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The Equality Group has commissioned a nationally representative study that delves into UK ethnic minority citizens, their career aspirations, and the inequalities that still challenge the nation's BAME community in the world of work. The research is launched amidst industry data that shows only 84 of the 1,048 directors in the FTSE100, originate from an ethnic minority. Contextualised by the fact that there are more directors called Dave or Steve within these 100 companies than there are women or ethnic minorities,...

Researchers say they have found an "effective target" in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve the mood of depression patients

The duo - described as "incredibly audacious" by Flying Squad cops - targeted up to three bookies a day during their reign of terror

Comedian James Acaster has been credited with saying the "smartest thing anyone has ever said on Brexit" after his teabag metaphor went viral on social media. Appearing on Mock the Week the Kettering funnyman compared Britain's exit from the single market to taking a teabag out of a cup of peppermint tea rather than leaving it in. He said although the bag appears to be getting weaker if you leave it in the cup on the whole gets stronger. Whereas if...

Theresa May has been ridiculed after she argued a People's Vote would "overturn the will of the British people". J.K. Rowling led the social media onslaught saying May's comments in response to John McDonnell's assertion that Labour will inevitably back a second Brexit referendum "make literally no sense". "Who does she think would be voting? The Chinese?", she said. The shadow chancellor claimed yesterday that Labour will back a People's Vote if the party is unable to force a general election in comments that...

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Traces of disease have been found in 100 million year old insects preserved in amber.

In a city of 33 bridges London is internationally renowned for the many architectural constructs that gracefully line the River Thames. But one divide the city has long struggled to bridge is that between the most well off and those enduring significant hardship in the capital. London is increasingly becoming a tale of two cities. According to the most recent Social Attitudes Survey, eight in ten people think that the divide between social classes is wide or very wide, whilst...

Rough sleepers have been told their belongings will be removed from council-run car parks because they could be “tripping hazards”.