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Daily Mail splash buries incovenient stats they found to rally MPs for May’s deal
The Daily Mail has been accused of splashing unrepresentative poll results on its front page to give the impression that the public back Theresa May's Brexit deal in a bid to help rally MPs to support the unpopular deal. Its "exclusive bombshell poll" apparently revealed that Brits want MPs to rally behind her deal and that the public say it is the best on offer "by a huge margin". But they did not splash the inconvenient truth revealed by her poll: that...
Home Office, councils & insurance firms colluded in child abuse cover up, inquiry reveals
“A civil justice system that allows local authorities and insurance companies to cover up sexual abuse of children, to protect reputations and save money, is neither civil nor is it just”
Running, swimming and cycling help people age better, but weight training doesn’t
Researchers have discovered evidence that endurance exercise - such as running, swimming, and cycling - help adults age better than strength training with weights
Terminally ill man loses legal battle at the UK’s highest court over his right to die
Noel Conway, 68, suffers from motor neurone disease and only has movement in his right hand, head and neck.
Police officer to face misconduct hearing for free train travel
A West Yorkshire Police officer is to face a misconduct hearing after he tried to travel on a train for free, claiming he was undercover when he wasn't.
Extreme weather ‘turning the Arctic brown’ by killing off plant life
Evidence has emerged that increasing numbers of extreme weather events are causing dieback of Arctic plants – or ‘browning’ – across areas within the Arctic Circle
One in three lesbian, gay & bisexual uni students ‘has attempted suicide while two-thirds have self-harmed’
Researchers found that students who are lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are at much higher risk of self-harm and attempting suicide than their heterosexual counterparts
Corbyn to back People’s Vote if May loses meaningful vote, emerging reports claim
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to back a People's Vote or second referendum if Theresa May is unable to get a meaningful vote next month. According to senior sources the Labour leader is close to agreeing that he would formally make his party the champion of another referendum or People’s Vote shortly after the loss of the meaningful vote by May - on the basis that if there is no consensus in parliament on what comes next, the question has to go...
Fears new cat killer is on the loose on south coast
Dubbed the South Coast Cat Killer, the culprit is believed to have killed or maimed beloved pets in a series of attacks in the seaside town of Brighton.