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New report launched today at the Conservative Party Conference calls for a shake-up of UK agriculture as the country prepares to leave the European Union and the Common Agricultural Policy. The Grow Green II report, written by the New Economics Foundation and commissioned by The Vegan Society, declares that the UK’s food system is fundamentally broken, environmentally unsustainable and unhealthy. The New Economics Foundation claims a shift to plant protein as a substitute for animal protein is “desperately needed” and...

A sea crocodile dubbed the 'Melksham Monster' was terrorising the shallow waters off Britain 163 million years ago, according to scientists. The apex predator, with powerful jaws and huge, razor-sharp teeth roamed the prehistoric ocean around Britain in the Jurassic era. The beast - dug up in Wiltshire - was 10 feet long from snout to tail and inhabited the warm, shallow waters that covered the country at that time. It was one of the most terrifying marine reptiles that...

By Max Bluer Reports are emerging of as many as 200 deaths in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria on the island last week. Although the official death toll remains in the teens, local press is reporting the deaths of at least two hundred people, mostly due to the unavailability of oxygen tanks for those with breathing difficulties, and a lack of electricity in hospital emergency rooms. People have also died of dehydration...

An autistic woman was escorted from an easyJet plane by police after she was asked to move to a quieter seat. Manuela Atzori faced a gruelling 24-hour wait to get from London Stansted to Glasgow after she was told to leave her flight by the crew. The 39-year-old businesswoman, from Paisley, was returning home to Scotland from a trip to her native Italy when the incident happened on September 21. Manuela Atzori from Paisley, Renfrewshire, who has mild autistic spectrum...

Outspoken Katie Hopkins turned up to the Conservative Party Conference this morning in the wedding dress from her first marriage. The raucous attention seeker donned her wedding outfit to promote a conference fringe event to take place this afternoon on the subject of divorce. The panel is entitled Sex, Lies and Irreconcilable Differences: Time For No-Fault Divorce? and is being run by the Campaign for Family Law Reform. Every woman should still fit her first wedding dress. Don't sell your hubby a...

Three-quarters of British office workers say their office environment has made them less productive, according to new research. The poll of 2,000 Brits found UK businesses could be losing millions because their offices aren’t ‘up to scratch'. One third said they have been left with “no alternative” but to take time off from work because their surroundings have directly affected their physical or mental wellbeing. Stale air and lack of airflow is the biggest concern for workers, followed by noisy co-workers and...

Pro-Trump accounts spent hours trying to frame left-wing activist Geary Danley for the shootings in Las Vegas, saying he was a "liberal targeting Trump supporters". Police say at least 50 people are dead and more than 200 injured following a terrorist attack in Nevada. The attacker fired on concertgoers on the strip and has since been shot dead. The gunman has been named as 64-year-old local Stephen Paddock. But several pro-Trump accounts tried to frame Danley before police confirmed the identification of the...

Spanish police have turned on fellow emergency service providers during the referendum riots. Videos have emerged of police forces using batons on firefighters as tensions flare in Spain. The videos have been released as videos from across the region have been published on social media showing police use violence against protesters, including women and children. The Spanish police are now beating up Catalan firefighters. This is an absolute shocker. #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/zJeTATJQxJ — Owen Jones? (@OwenJones84) October 1, 2017 Catalan citizens voted...

Britain has lost its longest-lasting patch of snow for the first time in over a decade - an event which has happened only six times in the past 300 years. The patch at Garbh Choire Mor on Braeriach in the Scottish Cairngorms, nicknamed the Sphinx, disappeared over the weekend. The snow on the UK's third-highest mountain had remained in place ever since 2006. The last snow patch(L) on Garbh Choire Mor on Braeriach in the Cairngorms on August 27 2017....