Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Nick Clegg has landed a top job as head of Facebook’s global affairs and communications team. The ex Deputy PM will take up the role to help the social media giant navigate EU regulatory challenges as Zuckerberg looks to cosy up to Brussels. According to BBC sources the Facebook founder was personally involved in the recruitment and may have spent “months” trying to woo him over. Clegg will become the most senior addition to Facebook’s tight-knit...

In 2003, the United Kingdom invaded Iraq as part of the ‘coalition of the willing’ led by the United States. Their justification? Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, it was part of the axis of evil, like Al Qaeda, and its people would welcome western troops as liberators. But there were no WMDs, as the whole world knew. UN weapons inspectors had told them so. Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 terrorist attacks and far from celebrating liberation,...

One of the things that struck me as I laid back and allowed the outdoor hot tub to massage my achy muscles as an autumnal country breeze whipped around the tranquil country fields was just how little noise there was around these parts. Away from the hustle and bustle of London streets where buses, cars and mopeds audibly compete for road space as sirens play atop of an urban melody that has little respite the rolling hills of Shropshire are...

“The paper’s a bit rough compared to today’s ultra-soft, fragranced varieties"

The Arctic is turning green as areas that have been frozen for tens of thousands of years are now thawing, warns new research. The study shows that shrubs are flourishing in the tundra and increasing the rate that layers of frozen ground - known as permafrost - are melting. Researchers found that the greenery traps snow and aids the thawing process. The team from Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Oak Ridge National Laboratory dug snow pits...

A Tory backbencher has said he wouldn’t vote for his own government if he wasn’t an MP in an explosive interview with The House magazine. Johnny Mercer branded the current administration a “shit show” and said he would not have stood as an MP if the situation was like it is now". He argued his party is being “openly ridiculed” and suggested it has nothing to offer voters beyond Brexit. In a scathing attack of the Prime Minister he labelled...

London is one of the known fashion capitals in Europe, rivaling Paris as a center for the latest trends. It is home to many prominent fashion houses and brands like Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Vivienne Westwood and Sir Paul Smith. It is understandable if you want to fit in while travelling to the city; after all, people from here set fashion trends that are followed around the world. But do you really need to? London is a diverse city that is...

The Halloween franchise has taken many forms since the first film was released in 1978. In the subsequent years there have been no fewer than seven sequels, two reboots, several novels, and a series of comics. Rather than tangling itself in the franchise’s messy back catalogue, director David Gordon Green pretends that the underwhelming attempts to bring life back into the series never happened. The latest incarnation of Halloween acts as a direct sequel to the original and takes place exactly 40 years after...

Campaigners have written to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to provide it with evidence that they say they have compiled that toxic substances in passenger airplane cabins are damaging the health of air crew and passengers. The former flight staff say that they are submitting scientific evidence and testimonies of hundreds of people whose health has suffered to the court in the Hague in The Netherlands. “Cabin air, knowingly polluted by highly toxic, thermally degraded substances, is in...