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Brutal scenes in Catalonia as police resort to violence to stop independence referendum

Shocking scenes continue in Catalonia with reports that 465 have been injured so far in brutal police attempts to disrupt voting in an independence referendum for Catalonia that the Spanish government had declared illegal. Leftwing Spanish politicians and Catalonian figures have demanded that Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy resign after hideous scenes of police violently breaking up attempts to vote and the unprecedented protests that have broken out all over the Spanish state. Police is horrific scenes filmed below were...

Anti-abortion Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg profits from pills used for illegal abortions

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the MP many Conservative Party members would like to see as next Prime Minister has made clear his opposition to gay marriage and abortion in any circumstances. The North East Somerset MP recently explained that he completely opposes abortion and believed it should never be an option even if a woman has become pregnant as a result of rape. So imagine the reaction today to his admission that his investment firm profits from pills used in dangerous illegal  abortions....

Jeremy Hunt slammed for going to a Boeing “Drink Tank” at conference while company threatens 4,500 UK jobs

The Conservative Party Conference in Manchester has been slammed for a Boeing-sponsored “Drink Tank” while the corporation aggressively pursues Bombardier, urging the US to impose job-threatening tariffs. In a shameful Tory conference embarrassment, the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt is due to speak tonight at a drinks sponsored by Boeing, the US air giant putting a squeeze on the smaller aircraft manufacturer, with thousands of UK jobs at stake. This week Theresa May said she was “bitterly disappointed” by the...

Swansea’s announcement that the university is giving Hillary Clinton honorary degree has not gone down that well

Swansea University has announced that the Democrat's 2016 Presidential candidate will be given an honorary doctorate at the Welsh University on Saturday 14 October. And the decision does not seem to have gone down that well with its students. "We are proud to announce that we are awarding Hillary Rodham Clinton with an Honorary Doctorate at the Bay Campus on Saturday 14 October. The award is in recognition of her commitment to promoting the rights of families and children around...

Ukip’s new logo looks a bit familiar…

As Ukip decide on a new leader for the party - with Nigel Farage threatening to launch a new pro-Brexit party if Anne-Marie Waters wins and takes the party off on a rabid anti-Islam direction - news of a new logo for the party with no MP's has been met with much derision today. People immediately spotted a striking similarity with the Football Premier League logo after the Brexiteers dropped the pound sign from their logo and replaced it with...

Corbyn now reigns supreme – says Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell has today acceded that Jeremy Corbyn is “now completely in charge” of the Labour Party, citing the leader’s conference grip on conference proceedings this week as evidence that Corbyn now reigns supreme. The former New Labour spin doctor called for Corbyn to resign before the 2017 General Election, saying: "What we know having seen Jeremy Corbyn in a position of leadership for some time, he cannot do the job, and if he is a decent man he should do the...

Coach tour company takes Chinese tourists to take photos and selfies at Grenfell Tower tragedy site

A coach company has caused outrage by parking up yards from the charred remains of the Grenfell Towers blaze where dozens perished in June so that Chinese tourists can take photos and selfies by the tragic shell of the residential flats. Despite signs locals have put up asking people to show respect and refrain from taking photos, residents were outraged on Wednesday to see a whole coachload of tourists snapping away at the 24-storey site of the blaze where many...

Horrific aftermath of rush-hour stampede at a Mumbai railway station which killed 27 people

This is the horrific aftermath of a rush-hour stampede at a Mumbai railway station which has killed 27 people. The incident happened on a narrow footbridge two of the city's major local train lines, at Elphinstone station this morning (29). The horror crush has been blamed on heavy rain, overcrowding and some locals have speculated people began to run when rumours circulated the bridge was collapsing. A video shows the stairs which appear to lead from the bridge piled high...

15 tonnes of plastic waste retrieved from ‘pristine’ waters off Russian coast

A large plastic pollution clean up has collected 15 tonnes of plastic off the coast of the Russian Arctic Ocean in a single day. The shocking discovery, made on the coast and sea off Murmansk, North East Russia, which was previously considered to be one of the globe's most pristine bodies of water, has heightened existing fears as to the impact of manmade pollution on the world's oceans. In response to the worrying findings, a new organisation The Slava Foundation...

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