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The Skripal saga has given fertile ground for media speculations and for a string of new anti-Russia sanctions, while the probe failed to yield any evidence in five months, Russian envoy to the UK Alexander Yakovenko told RT.
- 31 charged with child sex abuse offences including rape & trafficking in West Yorkshire
Police have charged 30 men and a woman with child sex abuse offences, including rape, trafficking and sexual assault against minors in Huddersfield. - Armed police deployed to Birmingham mosques after suspected catapult attack
Armed police were deployed to two Birmingham mosques after ball bearings, thought to have been fired from a heavy duty catapult, were fired at them – smashing windows as worshippers prayed inside. - Doctor who worked for the Queen killed in London traffic accident
A doctor who used to work for Queen Elizabeth has been killed in a traffic accident on Wednesday. Peter Fisher, 67, died at the scene after his bicycle was in collision with a truck in central London. - Robots have power to brainwash children & alter their behavior, study finds
Robot pressure could soon replace peer pressure as a chief concern amongst parents with new research finding that children can be significantly influenced by machines, even when the droids are obviously wrong.
- 5 months of Skripal saga: Russia’s envoy to UK talks zero evidence, wild theories & sanctionsThe Skripal saga has given fertile ground for media speculations and for a string of new anti-Russia sanctions, while the probe failed to yield any evidence in five months, Russian envoy to the UK Alexander Yakovenko told RT.
- Doctor who worked for the Queen killed in London traffic accidentA doctor who used to work for Queen Elizabeth has been killed in a traffic accident on Wednesday. Peter Fisher, 67, died at the scene after his bicycle was in collision with a truck in central London.
- 31 charged with child sex abuse offences including rape & trafficking in West YorkshirePolice have charged 30 men and a woman with child sex abuse offences, including rape, trafficking and sexual assault against minors in Huddersfield.
- Armed police deployed to Birmingham mosques after suspected catapult attackArmed police were deployed to two Birmingham mosques after ball bearings, thought to have been fired from a heavy duty catapult, were fired at them – smashing windows as worshippers prayed inside.
- Robots have power to brainwash children & alter their behavior, study findsRobot pressure could soon replace peer pressure as a chief concern amongst parents with new research finding that children can be significantly influenced by machines, even when the droids are obviously wrong.
- Surgeon, crippled by rare illness, marched off easyJet flight by armed guards after legroom row
An ill ex-surgeon was marched off an easyJet flight by armed guards after a row over a seat turned sour. Dr Sam Ramsay Smith booked a seat with extra legroom due to a painful medical condition that has left him crippled. - Israeli and British flags burnt during Republican bonfire in Derry (VIDEO)
British and Israeli flags were burned in a huge annual Republican bonfire in Derry, that saw signs with names of murdered police officers and poppy wreaths also incinerated. - ‘Songs about Tommy Robinson should stop’ – Luton Town CEO tells fans singing his name at games
A section of Luton Town football fans have been singing in support of their fellow fan and right-wing activist Tommy Robinson, prompting the club’s CEO to write an open letter asking them to stop the chants. - BBC to lobby govt for ‘law review’ after declining to appeal against Cliff Richard damages
The BBC will not appeal a court decision to award Sir Cliff Richard damages over their coverage of a police raid on his home. Instead, they will ask the government to ‘review the law’ on the media’s right to report similar cases. - Corbyn attacked for Islamist hand-sign, claims it was in solidarity with Cairo massacre victims
Jeremy Corbyn has found himself involved in a row after a picture of him making a sign linked to the Muslim Brotherhood surfaced. His spokesperson said it was done in solidarity with the victims of a 2013 massacre in Egypt. - What does it feels like to die? Psychedelic drug might hold the answers
Taking the powerful psychedelic drug, DMT, can have the same effects as a near-death experience, British scientists at the Imperial College London have suggested. - Suspect in London Parliament car crash named as Salih Khater, UK citizen of Sudanese origin – media
The man arrested on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack at the UK Parliament on Tuesday has reportedly been identified as 29-year-old Salih Khater.
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