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NHS waiting list hits record high as more also wait longer in A&E
Just 84.7% of patients are starting hospital treatment within 18 weeks, against a target of 92%.
Three Tory candidates standing for election are being investigated for antisemitism
Three Conservative Party candidates are standing as Tory candidates while being investigated over antisemitism. - Including one who is alleged to have liked a Nazi slogan on Facebook.
Animal rights group holds turkeys protest in Sainsbury’s
The protesters held signs to highlight the ‘violence of a traditional Christmas meal’.
Greta Thunberg hits back at Donald Trump over Time award jibe
The US President described the magazine’s decision to name her Person Of The Year as ‘ridiculous’ and told the 16-year-old she should ‘chill’.
Jeremy Corbyn’s election day revelation about his past isn’t quite what it seems
The Labour Party leader’s tweet caused quite a few scares on polling day.
‘I think it’s the election of a lifetime for many of us’ People brave long queues, floods and showers to vote
Voters have until 10pm on Thursday night to return to their polling stations. If you’ve had to queue, pity voters at a polling station in Bermondsey where a burst water main showered the area with water.
The contrast between the PM hiding in a fridge and the reception Corbyn had across the country couldn’t be greater
You’ve probably seen the video of Boris Johnson cowering behind milk crates then hiding in a fridge as his minders keep reporters away, but what you very likely haven’t seen reported on TV or in most of the press is the reception that the Labour leader received in constituencies all around the country.
Express, Mail and Sun back Boris- as Yorkshire Post calls for an end to “election lies,deception and fakery”
Editor James Mitchinson calls for an end to the “spin, conjecture and downright deceit” that has plagued this election.
Jeremy Corbyn warns voters they are at a fork in the road
While the Labour leader has met with cheering crowds around the nation, his Conservative counterpart appeared to be hiding from scrutiny from interviewers, TV debates and the public to avoid people taking him to taking him to task over his broken promises and the Conservative record in power.