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East End teen who shares two bed council house with parents & two brothers has won scholarship to Eton College
The rising political star, who currently studies at George Mitchell School in Leyton, will enter the sixth from to study A-Levels in four subjects; History, Geography, Politics and Drama and Theatre Studies.
Sound expert raises mic concerns as Labour lodge complaint over BBC treatment of Diane Abbott
A sound expert has claimed Diane Abbott’s microphone was deliberately turned down and the others turned up during her Question Time appearance on the BBC. Producer Martyn Ware says the volume was decreased to make her sound weaker and to make it more difficult for her to defend herself. The accusations come as the Labour party lodge a formal complaint with the BBC over the treatment of the shadow home secretary on Question Time. According to reports the show's new host,...
Man-made soils ‘could be key to global food security’
University of Plymouth scientists are working with the Eden Project in Cornwall to explore how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors
Policeman threatened to rape colleague and murder her and other cops if arrested for sexual harassment, court hears
PC James Goodchild, 30, said he would stab them if they came round his house and said he would die before going to prison.
Brexit dithering has cost Labour 150k members and £6 million, party insiders claim
Brexit dithering has cost Labour some 150,000 members and £6 million, according to party insiders. The number of paid-up activists now stands at around 385,000 - down from a peak of more 500,000 in 2017 - amid fury at Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit stance, the Sunday Times has claimed. Sinking numbers has hit Labour's coffers to the tune of around £6 million. Corbyn has been caught between a rock and a hard place over Brexit. While the majority of its members back a second...
Paedophile who told man he wanted to have sex with his eight-year-old son avoids jail
Marketing consultant Ian Wivell exchanged messages with another man in which he discussed sexual activities he wanted to engage in with the other man’s son
Billionaires see fortune grow by £2bn a day as wealth of the world’s poorest dwindles by 11%
The fortunes of the world’s richest people rose by £2 billion a day last year, while the wealth of the poorest dwindled by 11 per cent. Some 3.4 billion people were forced to survive on less than £4.27 a day each according to new Oxfam research. The 26 richest people globally now hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the population – compared with the richest 43 in 2017. According to the Public Good or Private Wealth? study...
Generous taxpayer-backed pensions give top government bureaucrats an average pot of over £900k
A groundbreaking investigation into public sector pensions has revealed the 22 individuals who run UK government departments have an annual average pot of £907,273. The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has today revealed the details of some of the most generous unfunded pensions in Whitehall, with Sir Simon McDonald, head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, currently sitting on a pension pot valued at £1,858,000. Fourteen of the top government bureaucrats will also receive a huge lump sum payout in addition to their annual...
Smoking can speed up ageing in youth by over two decades, scientists warn
Men and women who use cigarettes are twice as old as non smokers - biologically