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In Britain, a violent, far-right street movement has emerged, mobilising the biggest numbers in decades. It is receiving political and financial support from Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Steve Bannon and far-right figures across Europe.

The 75-year-old, named locally as Maureen Watkins, was the 125th person to be murdered in the capital so far this year

Ever since details started emerging of Theresa May's Brexit deal, the enemies in her party started briefing that it was only a matter of time before she would be thrown under a bus. For two night in a row she has made a defiant statement to the press, last night insisting to journalists, many of whom had turned up expecting a resignation, that she was "not in denial" about the prospects of getting her Brexit deal through parliament. Despite a...

On the Red Planet catastrophic floods were unleashed when lakes burst their banks to carve canyons very rapidly

Twenty-five members of the group, who face charges including rape and trafficking with intent to engage in sexual exploitation, appeared at Leeds Crown Court for the first time today (Nov 16).

The economic fears and insecurities that led to Brexit are likely to be compounded when the UK leaves the union, a UN investigation has found. The UN’s Rapporteur into Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in the UK, Philip Aston, said no matter what outcome Brexit achieves, other than the Utopian one which is most unlikely to happen,  Britain will be left worse off economically. There’s going to be a fall in GDP, there’s going to be a fall in tax...

Their grey matter needs more time to 'hang up' on information, suggests the study, explaining the communication difficulties and repetitive behaviour

Women have been the hardest hit by government cuts to social services and welfare, a UN investigation has revealed. The UN’s Rapporteur into Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Philip Aston found reductions in social care services translate to an increased burden on primary caregivers who are disproportionately women. Releasing the interim findings of his investigation he pointed to a remarkable gender dimension of many of the Conservative reforms. He said: “If you had got a group of misogynists in a...

A technique first used by NASA to grow crops in space has been successfully adapted to work on Earth