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The poster for Go Vegan World featured a mouse touching a human hand with the words "They trust us. We torture them for research."

Researchers found that women with mammographically dense breast tissue have higher recall and biopsy rates and increased odds of screen-detected and interval breast cancer

A UBS survey of 600 companies that spells out the reality of a Brexit "dividend" for British business could signal disaster if the government doesn't get a grip on the process soon, Professor Brian Cox has said today. The physicist posted results from a recent business survey that showed 35 per cent of companies plan to reduce UK investment post-Brexit. A further 41 per cent plan to move a large amount of capacity out of the UK and 42 per...

They gathered outside the SEC centre in where The Undersea Defense Technology held an armaments conference showcasing new weaponry innovations and technology.

The UK motor industry has seen investment half in the first half of this year, according to the latest research from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). During the first six months of this year, the SMMT found that investment has “stalled”, with just £347.3m earmarked for new models, equipment and facilities in the UK, around half the sum in the same period in 2017. The group’s demand for action followed the comments last week from CBI president, Paul Dreschler,...

Safeguarded jobs in the UK have fallen 54 per cent in the past year as the number of UK projects funded by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) dropped nine per cent, the Department for International Tradrevealed today. Wales is the worst affected region, with projects down 33 per cent, Scotland has seen a 23 per cent fall, Northern Ireland an 18 per cent drop and London a 17 per cent decline. England has seen the number of projects rise slightly by...

CETA amounts to a full frontal attack on Parliamentary democracy and any concept of national sovereignty and makes a complete mockery of the Government’s oft-stated objective of ‘bringing back control’ says Union. GMB, Britain’s general union, has criticised a Government plan to sign away UK sovereignty in a mega trade deal without MPs having their say in Parliament. On June 26, the House of Commons will be asked to ratify the 2,255 page Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between...

Four face charges of criminal damage over the protest at King's College in London on February 1 last year

The study on 85,000 trees in north London shows the importance of planting and protecting urban forests to offset fossil fuel emissions.