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EU urged to suspend free trade deal with Israel
It comes following strikes on tents housing displaced Palestinians inside a hospital complex.
Schools like Eton have found a way to cash in on new VAT rules – and it could cost the taxpayer millions
"It is a windfall gain to the privileged independent schools at the expense of the taxpayer.”
UK birth rates are falling and people think they might know why
CPP analysis shows the UK's fertility rate has dropped by an astonishing 18.8 per cent in 12 years.
Douglas Barrowman complaint thrown out by press regulator
IPSO ruled that the Daily Mail was OK to call Douglas Barrowman a “roly-poly Scottish businessman” with “cocktail-sausage fingers” whose "dubious tax avoidance schemes ruined thousands and led to two suicides".
Stephen Fry says Austrian citizenship is a ‘finger up to Brexit’
He was able to become an Austrian citizen thanks to his grandmother.
Man who used his railcard at the wrong time faces huge fine and criminal record
He made a £1.90 underpayment for rail travel in an 'innocent mistake'.
MP campaigns to bring back 5p Freddos
After talking to young constituents, Patrick Hurley MP has set up a petition to reduce the price of Freddos to 5p again.
Stephen Fry says first 100 days of Keir Starmer’s government have been ‘a mess’
Speaking to Andrew Marr on LBC, the actor said Labour should have learned from the lessons of previous administrations.
BBC forecasters step in to calm nerves after weather app predicts apocalypic conditions
Gale force winds of 14,408mph were displayed on the app, alongside overnight temperatures of 404 degrees Celsius.