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MP Diane Abbott readmitted into Labour Party after suspension
Joani Reid, the MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven, will also be let back into Labour, a party spokesperson confirms.
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Hundreds evacuated after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station
Major incident declared with Sizewell B power station monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve badly hit Hundreds of people have been evacuated and a major incident declared after a wildfire spread over more than 80 hectares (200 acres) on the coast of Suffolk, just a few miles from the Sizewell B nuclear power station. The fire – described by one witness as “apocalyptic” – was still not completely under control as of late Thursday afternoon, according to Jon Lacey, the chief fire officer at Suffolk fire and rescue. Continue reading...
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Key HS2 contracts renegotiated as government scrambles to slash costs
Two of the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway's most significant private sector deals have been renegotiated, the government will announce on Friday, as it tries to demonstrate that Britain's biggest infrastructure white elephant is finally under control.
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Palestine Action ban to be reviewed by Supreme Court
The UK's highest court gives Palestine Action's co-founder permission to appeal the government's proscription of the group under anti-terrorism legislation.
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French riot police used teargas on people trying to board small boat, charity claims
CRS officers funded by UK tried to stop boarding of boat, on day four asylum seekers died trying to cross Channel French riot police funded by UK taxpayers used teargas on asylum seekers in an attempt to stop them from boarding a boat in which three women were later found dead, a charity has claimed. Footage and photographs seen by the Guardian show CS gas canisters being fired towards groups of people on Plage du Braek near Dunkirk at 4am on Thursday. At 6am, three women were found dead in a boat near the same beach. Continue reading...
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Police find £4m in cash and 1kg of cocaine at south London property after stopping suspicious vehicle
An estimated £4million in cash and a kilo of cocaine was found at a south London property after police stopped a suspicious vehicle before making further searches at an address linked to the driver.
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Archbishop of Canterbury committed to £100m slavery fund
Dame Sarah Mullally has renewed her commitment to the fund on a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana.
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Supreme court says Palestine Action co-founder can challenge ban on group
UK’s highest court gives permission for Huda Ammori to challenge court of appeal ruling The co-founder of Palestine Action has won permission to challenge the ban against the group at the UK’s highest court. The direct action group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July last year but its co-founder, Huda Ammori, has been fighting to have the ban overturned amid a mass civil disobedience campaign. Continue reading...
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'Once a KGB man, always a KGB man': Why Theresa May's view on Russia hasn't changed in a world that has
Watching Donald Trump's approach to Ukraine swing from support to public criticism and, at times, outright hostility, I couldn't help wondering whether Theresa May belongs to a different era of political leadership.