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This is the Iceland Christmas video regulators have banned from TVs for being ‘too political’
An Iceland Christmas advert banned by regulators for breaching political advertising rules has today been released online. The ad tells the story of deforestation caused by palm oil production through an animated short film about an orangutan. It was made in a deal that the supermarket chain struck with campaign group Greenpeace. Iceland announced earlier this year that it would become the first supermarket to remove palm oil from all its own brand products. Managing director Richard Walker said: "Throughout 2018 we...
May slammed by DUP for breaking Brexit pledge over Irish sea border
The DUP have said they would reject the PM Brexit deal after they reacted badly to May's letter which covered her Brexit plan. The letter, which was leaked to The Times, suggested that the border would begin in the Irish sea, leaving Northern Ireland in limbo. The DUP believe that Number ten is giving into the EU demands making them agree to a 'backstop' which could see N.Ireland having a different deal to UK. In the letter, seen by The Times,...
Man in a serious condition in hospital after being shot in the head with a slingshot in Kent
A projectile smashed through a parked car window and struck him after being fired at close-range near Dover, Kent.
What could be the oldest footprints ever have been discovered in the Grand Canyon
They were made by one of the first reptiles that ever lived and it had a strange "line-dancing gait"
Food bank warns Britain in crisis after families given 660K emergency starvation ration packs in just 6 months
"We’re seeing soaring levels of need at food banks - the time to act is now"
Teenage girl has been arrested over a murder that saw a man knifed to death on a ‘quiet street’ in London
Ayodeji Habeeb Azeez, 22, was killed after being repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight over the weekend in Penge, south east London.
Over 50 prominent MPs call on USA to block Tommy Robinson visit
Fifty-five cross-party MPs, including Select Committee chairs, prominent Conservatives, and Shadow Cabinet members, have written to the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, demanding that the US maintain the country’s travel ban against violent extremist ‘Tommy Robinson’ (Stephen Lennon). The MPs have expressed “grave concern” that the US government may grant a waiver to Stephen Lennon, allowing him to undertake speaking and media engagements in Washington DC next week and likely raise in the range of £1million. In their letter,...
Fishermen will have to move from Hastings to Grimsby because of climate change
Historic south coast fishing spots seen lower levels of fish because rising sea temperatures over 30 years have led them to move into the cooler north sea.
Tesco has been slammed for selling kiwis in a plastic wrapper – containing a plastic SPOON
The TV presenter, 48, throws her weight behind the anti-plastic movement