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Handwriting experts are analysing the writing, usually in cute animal cards, in the hope of tracking down the creep

 A council polluted their own canal with gallons of deadly oil and then had to wait a week to clean it up - because the water was 'too dirty.' Eight swans were rescued from the filthy canal, because it could have killed them, but the clean-up crew had to wait a week - because the 'bio-degradable' hydraulic oil did not biodegrade. Shepway Council in Kent admitted 40 litres of fluid burst from its barge into the 28-mile Hythe Military Canal...

Philip Hammond's Spring Statement was characterised by dangerous complacency and offers no light at the end of the tunnel for families across the country, according to Positive Money Executive Director Fran Boait.  The Chancellor attempted to deliver a more upbeat statement amidst the uncertainty that surrounds the UK economy, pointing to signals for stronger growth and falling inflation. But his sentiment hasn't been as warmly received as he might have hoped. John McDonnell accused Philip Hammond of 'complacency', saying he "hasn’t he...

Donald Trump has sacked Rex Tillerson just hours after the Secretary of State linked the nerve agent attack in the UK to Russia. The move will fuel speculation that Trump and Putin enjoy a cosy relationship, and will scupper Theresa May's hopes of US backing in response to the attacks. CIA chief Mike Pompeo, who has in the past played down findings by the CIA that the Russians attempted to influence last year's US election, will replace Tillerson. Trump tweeted the shock sacking of...

The perception that many of the elite jobs in the UK are disproportionally handed to those from a private school background were given more credence today, after a Labour MP slammed the civil service for its recruitment policy, reports The Guardian. Senior civil servants along with lawyers, judges, doctors and journalists among other professions have traditionally been seen as careers that are unfairly given to those from a privileged educational background. Dan Jarvis, who was encouraged to run for the...

Many people will see this as a strange statement, from an ardent Brexiteer and one of the more prominent leave voices during the referendum campaign, but Liam Fox wants the EU’s help to fight tariffs from the US. Mr Fox wants to EU to help the UK out over the 25% import tax on steel and 10 % on aluminium introduced by the Trump administration. Trump's move has raised concerns that the US is planning a widespread trade war, which...

Some Chinese meals should carry a health warning, say campaigners

By Dr Roger Cottrell To listen to the selective media coverage and political sound bites regarding the poisoning, on March 4, in Salisbury, of Russian defector Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, you might for a moment start to believe that Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Amber Rudd planned to do something about it beyond throwing their toys out of the pram. After all, the implication of the Kremlin and of Vladimir Putin’s “murder incorporated” in this heinous and actually...

The Historians Committee On Culloden is calling on the Scottish Government to intervene following claims officials approved planning permission after being given incorrect information.