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Heavy snowfall has caused chaos across Kent - with more than 100 schools closed and blocked roads closure bringing swathes of the county to a standstill. About six inches of snow fell last in parts of the south east last night, with more forecast until at least Friday. Temperatures could also plunge as low as minus nine later in the week before the 'beast from the east' has passed. Police cars covered in snow in Kent. More than 100 schools...

The 2017 General Election showed a tabloid press that is "run by tax-dodging press barons" do not decide elections, Momentum national co-ordinator Laura Parker has said today. Jeremy Corbyn has endured a number of high profile attacks from the right wing press of late, but rather than putting voters off the Labour leader they are actually driving people towards the party, according to new research. A report published by Momentum claims the organisation added the most members in any four-day period since...

Britain's last remaining crossword compilers will become extinct within 15 years - after being replaced by ROBOTS, one of Britain's leading experts has warned. There are less than 100 professional crossword makers left in the UK but their days are numbered because of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), it is feared. Computers that can 'think' like real people will soon be able to construct standard and cryptic crosswords more cheaply and in a fraction of the time. It spells an...

The Tory Government seems intent on leaving the single market and not remaining in the customs union. A hard-Brexit is the outcome they are driving towards. However, this decision has been met with fierce criticism from the ex-chief of the international trade department, Sir Martin Donnelly. Donnelly told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the UK risked being totally out entirely from its largest trading market and “the only functioning market for services in the world.” He said: “You’re giving up...

Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn set out Labour’s vision for a post-Brexit Britain; he wants the UK to remain part of the customs union to maintain a stable trading block with our European partners. Mr Corbyn also hoped that a “bespoke” arrangement could be reach to ensure that there was no hard border between North Ireland and the Republic. In response to the speech, the CBI (Confederation of British Industry), were glowing with praise to the Labour leader. Carolyn Fairburn, CBI director...

Realising most other employees are younger than you, being able to poke fun at your boss and having your own mug are all signs you’ve become ‘part of the furniture’ at work. A study of 2,000 office workers has revealed the top 40 indicators that you’ve been in your job too long, including being able to tell if someone has fiddled with your chair settings and colleagues knowing exactly how you like your tea. For a third of employees, being...

Addressing US governors today Donald Trump criticised first responders to the Parkland gun massacre that claimed 17 lives, and insisted if he had been outside he would have run in, with or without a firearm. Trump also insisted that in coming up with a solution to school shootings that are happening so regularly it's on a weekly basis, the governors gather at the White House had nothine to fear from the National Rifle Association (NRA) who were on their side....

Temperatures are set to drop below zero around the United Kingdom and already we have lost rough sleepers over the past few days. If you see a rough sleeper, please let them know that there is help on hand as the temperatures plummet dangerously. If you are concerned about someone sleeping rough in England or Wales you can contact www.streetlink.org.uk, download the free Streetlink app or call Streetlink on 020 7840 4430 and let them know the location and how well...

Bosses at one of Scotland's biggest care providers have apologised to a dying pensioner who was left in agony following a night of staff blunders. Robert McIntyre, 79, has bladder cancer and only months to live is visited four times a day by Cordia staff to have a catheter bag changed. But his daughter Jean says the assigned worker sent to his home did not empty her father's bag during her evening visit. They say that it is the second...