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Three people taken to hospital after car driven into crowd outside Islamic Centre in London
Police say words and comments 'of an Islamophobic nature' were made by the occupants of the car in Cricklewood, north west London
Man, 25, stabbed to death near north London tube station
The victim, who has not been named, was found stabbed in Corinne Road, near Tufnell Park tube station
Social housing pledge a “non-announcement”
Theresa May's social housing pledge has been dubbed a non-announcement by the former Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis. The government's £2 billion pledge was ridiculed on Twitter this morning after it got a warm reception from the mainstream media. Despite giving just a tenth of what Scotland is spending on social housing pro rata the PM still declared that the government's scheme is a big step removing the "stigma" of social housing. May, along with most other news outlets, failed to mention...
Kinder chocolate online ads banned for targeting children
The Children’s Food Campaign group, known as Sustain, complained to the Advertising Standards Aithority (ASA) about the ads
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...