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One girl asked her partner to call the Look North studio based in Yorkshire to detail her alleged abuse after viewing a piece relating to a sex abuse gang based in Rotherham

The scandal at RBS doesn’t look like it will over anytime soon after a powerful parliamentary committee discovered more worrying business practices. They said that the vast majority of managers at scandal hit RBS restructuring group, GRG, were handed jobs back in a “new” company, supposedly breaking from past issues. The new unit was set up after the unethical practices at GRG had been exposed, for example one memo to staff said “let customers hang themselves.” GRG was supposed to...

Donald Trump is overwhelmingly backed to be re-elected in 2020 after he announced he would run again. Even with a multitude of candidates offered by bookies, the 71-year-old is trumping the market with a total of 58 per cent of all bets on him to be re-elected in the last hour. Odds have been cut on Trump reaffirming his position from 5/2 into 15/8, suggesting an implied 28 per cent chance of winning to a 34 per cent chance of...

Breaking: Reports are emerging that Donald Trump is set to officially announce that he will stand again in the 2020 Presidential race. He is also expected to announce that his campaign manager will be Brad Parscale, who was  digital director for his 2016 campaign. On June 20, 2016, Trump's original campaigns manager in 2016 Corey Lewandowski was sacked and replaced by Paul Manafort who in turn was replaced by Kellyanne Conway after connections to the Ukrainian President and various dictators...

A new site has been launched that offers discounts on big ticket products by pooling consumer demand for them. The site, which claims to be the first "social marketplace", connects users and merchants, allowing them to bulk buy products and drive down the prices. Items such as cameras, hoovers and VR technology are being sold at up to 40 per cent off their market price because merchants are selling to entire communities of customers rather than just single punters. According to...

Heavy snowfall has caused chaos across Kent - with more than 100 schools closed and blocked roads closure bringing swathes of the county to a standstill. About six inches of snow fell last in parts of the south east last night, with more forecast until at least Friday. Temperatures could also plunge as low as minus nine later in the week before the 'beast from the east' has passed. Police cars covered in snow in Kent. More than 100 schools...

The 2017 General Election showed a tabloid press that is "run by tax-dodging press barons" do not decide elections, Momentum national co-ordinator Laura Parker has said today. Jeremy Corbyn has endured a number of high profile attacks from the right wing press of late, but rather than putting voters off the Labour leader they are actually driving people towards the party, according to new research. A report published by Momentum claims the organisation added the most members in any four-day period since...

Britain's last remaining crossword compilers will become extinct within 15 years - after being replaced by ROBOTS, one of Britain's leading experts has warned. There are less than 100 professional crossword makers left in the UK but their days are numbered because of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), it is feared. Computers that can 'think' like real people will soon be able to construct standard and cryptic crosswords more cheaply and in a fraction of the time. It spells an...

The Tory Government seems intent on leaving the single market and not remaining in the customs union. A hard-Brexit is the outcome they are driving towards. However, this decision has been met with fierce criticism from the ex-chief of the international trade department, Sir Martin Donnelly. Donnelly told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the UK risked being totally out entirely from its largest trading market and “the only functioning market for services in the world.” He said: “You’re giving up...