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Tories could face a wipe-out in key London local election battlegrounds
A shift towards Liberal and Labour votes could leave the Conservatives facing an election wipe-out in the local elections today. According to political traders the Liberal Democrats could seize key seats in the poll, including a stronghold in Richmond. Labour currently hold control over 20 out of 32 boroughs in the capital, and could be set to take Wandsworth with traders giving Labour a 51 per cent chance of winning an overall majority in one of the tightest races in the London boroughs....
Plants can use underground communication to find out when neighbours are stressed
researchers discovered that plants have developed complex, chemical systems of communication when situated nearby each other
Newsreader in tax row says he was ‘expected’ by the BBC to set up his own company if he wanted a freelance contract
David Eades was giving evidence at a tribunal to decide whether he and two other presenters should pay a £920,000 tax bill
BEE-DAY Experts have called for a people’s army to fight the invasion of the Asian hornet on the Channel Islands
They say the next two weeks are crucial in stopping its spread and becoming established
Jeremy Hunt admits breast scan mistake ‘shortened up to 270 lives’
This could be the end for Jeremy Hunt as he admitted that up to 270 women could have passed away as they were not invited to a final routine breast screening. If they had attended these appointments they might have survived. This shocking admission will add even more pressure onto Jeremy Hunt who is currently under investigation over purchase of luxury apartments on south coast. He told the Commons 450,000 women aged around 70 had failed to get invitations since...
Poll reveals cash strapped Britain is beset with buyer’s remorse
A new study has revealed buyer's remorse is becoming increasingly prominent as cashed-strapped Brits are forced to dip into their savings for extravagant buys. Clothes, a car – and engagement rings are among the purchases Brits have bought but later regretted, A poll of 5,000 adults found. More than half have dipped into their savings to splurge on an extravagant buy but ended up wishing they hadn’t. And almost one in ten even admitted regretting their purchase within minutes of...
Grieving mum goes missing two days after son was found dead in woodland
Karen Collins, 46, has not been seen since she left her home on Monday morning. Her son Daniel, 22, was discovered dead in woodland 48 hours earlier.
Fentanyl the prescription painkiller that killed Prince now causes more deaths from overdose than any other drug
Deaths from synthetic opioid, has risen more than sixfold in just seven years
Home Office in fresh crisis after telling 7,000 foreign students to leave UK in error
The Home Office has been engulfed in a fresh crisis after accusations emerged that it told 7,000 foreign students to leave the UK in error. In Sajid Javid's first day in office new revelations have been leaked of a shocking blunder that could have left students homeless and detained. According to the Financial Times the Home Office may have falsely accused thousands of foreign students of faking their proficiency in English and ordered them to leave the country. A large majority...