow, some of whom are wearing hijabs.
Convicted knife killer died in jet ski horror crash on first day of Caribbean holiday
Jordan Mayers, 29, suffered a fatal head injury when he crashed into his cousin's jet ski off a popular tourist beach in Barbados while visiting his mum's family, an inquest heard
Feathers from four-winged dinosaur shed fresh light on evolution of flight
About the size of a pheasant, Anchiornis roamed China 10 million years before Archaeopteryx - the first recognised bird
Man filmed own video abusing Muslim schoolgirls in broad daylight – saying they should be sterilised
The video, which appears to have been taken near a bus stop in Bow, east London, was uploaded by an outraged Twitter user on Saturday.
Two thirds of Brits don’t trust MPs on Brexit says report offering interesting solution to heal UK rifts
As MPs vote on several major Brexit amendments today, a major new study has found Britain more divided than ever, with faith in politicians at an all-time low. Attitudes to parliamentarians have hardened, with over two thirds of Brits now saying that they do not feel represented by the main political parties. The report also warns that people do not trust the process, do not feel consulted, and think that the Government has failed to even try to reach a...
These Brexiteers’ arguments for a second referendum are worth a read
As MPs debate amendments to Theresa May's Brexit bill and various suggestions to break through the current deadlock including giving the British people the final say, bitter opponents of a people's vote might not enjoy being reminded of how articulate they have been in the past about the arguments for a second referendum. For instance the Brexit campaigner and former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith recently insisted Britain would face the same sort of unrest...
Brexit risks thousands of untimely deaths as cost of fresh fruit and veg soars
Researchers say that many more people may die over the next decade if Britain presses ahead with Brexit because the UK is "heavily dependent" on fruit and veg imports
No deal Brexit would see food disappear off shelves warn supermarkets
As MPs are due back in parliament to debate Brexit, Britain's food retailers warn that a no deal Brexit would affect the country's food security. Food retailers including Sainsbury's, Co-Op, Lidl, KFC, Asda, Pret-A-Manger, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer warned MPs “our supply chains are closely linked to Europe — nearly one third of the food we eat in the UK comes from the EU.” The open letter to MPs from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned MPs to avoid...
Black holes shed new light on expanding universe
Astronomers at Durham University used the huge amounts of radiation supermassive blackholes emit as "beacons" to track the expansion of the early universe