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Don’t mention the ‘spy’! MPs’ fury after Speaker warns them not to name suspected China agent in House of Commons MPs reacted furiously last night after they were warned against identifying a suspected ‘Chinese spy’ in the Commons. In farcical scenes, the Speaker told them not to name the researcher at the centre of the […]

Biden claims he was at Ground Zero the day after 9/11 – despite his own book saying he was in the nation’s capital and video showing him speaking on the Senate floor Joe Biden spent Monday in Anchorage, Alaska – stopping en route back from a summit in Vietnam to address the troops on 9/11 […]

Britain’s September heatwave finally comes to an end: Met Office issues yellow warning with heavy rain set to lash UK while temperatures tumble to 22C after week-long 30C sizzler In some rural parts of England, temperatures will drop to single digits   Heavy rain is set to lash parts of the UK today, with temperatures falling […]

‘It’s not our job to stop the boats’ says French border policeman as he admits he ALLOWED a family to leave ‘because they touched my heart’: Fury at attitude of guards supposedly paid out of £480m by UK taxpayers to head off migrants  Rishi Sunak agreed in March to give France £480million to help stop […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victorians studying to become high school teachers will have their degrees and living costs subsidised by the state government, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced. The $229 million package comes after principals, teachers and school staff held a protest […]

Keir Starmer insists he wants private schools to ‘thrive’ despite pledging to scrap their tax breaks Sir Keir Starmer said he has no ‘ideological’ objection to independent schools The Labour party says charging VAT on school fees would raise £1.5bn a year  Sir Keir Starmer has said he wants private schools to ‘thrive’ – despite […]

Nearly one third of female NHS surgeons have been sexually assaulted by a colleague over the past five years, according to survey 90% of women and 80% of men reported witnessing sexual harassment at work  Nearly a third of female NHS surgeons have allegedly been sexually assaulted by a colleague over the past five years, according […]

Just one in six electric car chargers available to the public are in rural areas, ministers reveal There are 34,203 electric car chargers in Britain but just 5,700 in rural areas The lack of chargers means electric cars are impractical for many rural drivers  Just one in six publicly available electric car chargers are in […]

Ten-year-old schoolboy died when he accidentally hanged himself while playing on rope swing, inquest hears Lewi Sullivan, of Rassau, South Wales, was out playing with friends  A ten-year-old schoolboy died while out playing with his friends when he accidentally hanged himself while playing on a rope swing, an inquest heard. Lewi Sullivan was with friends […]

US makes deal with Iran to swap five American prisoners for $6billion in frozen funds The Biden administration has made a deal with Iran to release $6 billion in frozen funds in exchange for the release of five American prisoners. The agreement issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer sanctioned Iranian money from […]