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Routine eye test can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease – in seconds
It offers hope of patients being given drugs decades before symptoms develop when they are most likely to work.
More strong winds warning as trail of devastation includes a shed in a tree
Fire crews were called to try and get it down
Global Muslim Caliph calls for Bangladesh to take Shamima Begum as their national
The Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has called on Bangladesh to take Shamima Begum as their national. Speaking ahead of the 16th National Peace Symposium at the UK’s largest mosque, the Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said Muslim countries should show sympathy to Begum and take her in. As her parents were originally from Bangladesh, "the first duty is of Bangladesh to take her as their national", he said. Despite the Caliph's initial policy been...
Esther McVey propagates 2014 Brexit myth- then asks why trust in politicians is at an all time low
Esther McVey was called out for propagating out-dated Brexit myths this weekend after tweeting a 2014 claim by the Telegraph that all EU members would have to adopt the euro by 2020. The tweet, which has been deleted after garnering thousands of likes and retweets, questioned whether the public was aware of what "the EU has planned for its member states", despite the source being over four years old and based on inaccurate assumptions. The UK has a permanent opt-out...
The far right commands 22m voters across Europe and it’s rising – what next?
The extreme far right now commands an electorate of over 22 million across Europe. From 1999 to 2014, the share of seats of extreme right-wing- and neofascist parties in the European Parliament has more than doubled from 11% to 23%, and they are projected to be the second largest bloc in May's elections. Is Europe under threat from the biggest rise of the far right since the 1930s? Walter Baier of Transform! Europe last weekend adressed the ¡No Pasaran! conference...
DWP benefit freeze has pushed 200,000 Brits into poverty
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use next week's Spring Statement to end the freeze on working-age benefits after a new report revealed some 200,000 Brits have been pushed into poverty due to the cutbacks. The freeze on DWP benefits is due to start its fourth year in a row from April 8 after MPs signed off the cost-cutting sanctions in a vote earlier this week. But social reform think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has urged Hammond...
Ethiopian Airlines crash: All on board dead – 7 Britons among number
Some tragic news has emerged from Ethiopia. All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight have died after crash landed. Seven Britons were among 157 people killed after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after take-off. iT occurred around 31 miles south of the capital at around 8.44am local time (5.44am GMT). The flight was scheduled to fly from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in Kenya. "The group CEO who is at the accident scene right now regrets to confirm...
Tory Councillor who missed 75% of meetings because he was running dance events is to stand down
Karl Busch has missed about 75 per cent of Mid Devon council meetings over the past 18 months
Jeremy Hunt reportedly holding secret breakfast meetings with ministers as he plots to oust May
Jeremy Hunt is reportedly holding secret breakfast meetings with ministers to woo MPs to back him to replace Prime Minister Theresa May. A senior Tory figure has told The Sun that Hunt has been asking senior ministers what jobs they want in his Cabinet in exchange for their backing in secret morning meetings. Despite Savid Javid being widely tipped to become the next PM troubles over knife crime and illegal migrants in the Channel could hand the keys to number 10 to...