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Scientists dispel smoking myth: quitting smoking actually helps lose weight
Finding dispel myth cigarettes are a slimming aid
We had the right to enjoy our private religious celebration with Jeremy Corbyn without fear of being recorded
What it feels like when your religious celebration is secretly recorded. By Clouds Haberberg I came to the Jewdas Seder last night as a completely new face. I’ve been aware of them for a few years now, but it wasn’t until now that I’d gotten around to attending an event. Even though I’d heard good things, I didn’t really know what to expect, going in – and I certainly wasn’t expecting to see Jeremy Corbyn standing there the moment...
Poutlaw: Police release bizarre e-fit of suspect with wide-mouth resembling kids’ TV favourite Zippy
The conman is said to have "distracted" a homeowner while an accomplice ransacked the property
Forty senior academics write to condemn anti-Corbyn bias in media coverage of the antisemitism debate
More than forty senior academics have written to the Guardian to condemn what they see as an anti-Corbyn bias in media coverage of the antisemitism debate. The letter condemns journalism that "so blatantly lacks context, perspective and a meaningful range of voices in its determination to condemn Jeremy Corbyn", saying the media has weaponized antisemitism against Corbyn ahead of important elections. Signed by a range of influential academics from many London institutions, it comes as political parties gear up for the local...
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terror in home town of 7/7 London bombings ringleader.
Two men from Dewsbury, aged 52 and 21 have been arrested
Jacob Rees-Mogg joins LBC
Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg is joining LBC to host a live phone-in as part of the new spring schedule. The prominent politician will take calls every other week for a 30-minute phone-in during Nick Ferrari at Breakfast. He joins Nigel Farage and Theresa May's PR man Tom Swarbrick on the books at the broadcaster, with "no topics off limit" according to an official statement. Rees-Mogg said: “I am greatly looking forward to conversing with LBC’s listeners every fortnight. "In the programmes I have...
Commenters on Guido “create their own language” to dodge algorithms and post antisemitism slurs
Commenters on Guido Fawkes have been accused of being so racist they create their own language to be antisemitic and get past the algorithms. Last night after right wing blog Guido Fawkes published a secret recording of a private Passover seder ceremony that Jeremy Corbyn attended to attack all those present for supporting the Labour leader, eagle eyed people started questioning some of the comments on the blog. While the Jewdas organisation that the blog describes as "radical" has a history of...
Girl, 17, shot dead and a boy, 16, critically injured in a night of unrelated shootings in London
Police have launched two separate investigations after a teenage boy was shot and critically injured - and a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed. The Met Police say the two incidents are unrelated, after another night of violence in London. The 17-year-old girl died after she was shot in Tottenham, north London, at around 21:30 on Easter Monday. A Met Police spokesperson said: "Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service and found the teenage girl suffering from a gun...
FOI request reveals London boroughs have higher homicide rates than major UK cities
By James Gale Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been urged to tackle gun crime after a freedom of information request revealed that some boroughs have higher homicide rates than major UK cities. There have been 53 murders in the capital since 2012, with London's murder rate overtaking New York City's for the first time ever in February according to a new report. An FOI request submitted on behalf of The London Economic found Brent is the capital’s highest borough for gun murders, with...