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Air pollution ‘may increase the risk of developing dementia’
Researchers found that people living in the most polluted parts of London had a 40 per cent higher risk of getting the degenerative brain disease within seven years
Migration Advisory Committee favours “no preference” for EU workers
By Vanessa Ganguin, founder of London immigration firm Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law EU citizens should not be given preferential access when applying for UK visas, according to the long-awaited Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report on the future of EEA migration. The EEA migration in the UK: Final report was commissioned by the former Home Secretary Amber Rudd in July 2017. Its remit was to provide evidence to inform the creation of a new migration system for the UK following Brexit, which will...
EU workers contribute £2,300 more in taxes than the average Brit
Migrant workers from the European Union contribute £2,300 more in taxes than the average Brit, a government commissioned study has revealed. New research carried out by the Migration Advisory Committee on behalf of the Home Office found EU migrant workers pay in £78,000 more than they take out in public services and benefits over their lifetime. Immigration was a key part of the campaign to leave the bloc, with many dubious claims made over the impact it has had on the...
Air ambulance scrambled after two men knifed in broad daylight in London
The men in their 30s were attacked in a residential street just after 6pm in Greenwich, south-east London.
World’s first ‘plastic eating’ boat unveiled which could clean up the oceans
A NEW revolutionary 'plastic-eating' vessel which could clean up the Pacific ocean in four decades has been revealed in a world first. Known as the Ocean Saviour project, the self-powering 70m tri-deck clean-up vessel is the world's first boat to find which will find and recycle plastic from the ocean. The vessel works by collecting plastic waste, which is finely chopped, milled and processed using plasma gasification, with the end product becoming fuel for the yacht. It is estimated her...
22-year-old woman jailed in Dubai after witnessing argument in hotel
Asa Hutchinson, 22, has been jailed for three months
Spacecraft & satellites ‘could soon be launched into space without the need for fuel’
A researcher from the University of Plymouth has been awarded £990,000 from an American defence agency for the idea
Space rocks from 60-million-year-old meteor smash were stolen and sold on EBAY
The minerals were discovered on the Isle of Skye last year, and had never previously been found on Earth
‘Substantial costs’ to UK economy if no deal agreed on Brexit, warns IMF
The IMF had a stark warning to the UK ahead of the final Brexit negotiations. They said that a no-deal Brexit would inflict “substantial costs” to the UK economy. The IMF expects Britain's economy to grow by 1.5% in both 2018 and 2019 if a broad Brexit agreement is struck. However, any Brexit would “entail costs,” but a no deal scenario would be a “significantly worse outcome.” Christine Lagarde, the IMF's managing director, told a news conference in London: "Those...