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• Tory Brexiteer MPs Set Out Demands To Theresa May, Including 'Free Trade Immediately'

  20-02-2018 22:53
  Conservative MPs have written to Theresa May with a list of demands for Brexit ahead of a crunch meeting of senior Cabinet ministers.More than 60 Tories have warned the UK  must have full control over laws after Brexit and must not become a “rule taker”.Britain must not be stopped from negotiating and signing trade deals during any transition period, they said.The letter was sent by the European Research Group (ERG), made up of Tory Eurosceptics, and was signed by 62 MPs, includ
  
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• Your No-Bullsh*t Guide To Whether Or Not Jeremy Corbyn Is A 'Communist Collaborator'

  20-02-2018 22:00
  Jeremy Corbyn is a secret Communist who would sell out Britain for a few quid to pursue his dream of turning the UK into East Germany.At least that’s the impression you might get from a number of newspapers, Tory MPs and political commentators over the last week, following an intital report in the Sun.Thursday's SUN: "Corbyn And The Commie Spy" #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstoday
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• Former Save The Children Boss Justin Forsyth Admits 'Inappropriate' Behaviour

  20-02-2018 20:13
  Former Save The Children boss Justin Forsyth has admitted he had “unsuitable and thoughtless conversations” with female staff during his time at the charity.The former Downing Street comms chief has been under scrutiny following sexual assault allegations made against Brendan Cox, widower of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, who he worked with at the time.Forsyth himself, now a deputy executive director at Unicef, faced three complaints of inappropriate behaviour towards female staff h
  
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• The Queen on the 'frow' at London Fashion Week

  20-02-2018 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Her Majesty sat next to Vogue's Anna Wintour and gave an award to designer Richard Quinn.
  
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• Northern Ireland: UK Government Drawing Up Emergency Stormont Budget

  20-02-2018 19:13
  The Government remains “steadfastly” committed to the Good Friday Agreement, Karen Bradley has said, despite Brexiteer claims power-sharing in Northern Ireland is “unsustainable”. The Northern Ireland Secretary told MPs the Government will “provide budget clarity” for civil servants in Belfast but declined to impose direct rule. Stormont has now been without a devolved Government for 13 months after talks between Sinn Fein and the Arlene Foster&rsquo
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Video Hits Back At Newspaper Owners Over Communist Spy Claims, Warns ‘Billionaire Tax Exiles’ Change Is Coming

  20-02-2018 19:00
  Jeremy Corbyn has lambasted newspapers over claims he helped Communist spies in the 1980s, attacking their owners as “billionaire tax exiles” and warning them “change is coming”.In a personal video message, the Labour leader hit out at The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and The Express for printing allegations that he had worked with a Czechoslovakian agent to hand over British secrets.His angry riposte follows claims by former Czech agent Jan Sarkocy that he was on the
  
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• No-one Should Suffer In Silence, Scared Of The Shame Of Debt And The Stigma Of Mental Illness

  20-02-2018 18:45
  There is a clear link between problem debt and mental ill-health.Half of adults in problem debt also have a mental health problem. That’s three million people. People with problem debt are twice as likely to develop major depression as those not in financial difficulty. 86% of respondents to a Money and Mental Health survey of nearly 5,500 people with experience of mental health problems in spring 2016 said that their financial situation had made their mental health problems worse.That&rsq
  
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• The Beginning Of The End Is Nigh For PFI

  20-02-2018 18:34
  So it turns out the much publicised manpower shortage in the British Army is down to outsourcing company Capita’s failure to do its job. It’s not often I applaud The Sun on it’s journalism, but their revelation this week that the army is being crippled a man power shortage, despite a record number of of would-be recruits attempting to join, is a favour to all of us who believe in public services need to be brought back in-house.Our 82,000 army is 4,000 short of the recruits it
  
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• Why I’m Not Losing Weight For My Wedding

  20-02-2018 18:23
  Content note: This blog contains descriptions of extreme eating habitsBy the time I was 24 I had been on a diet for ten years. There was the Atkins Diet; the Dukan Diet; Weight Watchers; the three months I only ate cereal; the time I ate Ambrosia rice pudding pots for every meal (coined ‘the white food phase’ by my mum); the time I discovered half a cabbage and three slices of ham was only 150 calories and ate it with a teaspoon of mustard every day for a term at uni; the going out f
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence explains Lumley comment was an 'inside joke'

  20-02-2018 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The actress said she was making a joke when she came onstage at the Baftas to present an award.
  
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• Electric Cars In The UK Could Get A 'Superfast' Charging Network

  20-02-2018 18:13
  The National Grid has proposed a new ‘superfast’ charging network that would see 90% of all electric car owners within just 50-miles of a charging station.According to the Financial Times, the proposal would see the creation of around 100 high-powered chargers located along existing networks found under the motorways.What makes the news so exciting for electric car owners however is not the amount of chargers but the power that they’ll be able to deliver.All 100 of them would b
  
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• This Is Not A Witch-Hunt. It’s An Exorcism

  20-02-2018 18:08
  As the tidal wave of protests about sexual assault, bullying, and ‘inappropriate conduct’ becomes a worldwide tsunami, there is an inevitable backlash.Trivial matters are being elevated into career wrecking accusations, goes the complaint. Women are being treated like helpless, delicate Victorian maidens, they say. All of this will backfire on the women, who will find employers reluctant to appoint them and suitors too fearful to court them. There is widespread hysteria and a conspic
  
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• London Fashion Week: The Queen Was Sat Next To Anna Wintour

  20-02-2018 18:00
  The Queen made a surprise appearance at London Fashion Week today. And show organisers decided to sit her next to none other than the queen of fashion, Dame Anna Wintour.The Vogue editor-in-chief and Her Majesty watched the Richard Quinn catwalk show together, before the monarch presented him with an award.The pair have met before, in May 2017, when Wintour was awarded a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to the fashion industry.And on Twitter roya
  
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• Brexit Can’t Be Used As An Excuse To Cut People’s Rights At Work

  20-02-2018 17:57
  This morning in Vienna, David Davis brushed off working people’s fears that their rights at work will be undermined after Brexit. He insists that Britain will be leading a “race to the top” on standards. But he’s done nothing to set my mind at ease.For one thing, Davis’s promise that he’s not building a “Mad Max-style dystopia” says a lot for how low the Brexit bar has been set. And even then, the government might not clear it if the extreme fringe
  
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• Music Will Be One Of The UK's Strongest Calling Cards As It Sells Itself Post Brexit

  20-02-2018 17:43
  As Brexit battles continue to rage across the media and in the Cabinet, with new claims daily about the risks or opportunities for the UK outside the EU, for the UK outside the EU, one thing is obvious: our country will need to play to its strengths as it forges a new position in the world.The creative industries are one of the UK’s biggest trade success stories; accounting for £92 billion of value added and growing at twice the speed of the rest of the economy. Music is one area in
  
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• Calling Me An Inspiration Reinforces A Narrow Able-Bodied Version Of Success

  20-02-2018 17:39
  I did not know before I entered academia that my multiple invisible health conditions would become a source of fascination. When people find out the extent of my ill health, they tell me I’m brave and inspiring. I’m brave to get out of bed, to do my PhD, to have a passion for life. Of course, I am proud of my achievements – I am a doctoral student in Anthropology, in my first year I presented my findings at Oxford University and have just returned from being a Visiting Scholar
  
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• The race is on to save Disney's classic (but fading) cartoons

  20-02-2018 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Film frames from Alice in Wonderland and Snow White were painted on now decaying materials.
  
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• America's Unrequited Love of Guns

  20-02-2018 17:36
  14 February saw 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz allegedly enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and murder 17 people with a gun. The event marked the 32nd mass shooting of 2018 in America. A year we have only just begun.Donald Trump responded to the crisis with a six-minute statement from the White House. He quoted the bible, sent prayers, and encouraged Americans to ‘strive for a much better tomorrow’. In terms of ideas on how to reach this ‘better tomorrow&
  
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• Alfie Evans's Parents Lose High Court Battle As Judge Rules Doctors Can Stop Providing Life Support For Brain-Damaged Toddler

  20-02-2018 17:26
  Doctors can stop providing life-support treatment to 21-month-old Alfie Evans against his parents’ wishes, a High Court judge ruled on Tuesday.Tom Evans and Kate James, both 20 and from Liverpool, wanted to take their son Alfie abroad for treatment.But specialists at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, in Liverpool, had asked a High Court judge to allow them to stop providing life-saving treatment.Mr Justice Hayden ruled in favour of hospital bosses after analysing the dispute at a hearin
  
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• Oxfam Confirms Seven New Sex Allegations In High Street Shops

  20-02-2018 17:21
  Oxfam has received 26 further allegations of sexual misconduct since revelations of alleged abuse by its staff in Haiti surfaced two weeks ago.The crisis-hit charity revealed that of the new complaints, 16 are from its international division while seven relate to incidents in its British high street shops.A spokesperson refused to tell HuffPost UK how many of those allegations were made against unpaid volunteers working in stores. It comes after HuffPost reported last week how Oxfam di
  
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• Norway Has Perfected Plastic Recycling, Here's What The UK Can Learn From Them

  20-02-2018 17:19
  One thing’s for sure: if the Scandis do anything really well, it’s sustainable living. And Norway’s plastic recycling scheme is no exception. The incentivised deposit system for recyclable plastic uses ‘reverse vending machines’ as collection points for used plastic containers, which are then taken to specialised recycling areas. These machines have been in place since 1972.The deposit system itself has been in place even longer and, according to
  
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• Michelle Obama 'loves' Black Panther and so do the rest of us...

  20-02-2018 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-First Lady congratulates the makers of the superhero film after a successful opening weekend.
  
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• Boris Johnson Claims Private Companies Will Pay For His New Bridge To France

  20-02-2018 17:07
  Boris Johnson has said his proposed new bridge over the English Channel to connect the United Kingdom and France could be paid for by private companies as he stepped up his campaign for the project.The foreign secretary said the Channel Tunnel will be “full” within seven years so another link was needed to cope with demand.“It is a curiosity that two of the most powerful economies in the world are separated by barely 21-miles of water are connected by only one railway line,&rdq
  
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• Low Fat Vs Low Carb Diet: Which Works Best?

  20-02-2018 17:02
  For decades, two diets have ruled the roost when it comes to weight loss. If you’ve ever dieted, chances are you’ll have followed either a low-carb (Atkins) or low-fat plan. You might also know of someone who had weight loss success on one of these diets and another who didn’t lose a single pound.The variation in weight loss results has baffled researchers for a number of years. A team from Stanford University School of Medicine set out to discover which is
  
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• MPs Who Harass Must Be Publicly Embarrassed, Say Senior Female Politicians

  20-02-2018 16:50
  Two senior politicians say the believe sexist attitudes in Westminster are slowly changing - but those who harass and abuse should be “publicly embarassed”.HuffPost UK spoke to Harriet Harman, the longest-serving female MP in the Commons and Conservative Anne Jenkin, after we carried out a survey of women politicians asking them to share their experiences of bullying and harassment.  It follows a swathe of allegations of inappropriate conduct in Westminster, from offen
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence explains Bafta mishap with Joanna Lumley

  20-02-2018 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The actress says her "rude" comment at the Baftas was "an inside joke that fell flat".
  
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• The UK Higher Education System Is Not Fit For Purpose. We Need More Apprenticeships

  20-02-2018 16:32
  For young people, being successful is all too often conflated with going to university. This conveyer belt approach to education is damaging for them, and for the nation’s economy.I recently appeared on the BBC’s The Big Questions to debate whether the UK university system is fit for purpose. As someone who quit their A-levels to do an engineering apprenticeship with Michelin Tyres before going on to establish Phones4U, I gladly took the opportunity to criticise the current status qu
  
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• Cheryl 'not bothered' by relationship rumours

  20-02-2018 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The singer opens a centre to help young people in her home city of Newcastle.
  
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• Jordan Peterson Has No Idea What He's Talking About

  20-02-2018 15:55
  This is rather late for a critique of Jordan Peterson, but we might apparently be witness to a debate between the eminent professor and Slavoj Žižek in October, which is proof that Peterson is going to be hanging around in the world of the internet, if nothing else, for the foreseeable future. The prospective debate seems to me likely to be something of a damp squib, because for all the criticisms people level at Žižek there is no doubt whatever that he is a very erudite poli
  
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• Brexit Must Not Mean We Lose Out On Access To Healthcare Abroad

  20-02-2018 15:35
  EU reciprocal healthcare arrangements allow citizens of EU and EEA nations (and Switzerland) to access health and social care services while in any other of those nations. They do so on the same basis as a resident of that nation would and at either no or low cost.These arrangements include European Healthcare Insurance Card (EHIC), which provides access to state-provided healthcare for short-term visitors; and the S1 scheme, which allows ongoing access to health and social care services for ind
  
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• London Fashion Week: Is disability hidden in fashion?

  20-02-2018 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Model and campaigner Kelly Knox investigates the industry for BBC Radio 5 live.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Slams Daily Mail And The Sun For ‘Nonsense’ Stories About Alleged Links To Communist Spies

  20-02-2018 15:23
  Jeremy Corbyn has slammed the Daily Mail and The Sun for printing “nonsense” stories suggesting he was linked to Communist spies.The Labour leader hit back as he was questioned about the claims made by a former Czech agent Jan Sarkocy that he was on the country’s payroll during the Cold War.After a speech to the EEF Manufacturing conference about Brexit and the City, Corbyn was quizzed by reporters about allegations that his office has dismissed as a “ridiculous smear&rdq
  
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• Japanese Company To Build Sustainable Skyscraper Made Out Of Wood

  20-02-2018 15:13
  Japan will soon be home to something pretty remarkable, a 70-storey skyscraper made almost entirely out of wood.Designed by Sumitomo Forestry and the architecture firm Nikken Sekkei, the W350 tower will be a flagship of sustainability thanks to its unique construction that use some 185,000 square meters of wood.If that wasn’t enough, the skyscraper will feature trees, gardens and foliage on every single level and will contain up to 8,000 homes.W350 isn’t just a statement of what sust
  
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• David Davis And Boris Johnson Are The 'Ronaldo and Messi' Of Brexit, Says Michael Gove

  20-02-2018 15:09
  David Davis and Boris Johnson are the “Messi and Ronaldo” of the Cabinet, Environment Secretary Michael Gove claimed today as he set out his red lines for Brexit.Speaking to HuffPost UK, Gove heaped praise on his Brexiteer colleagues in a show of unity before a crunch get-together at the Prime Minister’s country home to thrash out the UK’s plan for leaving the EU.The Brexit Secretary and Foreign Secretary have given speeches in recent days on their vision for the UK after
  
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• Looks We Love: Alexa Chung's Colourful Raincoat at London Fashion Week

  20-02-2018 14:51
  We Love...Alexa Chung, looking pulled-together in a block colour rain coat, pre-catwalk on 17 February. Chung wore the vibrant red coat on the front row of Christopher Bailey’s swan song collection for Burberry, over a dark slogan t-shirt, jeans and black boots – allowing the bold colour to do the talking. Why it Works...Opting for a coat or jacket in a saturated hue is smart idea because it’s fuss-free: your top layer is the look. Its simplicity means
  
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• Jamie Oliver closes flagship Barbecoa restaurant

  20-02-2018 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The celebrity chef's two steak restaurants go into administration - but he immediately buys one back.
  
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• Channel 4 documentary accuses Harvey Weinstein of physical assault

  20-02-2018 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  My Week with Marilyn producer David Parfitt claims Weinstein attacked him in new Channel 4 documentary .
  
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• What Lorde And Other Adult Acne Sufferers Want You To Stop Saying

  20-02-2018 14:33
  Adult acne is on the rise, but despite its prevalence a lot of people are still clueless about how to talk about it.In a recent Instagram story, singer-songwriter Lorde said she was sick and tired of receiving unsolicited advice from people about the best way to get clear skin. “You know what sucks? When you’ve had acne for years and years and years, done all the drugs, tried all the things, and people are still like: ‘You know what worked for me, moisturising’,&rdqu
  
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• Three billboards for Martin McDonagh in Connemara

  20-02-2018 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The London-born director's long connection with County Galway leads to tribute inspired by hit film.
  
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• Blac Chyna: Lawyers call for action over sex tape

  20-02-2018 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A video was leaked on Monday which reportedly shows Blac Chyna performing a sex act on ex Mechie.
  
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• Matt LeBlanc Takes On Friends' Millennial Critics: 'I Disagree With All Of That'

  20-02-2018 14:21
  Matt LeBlanc has addressed the criticism ‘Friends’ has faced after being rediscovered by millennials.Last month, the hit 1990s show was made available to stream on Netflix, which was met with a wave of excitement from long-time fans of the show.However, when many began re-watching it, they noted that some aspects of the show were rather problematic in 2018, most specifically the absence of people of colour and humour which bordered on homophobic and fat-shaming.Matt - who played Joey
  
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• After Both My Mum And I Were Diagnosed With Cancer I Knew I Was Meant To Be A Nurse

  20-02-2018 14:11
  I was seven years old. I don’t remember having any symptoms, but when my mum spotted a lump in my neck she immediately knew something was wrong and we went to get it checked out.  I remember it vividly, it was such a whirlwind. After a number of tests, I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin lymphoma, which had spread to my skin. Although I was young and didn’t really know what it meant, I knew it was serious. The lump in my neck needed to be removed and then I had a course of chemothe
  
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• Stock Images Are Fuelling Period Shame By Showing 'Weak, Helpless' Women

  20-02-2018 14:00
  If you type ‘period pain’ into Google, chances are you’ll be met with hundreds of images showing women clutching their stomachs and scrunching their faces. While it might seem harmless, this endless stream of negativity is fuelling a culture of period shame, subscription service Pink Parcel has warned.It said search engines, stock image sites and educational health pages are all guilty of perpetuating period shame by depicting women as “weak, helpless and emotional&r
  
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• The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange: The Designers You Need To Get Behind

  20-02-2018 13:57
  The Duchess of Cambridge hosted a reception for a new initiative she is supporting that aims to bring 52 Commonwealth designers together in celebration of sustainable fashion. Launched by Eco Age, the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange will have a “positive impact on female empowerment and poverty reduction,” said the organisation’s founder, Livia Firth.The Duchess wore a black and white floral print dress as she hosted the event on behalf of the Queen, along with the
  
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• Kirsty Sharman, 26, Pleads Guilty To Public Order Offence Over Abusive Ambulance Note

  20-02-2018 13:54
  A woman arrested for verbally abusing paramedics before leaving a foul-mouthed note on an ambulance has pleaded guilty at North Staffordshire Justice Centre to a public order offence.Kirsty Sharman, 26, placed the hand-written message on an emergency vehicle outside her home in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday, demanding paramedics move on. Staffordshire Police’s Chief Inspector John Owen announced Sharman’s arrest for public order offences on Monday, saying “emergency services mu
  
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• Cheryl: 'I struggled as a teenager'

  20-02-2018 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Singer Cheryl has opened a youth centre in her home town of Newcastle in a joint venture with The Prince's Trust.
  
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• Black Panther Is A Win For Black Identity

  20-02-2018 13:28
  The last time I watched a film that stirred so much emotion in me was Still Alice. Julianne Moore is excellent and the loss of control over our mind is not a reality any of us wish for. It will leave anyone who sees it somber and reflective – just go and watch it. Then came Black Panther this past weekend. Differently from Still Alice, Black Panther made me want to find the closest cylinder-like object, stomp it into the streets and praise the ancestors.There are no prerequisites to the po
  
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• Justice Cannot Be Delivered On The Cheap

  20-02-2018 13:23
  Martin Luther King once said: ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’. The deep crisis the Conservatives have unleashed in our justice system should concern us all.Our Criminal Justice System is supposed to create safer communities with fewer victims of crime. Prevention, policing and effective rehabilitation to reduce re-offending all have their part to play. But under the Tories, communities are becoming less safe. Crime is up. So is reoffending. It is the most vulne
  
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• Muse: 'The guitar is no longer a lead instrument'

  20-02-2018 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  'The guitar has stopped being a lead instrument,' says frontman Matt Bellamy.
  
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• Liu Wen: China supermodel's new year message sparks row

  20-02-2018 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Liu Wen was accused of betraying her Chinese heritage by wishing fans a happy "Lunar New Year".
  
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