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A Tory Peer, who is in the top 1,000 richest people according to the Sunday Times, has argued that Brexit is a good idea, as young people can work even longer hours. Retail tycoon, Lord Harris, is worth around £100m and said during a radio interview that “I just feel we would be better off out of the EU.” Harris was the chairman of Carpetright plc and was appointed to the board of Arsenal Football Club as a non-executive director...

An estate agent who famously survived eight days locked in a box after being kidnapped by crazed killer Michael Sams in 1992 has died of cancer. Michael Sams Stephanie Slater, 50, was held in a cramped wooden coffin for over a week after she was taken captive by the convicted murderer at the age of 25. She was snatched and held at knifepoint by one-legged Sams who pretended to be a potential buyer of an empty property in Great Barr,...

A homeless man has appeared in court charged with killing a mum and her teenage son during a triple stabbing. Aaron Barley, 23, is accused of murdering Tracey Wilkinson, 50, and her son Pierce, 13, at their detached family home. Businessman Peter Wilkinson, 47, was also knifed six times at the £600,000 property in Stourbridge, West Mids, on March 30, but survived the brutal attack. He was discharged after two weeks in hospital and has since spoken of the agony...

MPs are reporting their own constituents to immigration enforcement using a new Home Office hotline and webpage. A Freedom of Information request submitted by Politics.co.uk has revealed that the Home Office has received 482 tip-offs from MPs between 2014 and 2016, raising the possibility that MPs are reporting their own constituents to the authorities when they have come to them for help. The news comes after London mayor Sadiq Khan said police officers were "duty bound" to report both victims and witnesses of crime...

A terror suspect who attacked police outside Buckingham Palace with a four foot long samurai sword had left a suicide note to his sister, a court heard Mohiussunnath Chowdhury (correct), 26, told her "by the time you read this Insha'Allah I will be with Allah," it was said. He added: "The Queen and her soldiers will all be in the hellfire they go to war with Muslims around the world and kill them without any mercy." He had driven his...

  A teacher has been fired after being caught on CCTV slapping a pupil 40 TIMES in the face - because he failed to answer the register. Disturbing footage shows Ritesh Gupta, eight, weeping as teacher Retica V John hands out the brutal punishment in front of his stunned classmates. She struck him up to 40 times in just two minutes before dragging him towards a blackboard and hitting his head against it. The attack at St. John Vianney School...

The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, thinks that the UK is aiming for an “impossible” Brexit deal where it retains the benefits of EU membership despite leaving the economic union. At a press conference after latest round of talks, top EU negotiator Mr Barnier said: “The UK wants to take back control, it wants to set its own standards and regulations, but it also wants to have these standards recognised automatically in the EU, that is what the UK position...

22.59: Birmingham £3m for right-back Maxime Colin, from Brentford 22.55: Brighton have signed Tim Krul on loan from Newcastle 22.50: Leicester sign Aleksandar Dragovic on loan from Bayer Leverkusen. 22.35: Farhad Moshiri, Everton’s majority shareholder, confirms Barkley changed his mind and will reassess options in Jan. 22.23: Arsenal's Joel Campbell  to Real Betis on loan. 22.20: Barkley’s move breaks down even though a fee in excess of £30m had been agreed 22.00: Ipswich have completed the signing of Everton defender, Callum Connolly on a season-long loan 21.50: Danny...

  Police have arrested 20-year-old man after a GUN was pointed at firefighters as they attempted to fight a blaze at a cannabis factory. Officers were called to Gregory Ave, in Weoley Castle, Birmingham, at around 8pm on Wednesday (30/8) after the weapon was pointed at firemen. West Midlands Fire & Rescue Service attended the scene after a fire broke out in a junction box outside the address, which was being used as a drugs farm. The man was arrested...