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73rd murder investigation launched in Capital after Sophie Cavanagh, 31, “viciously attacked” in Bromley
Murder Squad detectives hunting her estranged husband Martin Cavanagh, 34.
A tech-savvy mosque has become the first in the country to accept charitable donations – in BITCOIN
The Masjid Ramadan mosque, a registered charity, is the first to accept crypto-currency donations, and will take donations in Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Woman who needs to inject life-saving medication three times daily has been denied an NHS prescriptions for syringes – ‘due to cutbacks’
Charlotte Bonwick needs a variety of medication daily during her life-long battle with ill health - but says she was told to get her clean needles from an exchange usually used by drug addicts.
Advisor to former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon ‘was told to resign after sex assault allegation’
Richard Holden, 33, was working for Sir Michael when he was accused of groping a woman under her skirt at a Christmas party
These are the top 20 perks Brits want from employers
Private healthcare, an extra day’s holiday on their birthday and free gym membership are among the perks Brits want from employers, according to a study. Researchers polled 2,000 office workers to identify the benefits they would like to see from their place of work – including flexible working hours, a nice desk and staff discounts. Other desirables include company holidays away, being able to make personal calls at work and having space to be creative. However more than half of...
M&S, and how the demise of the UK’s secondary towns is impacting our political climate
Good news is hard to come by on ITV's Tyne Tees channel. As industry is drained from the region the negative repercussions on communities in the area is there for all to see. Twenty-five years on from the closure of the last deep pit on the Durham coalfield many provincial towns have become shadows of their former selves, with more than half of the shops on Easington high street now closed. Cushioning a short film on the effects of deindustrialisation on...
Boris Johnson demands a Brexit plane & it must be more colourful than PMs
Boris Johnson has decided he wants his own Brexit plane he can fly around the world to drum up new business. He feels the PM jet is never free to borrow and is a bit of a boring grey colour. Mr Johnson's comments come during his five-day tour of Latin America, hoping to drum up some post-brexit business Johnson said: “The taxpayers won’t want us to have some luxurious new plane, but I certainly think it’s striking that we don’t...
Pterosaurs flew like birds rather than bats
Discovery has implications for the evolution of flight
Closing down coal and oil-fired power stations ‘leads to healthier babies’
Study shows closing coal and oil-fired power plants lowers the rate of premature births in neighbouring communities - as well as improving fertility