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Growing numbers of MPs saying UK’s only option is to stay in the EU
A growing number of MPs are saying the only option for the UK is to stay in the European Union, ITV's political editor Robert Peston has revealed. With parliament split over Britain's future and the EU unlikely to offer a better deal on Brexit the likelihood of Theresa May delivering on referendum promises look increasingly slim. An attempt to bring down the Prime Minister sunk after Brexiteers failed to gather the 48 letters needed to trigger a vote of no-confidence in...
Bug passed from camels may trigger next deadly pandemic
MERS causes a harmless cold in the 'ships of the desert' but leads to severe lung disease in patients - and it is about to become even more contagious because it is developing mutations
Moped crime in London drops 44 per cent as officers trained to knock offenders off bikes
This is just one tactic used by Operation Venice to crack down on scooter thieves.
Police cordon off busy city centre street after teen sexually assaulted
The 17-year-old was sexually assaulted on November 21 (Wednesday) between 9:30pm and 10:30pm.
Two bodies found believed to be a missing mother and her son
Emma Sillett, 41, was last seen at a McDonald's restaurant with son Jenson Spellman near their home in Derbyshire
Fossil of huge “mammal-like” reptile that roamed Europe over 200 million years ago discovered
The fossil remains overturned established beliefs that the only giant herbivores to roam Triassic lands were dinosaurs
Brexit minimart opened on Peckham High Street selling “Conmans Mustard” and “Save our Bacon”
A Brexit minimart has popped up on Peckham High Street selling everything from chlorinated chicken to Conmans Mustard and Save our Bacon. Costuppers, which promotes itself as the "home of the worst deal ever", was set up by the People's Vote campaign and stocked products such as Brexit tampons for an "ultra expensive period" and Nosecco for a "very dry Brexit". The shop will raise awareness around the Not Buying It campaign, which is helping Brits write to their MP before...
Body found after search for missing Daily Telegraph journalist Florence Waters
The columnist had been missing since Monday
Farage launches coup after Ukip appoint Tommy Robinson as ‘grooming gangs adviser’
The Ukip leader, Gerard Batten, has appointed Tommy Robinson as an official adviser. Robsinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was the driving force behind the EDL. Batten has indicated that he will be advising the party on grooming gangs, Robinson, who faces a possible retrial after successfully appealing against a jail term for contempt of court, can't join Ukip quite yet though, as currently EDL members are not permitted to join the party. Batten said: “I have appointed Tommy Robinson to be...