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Plastic contact lenses ‘could be served up in the food we eat’
Flushing them down the sink and loo is fuelling the tide of pollution in seas and rivers, according to the study
Fourth knife murder in four days in London
Man in his fifties found with multiple stab wounds in Catford
Boy, 15, charged over South London knife fight that left teens disembowelled
The youth, one of six teenagers arrested in connection with the shocking violence, has also been charged with a drugs offence
Water likely on 1 in 3 planets outside solar system bigger than Earth
Scientists say the discovery bodes well in the search for alien life
84 UK BAME & migrant groups write to warn IHRA antisemitism definition may suppress Palestinian story
84 organisations representing migrants and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK have today signed a letter expressing concerns that adopting the IHRA’s new definition of antisemitism would suppress free discussion of the Palestinians’ “dispossession by ethnic cleansing, when Israel was established” and “silence public discussions on current or past practices of settler colonialism, apartheid, racism and discrimination.” The Labour Party have been criticized by elements within the party and Jewish community since its NEC adopted the...
Moped muggers snared after dramatic five mile police chase across London
A police helicopter was also involved in the drama which ended with two suspects being arrested
Second nursing student drop since Tories removed bursaries “puts patient care at risk”
Nursing student numbers have predictably fallen for the second year running since the Conservatives got rid of bursaries for students. According to figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) after A-Level results were received this week, applications for nursing courses in this country are down again, an 8% fall from 2016. The fall in applications to study nursing of around 5,000 a year exacerbates a worrying shortage of 40,000 nurses across the UK. Justin Madders MP, Labour’s...
Call for smoking ban in home as figures show almost a third of smokers’ kids ‘likely to die from lung disease’
Older people exposed to passive smoking in childhood are much more prone to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which hampers breathing, reveals a study
Boris Johnson new favourite to become next Tory leader
A wave of support for Boris Johnson to be the next leader of the Conservative Party has come crashing on the bookies, with odds slashed to 9/2 from 6/1 today. Johnson is now the number one contender for Theresa May’s job, ahead of ally and current Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who are joint second favourites at 6/1. Staunch Brexiteer backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg sits further back at 13/2, having been as short as 5/1 to replace...