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Fr John McCloskey was a celebrity cleric, ministering to the conservative elite in Washington, D.C and helping convert high-profile political figures to Catholicism, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He wrote books and often appeared on TV. A Catholic organisation paid out almost a million pounds to settle a sex assault complaint against the top priest, it has now been revealed. Catholic Organisation Opus Dei footed the legal bill in 2005 following a complaint that McCloskey had groped a...

Patricia Robertshaw, 42, pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and one count of forgery while working Yorkshire Cancer Research, a court heard

Banks and financial institutions have shifted at least $1 trillion worth of assets out of the UK and into the European Union because of Brexit, EY have claimed in a report published this week. Many banks have set up new offices in Europe to safeguard their regional operations, which means they have moved substantial assets over to satisfy EU regulators. Other firms are moving assets to protect clients against market volatility and sudden changes in regulation. In total at least £800 billion...

HOPE not hate has been exposing the coordinated attempt by far-right activists to hijack the Brexit debate to spread hate and division.   MPs such as Anna Soubry and journalists such as Kay Burley from Sky News as well as Guardian columnist Owen Jones have been targeted for harassment, intimidation and abuse by a hardcore element of far-right ‘yellow vest’ protesters outside Parliament, frequently using terms such as ‘traitor’ (echoing language used by Jo Cox’s killer Thomas Mair). Based on messages shared...

Police have confirmed that "military assistance" has been implemented at the airport after flights were prevented from taking off when a drone was spotted near one of the runways

But the prominent Remain campaigner said she "mob" didn't represent the overwhelming majority of people who voted Leave in the Brexit referendum

A 14-year-old boy was riding a moped moments before he was fatally stabbed, according to police. Detectives say he was involved in a collision with a car in Leyton, east London, just before 6.30pm, yesterday Three men then got out the vehicle and stabbed the victim, leaving him to die in a pool of his own blood, before speeding off. Police and paramedics tried to save the lad, who has not been named, but he was pronounced dead at the...

Flights had been grounded at Heathrow Airport after reports of a drone sighting. They have now resumed "Stuck on the runway at Heathrow - people being selfish flying drones," one traveller tweeted. Another wrote: "We’ve been sitting on the runway at Heathrow for like an hour and a half. A Heathrow spokeswoman had said it was a "precautionary measure" to "prevent any threat to operational safety". It comes after last month's disruption at Gatwick Airport which saw thousands of people...

Genetic evidence shows bacteria on the International Space Station are adapting to survive, not to harm - and the findings are good news for any future manned mission to Mars