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Government’s full Brexit legal advice doesn’t look good for Theresa May
When MPs voted to find ministers in contempt of parliament for not complying with a vote to show MPs the full Brexit legal advice yesterday the faces on the Conservative Party front benches said it all. Today the government released their full advice - see below - and it makes grim reading, with Theresa May facing awkward questions over the next five days when she should be shoring up enough support for her Brexit deal to pass through a parliament. ...
BBC broadcasting star hanged herself after leaving midway through her afternoon radio show
Vicki Archer, 41, was found dead after emergency services were called to her home in Shrewsbury, Shrops., on August 6
Detective claims sex discrimination meant police ignored domestic abuse by his girlfriend
Dc Gareth Yates from the Cheshire force also said she stalked him and stolen from him, but had he been a woman, police would have acted.
Gunshots fired by two cops during robbery operation in south west London
The police watchdog has confirmed that two officers fired one shot each during the incident in Wimbledon, south west London, on Monday morning
Workers who are offered the option of flexible working are benefitting UK business
Workers who are offered the option of flexible working are benefitting UK business, taking less leave and working at increased levels of productivity, according to research. A study compared the productivity of 1,500 workers who set their own hours or working location against 500 who are not doing so. Flexible workers said they felt they worked effectively for more of a typical working day than those working a traditional ‘nine-to-five’. However, three-quarters of flexi workers say they’d be reluctant to...
Microplastics found in all sea turtle species
Researchers looked for synthetic particles - less than five millimetres in length - including microplastics in 102 sea turtles - and found them in the guts of every single one
Lack of nurses on hospital wards linked to rise in patient death risk
But plugging the gap with unregistered nursing assistants isn’t associated with any reduction in patient harm, according to a study
For the first time in history MPs vote government in contempt of parliament over hiding full Brexit advice
BREAKING NEWS: There were extraordinary scenes in the House of Commons as for the first time in history MPs voted to find the Government in contempt of Parliament over its refusal to release its full legal advice on Brexit. The Government is now set to publish the full text. Theresa May's attempts to hide the full legal advice on her Brexit deal despite MPs voting that they should see it avote on the deal were scuppered. "The government is wilfully...
Blood test developed that can diagnose cancer in just ten minutes
It spots tiny amounts of DNA floating through vessels that could only have come from tumours - and not healthy cells