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Precious Metals And Other Alloys
Breaking: the LSE, with a bronze ranking, rubs shoulders not only with other 'top' (AKA TEF bronze) universities but worryingly loads we've never heard of. -
EU children may have to apply to stay in UK after Brexit – leaked report
Theresa May has said the 3 million EU citizens currently in the UK can apply for ‘settled status’.Theresa May’s proposal on citizens’ rights after Brexit does not offer EU citizens the certainty being sought by Brussels, and it would even force children to apply to stay in the UK, according to a leaked European commission analysis of the British government’s position. -
Teenager urinated on 72-year-old woman in Pret A Manger after Parklife festival
A university student on a mixture of drink and drugs after the Parklife music festival pleaded guilty to urinating on a 72-year-old pensioner and slapping an employee at a Pret A Manger in Manchester.Mason Hudson, 19, was given a 20-week suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £250 court costs and compensation.The Manchester Evening News reported that the prosecutor told Manchester Magistrate's Court that the store's manager saw Hudson acting strangely around 7:15am on Monday 12 June. -
Labour loses vote on UK austerity, pay cap
By Elizabeth PiperLONDON (Reuters) - The opposition Labour Party lost a vote to try to force Theresa May to change her austerity agenda and increase public sector pay on Wednesday, in the first of many expected challenges to the prime minister's ability to govern.May won by 323 votes to 309 in the first parliamentary vote since she secured the backing of a small Northern Irish party to give her a narrow majority in parliament.May has come under fire from inside and outside her Conservative party -
Govt defeats Labour's bid to end pay cap
The Government has defeated a Labour bid to end the cap on public sector pay in the first parliamentary test of the Tory-DUP deal. -
Government defeats Labour's bid to end public sector pay cap
The Government has defeated a Labour bid to end the cap on public sector pay in the first parliamentary test of the Tory-DUP deal.Labour had attempted to push through an amendment to the Queen's Speech calling on ministers to recruit more police officers and firefighters and to end the 1% limit on annual pay rises for public sector workers.The result gave the Government a majority of 14. -
Social mobility is the wrong goal – what we need is more equality | Letters
‘The remorseless focus on aspiration and bettering oneself results in … large numbers of graduates from working-class backgrounds who are unable to find graduate employment.’ points out Prof Diane Reay.Time to Change, the latest Social Mobility Commission report, states that radical reform is needed to repair a divided Britain, arguing that decades of policy failures have left the poor behind (Report, 28 June).Effective social mobility leaves the poor even further behind, as i -
Blame the nasty party for our nursing crisis | Letters
Nurses on an NHS hospital ward. ‘This government and its Tory predecessors are deliberately starving the service of essential funds,’ writes Linda Rhead. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA -
Confusion after No 10 backtracks on end to public sector pay cap
Government hints at a possible end to the cap on pay rises for public sector workers have descended into utter confusion after Downing Street rapidly changed tack, insisting that the policy of limiting annual rises to 1% would remain in place.Hours after a senior Conservative source indicated that ministers would review the cap at the next budget, saying people were “weary” after years of belt-tightening, Theresa May’s spokesman said this was not the case.“The government -
Paddington Bear Creator Michael Bond Dies, Prompting Tributes To 'Father Of Immigrant Everyone Loved'
The death of Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond has prompted people to fondly remember his creation as a symbol of refuge and compassion, as the country argues over how to deal with refugees. -
NHS staff taking more sick days than ever
NHS staff are taking more time off work because of illness, with the total now close to 17m days a year.The upward trend has coincided with hospitals, GP surgeries, mental health care and ambulance services coming under intense pressure as patient demand for treatment has risen.Health service personnel in England took a total of 16,866,471 sick days off work between them in 2016, according to a House of Commons written answer from the health minister Philip Dunne. -
Police on the frontline bear the brunt of cuts to their service and others | Letters
Police officers on duty at the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London earlier this month. ‘All reasonable people know that the cuts have gone too far,’ write Willy Bach and Simon Cole.Photograph: SilverHub/REX/Shutterstock -
Grenfell Tower death toll may not be known until end of year – police
Scotland Yard has warned it could take until the end of the year or longer to be sure how many people died in the Grenfell Tower disaster, as police raised the number of people presumed dead to 80.Police warned that the death toll could rise further and said there were 23 flats in the tower where they had not been able to trace anyone alive.The detective leading the criminal investigation added it had identified 60 firms involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, up from 12 last week, and -
Teachers at school in Walsall strike over fears for safety from pupils
The teachers, who also have concerns over the management of the E-Act academy chain, intend to take prolonged periods of industrial action over the next two weeks if matters do not improve.Teachers at a West Midlands secondary school have begun industrial action because of fears for their safety from disruptive pupils and concerns about management, as staff spoke of violent behaviour after a critical report by school inspectors.Teachers from the National Union of Teachers and the NASUWT unions s -
PMQs returns – with a spot of role reversal for Corbyn and the Maybot | John Crace
At the first prime minister’s questions of the new parliament, Jeremy Corbyn had asked serious and probing questions about the Grenfell Tower fire and the Maybot had more or less applied herself to answering them in intelligible sentences.Corbyn then asked if part of the problem might not be that local authorities had failed to overhaul building regulations.The regulations were just fine. -
British police officer tells how he took on London Bridge attackers
A police officer who tried to stop three militants as they attacked people on London Bridge earlier this month described on Wednesday how he took on the men armed with just his baton despite being repeatedly stabbed and temporarily blinded.The three attackers rammed a hired van into pedestrians on the bridge late on June 3 before going on the rampage through the bustling Borough Market area, where they slit throats and stabbed people, killing eight.Police Constable Wayne Marques said he had hear -
Northern Ireland power-sharing talks on course for failure
Talks to restore a power-sharing devolved government in Northern Ireland are on course to fail after Sinn Féin accused the Democratic Unionist party of refusing to budge in its opposition to an Irish language act. -
Ex-police chiefs charged over 1989 stadium disaster that killed 96
By Estelle ShirbonLONDON (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against six people including ex-police chiefs over the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium crush in which 96 fans died, Britain's worst sporting disaster.The victims, all Liverpool supporters, died in an overcrowded, fenced-in enclosure at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, northern England, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.Police at first blamed the tragedy on drunken f -
London Bridge cop took a deep breath and charged
British Transport Police officer Wayne Marques tells Sky News how he fought all three London Bridge attackers. -
London Bridge Attack Officer PC Wayne Marques Describes Charging Terrorists With Just Baton
The police officer who charged the knife-wielding London Bridge attackers with just his baton has described how he immediately lost sight when one of them stabbed him in the face. -
Teen banned for driving with girl on roof in South Shields car park
Footage showed the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, climbing on top of the vehicle and lying down before Ryan McMillan set off.McMillan was also sentenced to 240 hours of unpaid work for dangerous driving after the stunt in the Sundial car park in South Shields, South Tyneside, on 23 March.The girl was also disqualified from driving for a year for aiding or abetting dangerous driving. -
Final death toll from London tower blaze may not be known until next year
By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - It will be months until the final death toll from a London tower block blaze is known, British police said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Theresa May revealed that 120 other high-rise buildings also had exterior cladding that failed fire tests.At least 80 people are dead, or missing and presumed dead, from the inferno that gutted the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in west London on June 14 as families and children slept, and that figure is expected to rise. -
Hero officer describes fight with London Bridge attackers
A hero police officer who fought all three London Bridge attackers with only his baton says there was "instant darkness" when he was stabbed in the head by one of the terrorists.PC Wayne Marques, 38, had not long begun a night shift when he heard screams.PC Marques said: "I don't remember everything that happened that night. -
UK blue chips led lower by Hargreaves as strong pound takes toll
By Kit Rees and Danilo MasoniLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index dipped on Wednesday, depressed by a slide in Hargreaves Lansdownand oil stocks, though a jump in Bunzl's shares offered some relief.A brief recovery was brought to an end in afternoon trading when Bank of England governor Mark Carney said the bank would debate an interest rate increase in the coming months.Fund platform Hargreaves Lansdown fell 2.3 percentfollowing an industry report by Britain's markets watchdog. -
Downing Street U-turns on end to public sector pay cap
Downing Street has insisted the government’s public sector pay freeze is not being eased, directly contradicting suggestions by a senior Conservative source only hours before that it could be reviewed at the next budget.In a rapid reversal, the prime minister’s spokesman repeatedly insisted the policy had not changed when asked about the idea of an easing of the 1% annual pay rise cap for public sector staff.Earlier comments by the Conservative source had followed calls from the tran -
Baby girl was found dead in mother's arms in Grenfell Tower stairwell
A six-month-old baby was found dead in her mother’s arms after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which at least 80 people died or are missing presumed dead, an inquest has heard.The coroner’s officer, Eric Sword, said she was “found in her mother’s arms”.Leena’s sister, Malak, aged eight, who was recovered from the 20th floor, where the family lived, and taken to St Mary’s hospital, also later died. -
Superdrug becomes first retailer to sell morning after pill
Superdrug has become the first high street chain to start selling the morning after pill.The retailer will sell the emergency hormonal contraceptive (EHC) at £13.49, half the amount women would expect to pay for the branded version in a pharmacy.The contraceptive is now available at more than 200 Superdrug pharmacies as well as its online doctor service. -
Samsung to invest $380 mn in new plant in US
South Korean electronics giant Samsung announced plans for a new factory in South Carolina to produce appliances and employ about 900 people -
Schools in England cut back on teaching hours to save money
A primary school in Leicestershire is among the latest to consult parents over adopting a shorter week, with children to be let out early on Fridays – but schools large and small are looking at similar solutions.Jo Wincott, Sandon’s headteacher, said the changes would save £100,000 a year – the equivalent of two and a half teaching posts – and balance the school budget for next year while protecting pupils taking GCSE and A-level exams. -
Public sector pay cap could be lifted, Number 10 signals
Downing Street has signalled that it will lift the public sector pay cap on the back of Theresa May's election drubbing.A senior Number 10 source said the Prime Minister had "heard the message" from the General Election as he signalled a potential climbdown in the autumn."Ministers, including the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, have been clear that they are going to listen to the messages that were sent at the election," said the senior source. -
Policeman tells how he fought London Bridge attackers with baton
Wayne Marques of British Transport police said he believed the fight lasted 90 seconds.A police officer has told how he fought off the three London Bridge attackers with his baton despite being temporarily blinded in one eye after he was stabbed in the head.Speaking publicly for the first time since the terrorist attack earlier this month, Wayne Marques, who received several major knife wounds, said the adrenaline prevented him from realising how badly he had been injured. -
The Godolphin connection: sheikh saves Cornish community centre
The key link between the sheikh and the village in west Cornwall is a horse called the Godolphin Arabian.The prime minister of an oil-rich Gulf state has stepped in to help a small Cornish village create a new community hub after residents pointed out their link to his horse racing empire.Residents of Godolphin Cross near Helston were struggling to get together the funds to buy a disused chapel that they hoped to turn into a community centre. -
Pound up as Carney interest rate comments seen as 'hawkish'
Financial markets have interpreted comments by the governor of the Bank of England as making a rise in interest rates more likely.Sterling shot up against the dollar as Mark Carney made his remarks at a European Central Bank event.It showed that outgoing MPC member Kristin Forbes was joined by Ian McCafferty and Michael Saunders in support of a rise in rates, from their record low 0.25%, to help tackle rising inflation. -
Angela Merkel Claims A Lesbian Couple Changed Her Long-Standing Opposition To Same-Sex Marriage
Angela Merkel has claimed that meeting a lesbian couple made her re-think her long-standing opposition to gay marriage. -
Better with a brew: the beer-lover's guide to summer
via theguardian.comBeer goes with almost everything – and that includes literature, gardening and Indian hip-hop fusion, if this summer’s programme of events is anything to go by Make the most of the summer with this guide to the best events and beer and food festivals around the country. Challenge your taste buds with some new beers, broaden your musical tastes and have a bit of a boogie ... Continue reading... -
Supermarkets urged to create plastic-free aisle
Co-founder ofcampaign group A Plastic Planet, Sian Sutherland, is pushing for stores to create a dedicated plastic-free area. -
Social Mobility Report 2017: Regional Inequalities Widened In Last 20 Years And Fuelled Brexit
Huge regional inequalities in Britain fuelled last year’s Brexit vote as it showed how vast swathes of the country felt “left behind”, the Government’s social mobility Tsar has told HuffPost UK. -
Supermarkets urged to introduce plastic-free aisle to help save the ocean
Supermarkets are being urged to reduce the amount of plastic used in food packaging, in a bid to fight the tonnes of waste packaging clogging up the world's oceans.Sian Sutherland, co-founder of campaign group A Plastic Planet, told Sky News: "Our campaign is super simple."You can now buy wheat-free, gluten-free, fat-free but you can't buy plastic-free". -
Sterling surges, FTSE falls on Carney rate hike signal
By Jemima KellyLONDON (Reuters) - Sterling surged to a three-week high and Britain's FTSE 100 stock index fell on Wednesday, after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said an interest rate rise was probably necessary and the bank would debate this "in the coming months".The pound jumped by well over a cent after Carney's comments to hit $1.2971 , its strongest since June 9, the day of the results of Britain's parliamentary election.Speaking at a European Central Bank conference in Portugal, Car -
We're Crowdfunding To Start A New Feminist Organisation - Here's Why You Should Donate
Sometimes it gets me down how sexist Britain still is. Often it's after a group of boys literally half my age have catcalled me in the street. Or after I've read about how victims of sexual assault are treated by the courts. Sometimes it's when one of my friends finds out she gets paid less than a male colleague or was ignored by them in an important meeting. Sometimes (don't judge me) it's because I forgot to watch The Handmaid's Tale with the lights switched on.And that's before I even start t -
Democratic Unionist Party Deal With Conservatives Inspires Hope For LGBT Rights In Northern Ireland
LGBT activists in Northern Ireland are hopeful the controversial deal between the Tories and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) could change the latter’s views on gay rights. -
Tory MP reveals people were told to 'stab' her during General Election
A Tory MP has revealed swastikas were daubed on her posters and people were urged to "stab" her during the General Election.Sheryll Murray, who was re-elected as MP for South East Cornwall earlier this month, told the Commons of the "intimidation" she suffered in the run-up to the 8 June vote.During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Ms Murray said: "Over the past months I've had swastikas carved into posters, social media posts like 'burn the witch' and 'stab the c'. -
Hillsborough families 'never gave up hope'
Margaret Aspinall, the chairwoman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, has said those who lost loved ones in the disaster "have been determined to come back stronger" when they have faced setbacks in their quest for justice. -
Hillsborough: Criminal charges against six people over stadium crush
Criminal charges have been brought against six individuals, including former senior police officers, over the Hillsborough disaster. -
Families applauded at news of Hillsborough charges
Relatives of the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster have reacted positively to the news that criminal charges are going to be brought against six individuals.Barry Devonside, whose 18-year-old son Christopher was killed in the tragedy, pumped his fist as he emerged from a meeting with the Crown Prosecution Service in Warrington.Margaret Aspinall, the chairwoman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, said the CPS decision was the beginning of the end. -
Sombre but significant day for families of Hillsborough victims
There were no songs and no celebrations. -
Factbox - Regulator plans radical shake up of Britain's funds industry
Britain's markets watchdog has announced a broad overhaul of the country's 7 trillion pounds ($9 trillion) asset management industry to help ensure better value for money for investors.Below is a list of the main steps the Financial Conduct Authority will take, and consultations for implementing them:PRICE COMPETITIONFinding:- There is weak competition in a number of areas.Firms do not typically compete on price, particularly in the retail market. -
Grenfell Fire Death Toll 'May Not Be Known This Year'
The final death toll following the fire at the Grenfell Tower in north Kensington may not be known for many months, police say. -
Turning goodwill into EU/UK border solution 'extremely difficult' - Irish PM
By Padraic HalpinDUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday it will be practically and legally "extremely difficult" to find ways tomaintain an open border with Northern Ireland after Brexit, even with the sympathy and goodwill of the European Union behind it.The border between the Irish Republic, an EU member, and the province of Northern Ireland will be the only land frontier between the United Kingdom and the EU once Britain leaves the bloc in early 2019.Prime Mini -
Paddington bear author Michael Bond dies aged 91
Author Michael Bond, who created Paddington bear, has died at the age of 91.The English author, who grew up in Berkshire, wrote 150 books in total, with an additional 25 books about Paddington, who then came to life in a well-loved television series.The official Paddington Twitter account posted a tribute to the late author, which was also retweeted by the official London Paddington Twitter page.
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