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Thugs' Kick Out Of TikTok Trend

Teens are booting in front doors for “likes” in a new TikTok trend that is terrifying vulnerable residents.

Wage Rises Must Be Earned Or Risk Stoking Inflation

‘Vicious spiral will have a knock-on effect on the private workforce’

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Queen pulls out of visiting climate change conference

ISIS ‘Plotting Terror Attacks In Months'

DEFENCE Secretary Ben Wallace says the likelihood of terrorist attacks on the UK from ISIS in Afghanistan will increase – unless the Taliban counters the threat.

Rishi: Our New Age Of Optimism

Now Britain needs you to deliver!

What Paterson's Ousting Would Mean For Politics

What does the suspension of Owen Paterson mean for British politics? The short answer is relatively little, though it certainly is an important event in the life of Mr Paterson, and for what it tells us about the current state of behavioural standards in parliament – but it is unlikely to have wider ramifications.

Tory Faces Suspension After ‘Egregious' Lobbying Breach

Conservative MP Owen Paterson faces suspension from the House of Commons after a watchdog found he broke lobbying rules in an “egregious case of paid advocacy”.

Queen Will Miss Cop26 As Doctors Advise Her To Rest

The Queen will not attend the Cop26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The 95-year-old monarch underwent preliminary tests in hospital last Wednesday after cancelling a planned two-day trip to Northern Ireland. She was advised by doctors to rest after her first overnight stay at a medical facility in eight years.

Bolder Climate Plan Needed To Hit 2050 Target, Says UN

The world is way off course from averting climate disaster, and countries’ new commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions “fall far short” of what is required to reach net zero by 2050, the UN has warned.

Support Social Care Now To Protect NHS, Sunak Told

Billions of pounds pledged for the NHS will be undermined if Rishi Sunak does not give immediate funding to the failing social care sector, NHS leaders and council bosses have warned.

Sturgeon: No Change To Covid Restrictions

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed there will be no change to Scotland's remaining coronavirus restrictions - but warned the NHS remains under huge pressure.

Treatment At Dentists Down 75%

Dental treatments carried out in Scotland last year dropped by more than 3.5million due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Early Cancer Diagnosis Figures Shock

A SCOTTISH Government target for the diagnosis of early-stage cancer was missed by more than 20 per cent, statistics show.

Britain Braced For Tory's Big Speech Bodge It Day

Sunak in bid to talk up new age of optimism... but critics say public sector workers face real-terms wage cut

MacAskill Urges Alcohol Unit Price Rise

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland is out of date and should be raised, says Kenny MacAskill.

McCluskey Supports IndyRef2

Former union boss Len McCluskey believes Scottish Labour should back calls for a second poll on independence.

Australian PM Commits To Net Zero By 2050 - On Scant Details

Australia's prime minister has released his government's plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and said the country is on track to beat its 2030 target, as he prepares to fly to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit.

Scientists Spot First Possible Exoplanet Outside Milky Way

A possible Saturn-sized planet identified in the distant Whirlpool galaxy could be the first exoplanet to be detected outside the Milky Way.

First Penny Black Stamp Expected To Sell At Auction For Up To £6m

It was less than one square inch and cost just a penny but it launched a revolution in communications. Now the first pennyblack, the postal stamp bearing an image of Queen Victoria's profile, is expected to fetch up to £6m when it is sold at auction.

Parliament Masks Become Mandatory For London Staff But Not MPS

Face masks are being made mandatory again for all parliamentary staffers - although not for MPs - amid concern over the rise in coronavirus cases and for the safety of people working in the Palace of Westminster.

Tuition Fees Whitehall In ‘Lively' Talks On Cut To £8,500

High-level discussions have been held in Whitehall over controversial proposals to cut university tuition fees from £9,250 to £8,500, sources have told the Guardian.

Wages Rise This Year Only Returns UK To 2009 Levels

Unions and MPs from all parties urged the chancellor to go further in the budget to boost household incomes after official pay data showed an increase this year only returned average wages to 2009 levels.

Small Margins Are Making All The Difference To The Patriots

If you're familiar with the movie Any Given Sunday, then you'll be more than aware of the rousing pregame speech by Al Pacino's character, in which he assures his players that the game of American Football is indeed a “game of inches”, and by doing the smallest things either right or wrong, it can affect the entire outcome of a game.

Boris 'Has Lost The Plot' On Plastics

BORIS Johnson has been accused of having "completely lost the plastic plot" after telling schoo lchildren that recycling "doesn't work" as a means to ease the climate crisis.

Ex-Employee Says Hatred Drove Profits For Facebook Own

Facebook is fuelling online hate and the world is witnessing only the beginning of the harm it will cause, a whistleblower said yesterday.

Australian Open: “No Djok... Get Vaxxed If You Want To Play'

AUSTRALIAN OPEN qualifying is to be staged in Melbourne in January but the local government is against unvaccinated stars such as Novak Djokovic playing.

Covid More Likely To Cause Neurological Issues Than Vaccination, Finds Study

Coronavirus is far more likely to cause neurological complications in people than the Covid-19 vaccines, a new study has shown. Researchers from the University of Oxford analysed the healthcare records of more than 32 million people in England and found that Guillain-Barre syndrome, Bell’s palsy and haemorrhage stroke were linked to both infection and vaccination.

Chancellor Confirms Public Sector Pay Freeze Set To End

The government is set to lift the public sector pay freeze it imposed on millions of workers last year, Rishi Sunak will announce tomorrow. The partial pay freeze was imposed by the chancellor in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and was described by unions as a “kick in the teeth” for key workers.

Have Rich Nations Already Doomed Cop26 To Failure?

In terms of what the presentational professionals call “the optics”, the Cop26 conference is already somewhat compromised. The probable absence of President Xi of China, representing the world largest polluter, and the definite no-show by President Putin of Russia, still a superpower in hydrocarbons, has taken a little of the prestige, if not glamour, off the proceedings.

Wealthy Countries To Miss $100bn Climate Fund Target

Vital cash will reach developing nations ‘three years late’