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Margaret Thatcher on list to be on new £50 note
To be fair I have hardly ever seen a £50 note in my life but news that the former PM Margaret Thatcher is on a long list of people to be the face of the £50 note for her work in science, may ruffle quite a few feathers. I am unsure what exactly she did for science to be honest. Thatcher studied chemistry at Oxford and worked as a research scientist for food company J Lyons before becoming the UK's...
Hoxton Murder – “Peacekeeper” knifed outside late-night bar named as Zakaria Bukar Sharif Ali
The 26-year-old had been in the Rolling Stock bar in Shoreditch and was murdered as it closed at 6.30am
London funder awards over £4m to 51 charities changing lives and tackling inequality
The City of London Corporation’s charitable funder, City Bridge Trust, has awarded grants totalling £4.1 million to 51 charities tackling inequality and disadvantage across London in its latest round of funding. The awards ranged from funding for programmes supporting survivors of sexual abuse, therapy sessions for children with life limiting conditions and community activities to improve the health and wellbeing of older people. Grants include: £138,300 to the WISH Centre in Harrow. The money will go towards expanding the charity’s...
Labour MP accused of lying over a speeding offence will face a retrial
An Old Bailey jury could not agree on whether Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya had lied about who was driving a speeding car.
Warning about “dangerous batch of cocaine” after man died in Essex
The 22-year-old victim became unwell after taking the drugs at a party in Colchester, Essex, on Saturday night
£45m spaceport plan delayed after complaint could be submitted to the Scottish Land Court
A £45m plan to bring the first rockets to the UK could be delayed "for years to come" following a dispute with crofters.
Theresa May tries to sell her Brexit deal to the country with Google Ads
Click on the ads, and ‘The Brexit Deal Explained’ website appeals: “this is the choice: Backing the deal in the national interest so we can build a brighter future – or going back to square one by rejecting it.”
This is Theresa May’s playbook for getting her Brexit deal through parliament
Theresa May returned from Brussels today with the blessing of 27 EU leaders after they approved the terms of the UK's exit at a summit on Sunday. The UK Parliament is expected to vote on the deal on 12 December, but its approval is far from guaranteed. More than 90 Tory MPs have suggested publicly they will not vote for it; so has the DUP; and the opposition parties are committed to voting against, which means she simply doesn’t have...
Rapist serving life sentence has escaped from prison
Members of the public have been warned not to approach the escaped prisoner