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India elections 2019: Voters to find out if Modi returns as PM 22 May 2019 Related TopicsIndia elections 2019 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Many see the election as a referendum on Mr Mod…
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EXCLUSIVE: Cash will be spent across English hospitals amid fears for the safety of patients — and medics who often fall asleep in their cars https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-staff-able-take-power-16166438 I saw this and thought about police officers too, especially those on 12 hour shift patterns. Are you allowed to have a nap on your break? (If you even get a break) I suppose you have to listen out for urgent shouts even on your break.
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Jeremy Kyle: MP calls for ITV show to be axed for good 14 May 2019 Image copyright Steve Dymond/Facebook Image caption Steve Dymond took part in a recording for The Jeremy Kyle Show …
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“We send the EU £350m a week – let’s fund our NHS instead”. The infamous Vote Leave slogan, painted on the side of a bright red bus, quickly became a symbol of all that was wrong with the Brexit referendum campaign. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/this-man-is-suing-boris-johnson-over-his-infamous-brexit-bus-claim/ar-AABjeGX?ocid=spartanntp wonder if boris will worm his way out of this one.
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Labour pledges £10 minimum wage for under-18s 11 May 2019 Related TopicsLabour Party Conference Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Corbyn said that young people's work "should be prope…
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HATE preacher Anjem Choudary prowls the streets at night unsupervised in one of the UK’s terror hotbeds — days after returning home following his release from jail. The radical cleric, who is subject to around 25 of the most stringent bail conditions, was twice seen roaming around alone under the cover of darkness for visits to a mosque. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9054226/anjem-choudary-prowls-streets-unsupervised-despite-bail/
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AMAZON dumps and destroys millions of brand-new products including TVs, toys, books and nappies that don't sell online, a shocking investigation has revealed. Many goods are still in pristine packaging when they are chucked in landfill sites or taken to a "destruction zone" to be incinerated. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9055665/amazon-dumps-millions-new-items-unsold-tvs-kitchen-equipment-books-nappies-landfill/ What a waste of goods when they can be given to people in need.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been forced to have 24-hour police protection after receiving hundreds of threats on social media. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sadiq-khan-has-24-hour-police-protection-after-receiving-hundreds-of-threats-on-social-media-a4139826.html#comments
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Royal Mail is investigating fake stamps featuring Diane Abbott's face which are apparently making their way through the postal network. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/royal-mail-investigates-fake-diane-abbott-stamps/ar-AABdEl7?ocid=spartanntp 😃
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GP pressure: Numbers show first sustained drop for 50 years By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 8 May 2019 Image copyright Getty Images The NHS is seeing the first sustained fall in GP numbers in the UK for 50 years, the B…
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Accountant and two bankers jailed for stealing £390k from customers Three men have been jailed after defrauding elderly bank customers of more than £390,000 and laundering the cash through multiple fake accounts. Taminder Virdi aged 33, from Ilford in Essex, and Abubakar Salim, aged 36, from Leyton, who both worked at the same TSB branch in Stoke Newington in 2014, transferred funds out of customer accounts into 65 fraudulent beneficiary accounts they had opened. These accounts were controlled by accountant Babar Hussain, aged 40, from East Ham. Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) were alerted to their activity when one of the eight victims, all of whom we…
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A STAGGERING 16,000 British war heroes are living on the streets or in prison, shock new figures reveal. Defence have admitted for the first time that up to four per cent of homeless people are former servicemen and women. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9005954/16000-british-war-heroes-prison-homeless/
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Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson sacked over Huawei leak 1 May 2019 Image copyright Reuters Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has been sacked following an investigation into the leak of information from the National Security Council. A statement said…
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Fiona Onasanya, the MP found guilty of lying to avoid a speeding ticket, has become the first parliamentarian to be removed from office after a recall petition, triggering a byelection in her Peterborough seat. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/politics/disgraced-mp-fiona-onasanya-loses-seat-after-recall-petition/ar-AAAMeDu?ocid=spartandhp Good as this woman is not fit to be a MP.
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Julian Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks, nearly the maximum sentence for skipping bail. Good you treacherous little man. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48118908
