Packed rush hour train catches fire at London Bridge station
The Southern train had just arrived in London Bridge when its brakes went up in flames.
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“I may lose my job, but my constituents’ jobs are more important” says Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips says she may lose her job by backing a second referendum, but her "constituents' jobs are more important". The Labour MP was speaking in her constituency of Birmingham Yardley this weekend in response to criticisms that MPs should reflect the will of the people they represent. Yardley voted ...
Tories face generational crisis as “tipping point” increases to 51
The Conservative Party is facing a generational crisis with fewer than one in five millennials now saying they have their support. A poll of 10,000 voters conducted by Hanbury Strategy for the Tory think tank Onward found the party's ability to rule is in peril as the under-50s shun the ...
Theresa May issues reassuring video on Brexit: and it immediately became the stuff of parody
WIth her own party plotting to oust her if there is a lengthy delay to Brexit, though it has proved impossible to deliver a Brexit that delivers anything like its promises with another deadline looming, Theresa May issued a reassuring video. "Let me explain what is happening with Brexit," the ...
Life existed on Mars, scientists reveal
A Martian meteorite found in Antarctica over 40 years ago had cracks or 'veins' made by green algae and other bacteria, say scientists.
Uri Geller says he caused rain in parliament with telepathy, makes Brexit plea ‘from spoonbending cockwomble’
“I think there is probably some kind of symbol about how many people view how broken our Parliament is.”
Labour hold Newport West as Lib Dem candidate gets called out for not showing up
Labour MP Ruth Lorraine Jones won the Newport West by-election last night, triggered by the death of veteran MP Paul Flynn. Mrs Jones took 9,308 votes, giving her a majority of 1,951 over the Conservatives, with UKIP in third place. In her victory speech, Mrs Jones said: "This by-election has ...
Donald Tusk suggests UK can delay Brexit up to a year, with option of leaving earlier to avoid multiple delay requests
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox told the BBC that if cross party talks fail, the delay to Brexit is "likely to be a long one".
James O’Brien sets up Hope Not Hate fundraising campaign after they foil far-right plot to murder MP
James O’Brien has set up a fundraising campaign for HOPE not hate after the anti-racism charity helped foil a plot to kill an MP and a serving police officer. Robbie Mullen provided crucial evidence to put Jack Renshaw behind bars for plotting to murder Rosie Cooper MP, the details of ...