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Tina Malone handed suspended jail term for posting picture of Jon Venables on Facebook
The 55-year-old actress gave evidence at the High Court claiming she was not aware of the court order granting the pair lifelong anonymity all over the world.
PM confirms she will vote to stop no-deal Brexit
PM confirms she will vote to stop no-deal Brexit during this evening's vote. Still nursing a sore throat at PMQs she came up agaisnt some harsh words from the Labour Leader. Corbyn said: “The prime minister has been stubbornly declaring that the only choice is between her deal and no deal. “Last night’s vote finished off her deal. Tonight she’s not even showing the leadership to whip on no deal.” May has given her MPs a free vote over a...
Outdoor learning really does boost children’s academic performance and development
Activities can range from hiking through the wilderness to being taken to wetlands for instruction on frogs or simply planting flowers at school.
EU outlines 3 reasons for allowing a Brexit delay
The European Union has outlined three reasons for allowing Brexit to be delayed. In a memo obtained by BuzzFeed News EU leaders will be advised that delaying Brexit will make sense in only three scenarios: to give more time to prepare for no deal, to complete ratification of the withdrawal agreement or if the UK decides to hold an election or a referendum. The assessment comes as Theresa May was heavily defeated on her revised Brexit deal in parliament last...
Scientists have created a “time machine” that has reversed direction of time
In startling news scientists have somehow managed to reverse the direction of time, using a quantum computer. Researchers working with a quantum computer used subatomic particles and observed them travelling back in time, appearing to break a cardinal rule of physics. Their experiment defies the second law of thermodynamics – a rule of physics that governs the direction of events from the past to the future, with time running in one direction. Negatively-charged electrons reordered themselves in their original order...
Gang of London teens attacked SEVEN people in two hour knife rampage leaving two dead
Abdikarim Hassan, 18, and Sadiq Aadam Mohammed, 20, were stabbed to death in Camden, north London, last February.
May’s deal rejected in Parliament by huge majority
The government was defeated by 149 votes over the PM revised Brexit deal. The result was 242 who approved and 391 who rejected her plan. The PM lost by 230 votes in her original Brexit vote. Jeremy Corbyn asked for No-deal to be taken out off the table. He said: "The clock has been run down on her and it is time to call an election." May, with a very sore throat, told the house MPs will have a free...
MI5 files reveal Thatcher supported key ally over child sex abuse claims
MI5 files have revealed for the first time what many suspected. Margaret Thatcher was aware of alleged sexual offences by her Private Parliamentary Secretary Sir Peter Morrison yet chose to defend him. Testimony as well as documents MI5 have handed to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) suggest a rallying behind the Conservative minister despite concerns laid out about Morrison’s “interest in small boys”. Peter Morrison, Tory MP for Chester was a junior minister, then Conservative party deputy...
Second Brexit vote is the “only credible solution to end gridlock”
The credible way to end Brexit gridlock and give UK and global business much-needed certainty is with a second referendum, affirms the CEO deVere Group. The comments from Nigel Green, the founder and chief executive of deVere Group, come as the UK and the EU are preparing themselves for the most critical vote on Brexit since the 2016 referendum. This evening MPs will decide whether to accept the Brexit deal struck by Prime Minister Theresa May. The last time Mrs...