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Umunna’s decision to quit Labour and form new Independent Group divides constituents
The 40-year-old has been MP for Streatham in south London since 2010
Eleven men arrested after man died from stabbing near Euston station
The knife victim died less than an hour after he was discovered on the reception floor of The Wesley hotel in Euston Street.
Hunt for women who slashed OAP’s bag at Tube station and stole £700 cash
Detectives have released CCTV images of the women, wrapped in scarves and wearing woolly bobble hats, who struck at Morden underground station in south London
The rich levels of biodiversity on land seen across the globe today are not a recent phenomenon
Diversity on land has been similar for at least the last 60 million years since the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Claims Honda is about to close factory in Britain with loss of over 3,500 jobs
Reports say the car giant is set to announce the shutting of the plant in Swindon., Wilts, on Tuesday
Areas blighted by Japanese knotweed being mapped to provide heatmap of infestations across UK
New interactive map lists the thousands of infestations of the notorious invasive weed that plagues gardens and land
“Hugely disappointing” Labour resignations “risking a Tory Government”
This morning’s resignations by seven Labour MPs has dealt a blow to Jeremy Corbyn's hopes of entering 10 Downing Street. The split is seen as similar to the 'gang of four' who broke away to set up the SDP in the 80s. The MPs who have left to sit as independents are – Chuka Umunna, MP for Streatham and former shadow business secretary. Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree and former shadow minister for mental health. Gavin Shuker, MP for...
Man in court charged with murder of bouncer outside VIP Mayfair party
Tudor Simionov, 33, was stabbed to death in the early hours of New Year's Day on posh Park Lane in central London
Corbyn calls for Labour defectors to submit themselves to by elections
Jeremy Corbyn has called for Labour defectors to submit themselves to by elections after they quit the party to start a rival group. Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gape, Gavin Shuker and Anne Coffey announced they were resigning today and will sit in Parliament as the Independent Group. Leslie said Labour has been “hijacked by the machine politics of the left”, while Mike Grapes called the party "racist and antisemitic". But Corbyn reminded the group that Labour policies "inspired millions...