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Facebook has removed the pages of the anti-Islamic group Britain First and its leaders. The social media company said the group had repeatedly violated its community standards. London's mayor, Sadiq Khan has also issued a statement. He said: "Britain First is a vile and hate-fuelled group. "Their sick intentions to incite hatred within our society via social media are reprehensible, and Facebook's decision to remove their content is welcome." Matthew Collins, head of research, HOPE not hate, said: “HOPE not...

Kayleigh McConnon, 29, was last seen at Cheltenham General Hospital at around 10pm last night.

We cannot now, or in future, be reliant on Russia to heat our homes and keep the economy ticking GMB, the energy union, says the spy poisoning scandal shows the utter folly of relying on Russia to keep Britain’s lights on. Prime Minster Theresa May today announced a series of measures against Russia after it failed to meet her midnight deadline to explain how a nerve agent was used to poison a former double agent in the UK. Russia has...

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Thousands of families face the awful choice between cutting their working hours or losing their school dinners GMB, the union for school catering staff, has criticised the Government’s new free school meals cap for forcing hard up families off a financial cliff edge. Under the new rules, which come into force next week, children will only be eligible for a free dinner if their parents earn less than £7,400. There are no plans to raise the cap with inflation. This...

Professor Stephen Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA has sadly passed away at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of this morning. Hawking was born on 8th January 1942 in Oxford, England, the eldest of four children, Mary, Philippa and Edward, of Dr Frank Hawking and Eileen Isobel Hawking née Walker. His parents' home was in north London, but because of the bombing of London during the Second World War, his...

Brits believe they deserve more than £5k on top of their current salary, according to research. A study of 2,000 fulltime UK employees revealed the average worker believes they deserve £5,321 on top of their existing salary. The majority put this down to working extremely hard and deserving recognition for it. Others justified a pay rise because they work weekends, have a lot of qualifications or get a lot of praise from colleagues. Three in ten simply put it down...

A commuter has sued a rail firm after regular delays left him repeatedly late for work. Ecologist Seph Pochin, 45, took legal action against Greater Anglia after being held up 183 times in a year. He has made the 32-mile journey around 550 times in the last year - travelling 32 miles from his home in Halesworth, Suffolk, to his office in Ipswich five days a week. But Greater Anglia has failed to pay the £350 awarded to the passenger...

A Russian exile who was an ally of fierce Putin critic Boris Berezovsky has been found dead in his London home, according to friends. Nikolai Glushkov was discovered by his family and friends late last night, aged 68. The cause of death is not yet clear. Glushkov's close friend Berezovsky was found dead at his ex-wife's home in March 2013 in an apparent suicide, although the coroner recorded an open verdict. Speaking to the Guardian at the time Glushkov said he was extremely...