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Teenage girl has been arrested over a murder that saw a man knifed to death on a ‘quiet street’ in London
Ayodeji Habeeb Azeez, 22, was killed after being repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight over the weekend in Penge, south east London.
Over 50 prominent MPs call on USA to block Tommy Robinson visit
Fifty-five cross-party MPs, including Select Committee chairs, prominent Conservatives, and Shadow Cabinet members, have written to the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, demanding that the US maintain the country’s travel ban against violent extremist ‘Tommy Robinson’ (Stephen Lennon). The MPs have expressed “grave concern” that the US government may grant a waiver to Stephen Lennon, allowing him to undertake speaking and media engagements in Washington DC next week and likely raise in the range of £1million. In their letter,...
Fishermen will have to move from Hastings to Grimsby because of climate change
Historic south coast fishing spots seen lower levels of fish because rising sea temperatures over 30 years have led them to move into the cooler north sea.
Tesco has been slammed for selling kiwis in a plastic wrapper – containing a plastic SPOON
The TV presenter, 48, throws her weight behind the anti-plastic movement
Teen killed outside youth club named as John Ogunjobi, 16.
The drill rapper was stabbed on a housing estate in Tulse Hill, south London, on Bonfire Night
Arctic shorebird populations are crashing because of climate change
A change in ice and snow cover and a decline in other prey such as lemmings has lead predators like arctic foxes to target nests instead.
A male and female shellfish dating back more than 400 million years has been discovered
Fossilised remains of the tiny crustaceans, measuring just 1 mm long, were unearthed in southern Japan.
“Unforgivable cowardice” Government won’t allow company to criticise May over Grenfell Tower fire
A shocking article by The Times has claimed that WSP, engineering company, was warned not to create “adverse publicity” about the Cabinet Office or other Crown bodies (this includes May's office) The Times said WSP experts were hired after the Grenfell Tower tragedy on 14 June last year, which killed 72 people. The contract reportedly stated WSP should ensure that neither it nor anyone working for it should "embarrass" or be "in any way connected to material adverse publicity" relating...
Dominic Raab admitted he didn’t understand importance of Dover-Calais crossing to UK economy
According to the website Politico, Raab was reported to have said: “I hadn’t quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the UK and look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing. "And that is one of the reasons why we have wanted to make sure we have a specific and very proximate relationship with the EU, to ensure frictionless trade at the border. "I don’t think it is a...