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Campaigners have written to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to provide it with evidence that they say they have compiled that toxic substances in passenger airplane cabins are damaging the health of air crew and passengers. The former flight staff say that they are submitting scientific evidence and testimonies of hundreds of people whose health has suffered to the court in the Hague in The Netherlands. “Cabin air, knowingly polluted by highly toxic, thermally degraded substances, is in...

The organisers behind Lovebox Festival wants to hold two new events at Wanstead Flats in east London next year, but could be thwarted by the local population of skylarks.

Chuka Umunna is in line to get paid £65,000 a year to chair a new centrist think tank for just 12 hours a month. The Labour MP announced this month he will be heading up the advisory board of Progressive Centre UK, which has the “aim of connecting progressives from across the UK with the latest ideas and experience from across the globe”. But according to Buzzfeed News reports, his work will come at a cost of £5,420 a month...

Children are the biggest source of Islamophic and homophobic hate crime in the UK. Shock statistics show that Muslim and gay Britons faced more abuse from under-18s than any other age group. And there were "mini-spikes" in attacks on Jews in the wake of headlines associating anti-semitism with the Labour Party in parts of the press this year. The overall rise in hate crimes was blamed on the influence of social media groups by police and campaign groups at a...

A column by Jamal Khashoggi sent to the Washington Post by his translator a day after his disappearance warned that Middle Eastern governments are silencing the media. The reporter, who is alleged to have been killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2nd October, said the “Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate” in his final op ed for the paper. He said: “There was a time when journalists believed...

Connor Freel, 24, has urged others not to suffer in silence as part of Hate Crime Awareness Week after being victim of vile taunts as a youngster

The richest countries in the world have this week collectively advised Britain to reverse Brexit or risk destroying its economy. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental economic organisation made up of 36 member countries, made the explosive suggestion of a further referendum to reverse Brexit after a report warned of severe consequences following the divorce. Its analysis suggests a “no-deal” Brexit would wipe up to a staggering £40 billion off UK economic growth by 2019, with...

A man sporting a “Go Vegan And Die” tank top has sparked fury after he ate a raw veal heart at a vegan food festival. Witnesses say the heart was “literally dripping” with blood as the man, who has not revealed his name, devoured the slab of raw meet at the Amsterdam event. Police decided to confront him after receiving complaints from attendees of the Vegan Food Festival, the Independent has reported, which was reportedly the first vegan food festival...

Australian analysis of a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain paints a gloomy picture of life outside the European Union. With the UK starting the consultation process for the Australian trade agreement Steve Analyst posted a report that already details what a future deal might look like from an Australian perspective, and it doesn’t look good. Despite promises from Liam Fox to reinvigorate the Commonwealth partnership with a host of trade deals after Brexit a parliamentary enquiry on trade relationship with...