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UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has backtracked on claims he lost close personal friends at Hillsborough in an embarrassing interview with a Radio City Talk host - who was there on the day. Nuttall, a Liverpudlian, wrote in an article criticising the government in 2011 that he had lost close personal friends and repeated the claims in a separate article from 2012. But when pressed on this in the interview he admitted this was not the case saying: "That's not from me I'm...

Since Theresa May vowed to push for a new raft of grammar schools many have questioned the fairness of the system, and whether is will simply exacerbate the gap between the haves and the have-nots. The PMs first flagship educational establishment is due to open in 2019 in Croydon, allowing the school to chose the thousand pupils who will attend the school and will also be able to access direct government funding, to support it. The Greens, Lib Dems and...

In a year when police conduct at Orgreave came under renewed scrutiny and the families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster learned the real "truth", it is with a certain sense of dismay that Scotland Yard has today come under criticism for destroying the evidence needed for an inquiry into state sponsored spying on trade unions and blacklisting operations, despite a court order to the contrary. The Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing has failed to secure potentially crucial documents central...

Climate change is seldom deemed to be a cause for celebration, but for wildlife lovers it offers up the exciting prospect that the natural world is changing before our eyes. As a Countryside Ranger in the North West of England I am fortunate to be able to see the various changes of the seasons whilst out and about at work. Having spotted my first long tailed tits, weasels and stoats over the previous few weeks, I remain ever optimistic to...

A scheme set up by the Government to tackle illegal immigration has led to racism against BME groups, according to new research. To deter illegal immigrants from settling in Britain, the Government launched “right to rent” which means landlords can be imprisoned or face hefty fines if they don’t ensure their tenants are not illegal citizens. Landlords are worried that they could be jailed for renting to illegal immigrants, they are shying away from anyone who could possibly be breaking...

Evidence that man-made pollutants have reached the furthest corners of the planet has come to light after cancer-causing chemicals banned since the 1970s were discovered in the world's deepest ocean - almost seven miles beneath the surface. Extremely high levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants - or POPs - were found in the fatty tissue of tiny crustaceans that live in the western Pacific's Mariana Trench. The same discovery was made in the Kermadec trench - the world's fifth deepest just off...

It seems that if you are beneath retirement age you are now worse off in modern Britain. They say never get old, but that might not apply anymore, especially if you want a few more quid in your pocket. Research by the Resolution Foundation found that pensioner incomes dwarf those of working-age, who are struggling to make ends meet. Retired people are more likely to own their own home and have substantial pension pots. Weak economic growth has, for working-age...

Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed former Daily Mail political editor James Slack as her official spokesperson just days after Wikipedia banned the publication after deeming the news group “generally unreliable”. Last week the online encyclopedia imposed a blanket ban on the Daily Mail with editors saying the move “centred on the Daily Mail’s reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism and flat-out fabrication” But the official response has been somewhat to the contrary, with May appointing their political editor into a senior position within...

A woman who is house-bound with a flesh-eating disease and cannot tolerate sunlight says her disability benefit has been cut – after she was deemed fit to work. CeaJay Clem claims her Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was cut this month following an assessment. The 59-year-old says she has received the benefit after being diagnosed with Discoid Lupus Erythematosus – a form of skin rash made worse by sunlight in 2002. The condition means CeaJay cannot go outside for more...