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The UK's public purse will be £615 million lighter a week under the government's preferred Brexit scenario, King's College research has revealed. A far cry from the promised £350 million windfall that the Leave campaign promised, new analysis has revealed that even if the government gets its preferred option of a “bespoke deal” that would mean about £40 billion more in annual public borrowing than under the status quo by 2033/34. That equates to £615m per week, or 22 per cent of...

Supermarket Sweep presenter Dale Winton looked unwell in the weeks leading up to his death, neighbours said. The 62-year-old moved from his £2.9m Regent's Park apartment earlier this month and was always "very friendly" to neighbours. The much loved presenter drove a Range Rover and Bentley with the personalised number plate "DW". Iain Grant, 84, watched removal vans pack away Dale's possessions several weeks ago and said it was clear the star's health was failing him. He said: "Dale was...

A pilot accused of killing 11 people in a horror crash at the Shoreham Airshow appeared in court today (THURS). Andrew Hill, 54, crashed a Hawker Hunter jet on to a main road while performing a loop as part of an aerobatic display. But he failed to complete the manoeuvre and crashed onto the A27 dual carriageway in West Sussex, Westminster Magistrates Court was told. The crash on August 22, 2015, killed 11 men, who were either in vehicles on...

Glaciers in the Antarctic are being melted from below by a newly discovered process that adds to fears over rising sea levels and climate change. A study revealed a previously undocumented process where melting glacial ice sheets change the ocean in a way that further accelerates the rate of ice melt and sea level rise. The findings show that glacial meltwater makes the ocean's surface layer less salty and more buoyant, preventing deep mixing in winter and allowing warm water...

This is the once-in-a-lifetime moment a British swimmer caught on camera a 2,000-strong shoal of rare migrating RAYS. Conservationist Jay Gittens, 44, initially thought the enormous 'shadow' below the surface was a whale shark or humpback whale. Amazed Jay slipped into the water off La Paz, Mexico, and freedived with the enormous group of Pacific cownose rays. While the eagle rays are not endangered, it is very rare to capture such a large group moving together. Quick-thinking Ray from London...

“If we descend into a UKIP-generated xenophobic campaign, it weakens and demeans all of us and our society, and we are all the losers for that."

Aid workers in Syria say the situation for the families in the camps is "tragic" with serious doubts cast over the effectiveness of US-led strikes in ending the conflict in the region. According to workers in Northern Syria, who have been talking to families who have fled the country’s war zones, the scale of the task facing aid workers in Syria is daunting. Disaster relief agency ShelterBox and its partners have mounted their longest and largest aid programme ever – helping...

Dogs could be used to study obesity in humans after it was discovered that their gut harbours similar genetic material. Researchers found that the gene content of the dog microbiome showed many similarities to humans and was more similar to ours than the microbiome of pigs or mice. This microbiome, the combined genetic material of the microorganisms, have more similar genes and responses to diet in humans and dogs than established before. Dr Luis Pedro Coelho and colleagues from the...

Shipyards in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea and Spain now eyeing up critical defence contract, GMB investigation reveals GMB, the union for shipbuilding workers, today said in the aftermath of the blue passports fiasco, Ministers must reverse their decision to put a crucial £1 billion order for three new military support ships out to non-UK bidders. New Fleet Solid Support ships are needed to service the UK’s £6.3 billion Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and their strikeforce of new...