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Ronald Reagan's daughter has sent a powerful message to Donald Trump about advocating assassination. Patti Davis, whose father Ronald survived an assassination attempt in 1981, said his "glib and horrifying comment about second amendment people" could appeal to people who see unbridled violence as a way to make their mark in the world. Her comments come as John Hinckley, her father's attacker, is released from a psychiatric hospital after a three-decade long stint. Although Hinckley won't be able to own a gun or...

The Conservatives would have a 72 seat majority in the House of Commons if an election were called today, according to the latest polling data. As the Labour rift continues to divide the party and the Tories consolidate their leadership, Labour would be expected to loose 34 seats in the next election, giving the current party of power a comprehensive lead. The Lib Dems are projected to gain one seat, as will the Green Party and UKIP. SNP would take...

MPs have said that of all ethnic groups living in the UK, Muslims have the highest rate of joblessness. With Muslim women, who wear the Hijab being passed over for jobs, in what a report has called the last form of “acceptable” discrimination. Some Muslim women are even driven to abandon wearing traditional Islamic dress in order to get the job they want, an inquiry by the Commons Women and Equalities Committee has heard. Almost 13 per cent of Muslims...

London’s 24 hour economy could be worth nearly £30 billion to the capital each year by the start of 2030, according to new research. It is currently worth up to £26.3 billion annually, around eight per cent of London’s gross domestic product, and directly supports one in eight jobs – a figure of 723,000 workers. The report suggests this could rise to 790,000 in less than 15 years. The research, undertaken by London First – the membership group for London...

Good news for the renewable industry, which has been battered by the current Conservative Government. Due to high winds across Scotland on Sunday, the energy created provided over one hundred per cent of the electricity needs for that day in the country. In fact the total energy captured provided 106 per cent of the requirement, a major success story and its obvious environmental benefits. Gusts of wind were reaching up to 115 mph at the summit of peaks in the Cairngorms...

Majestic caves discovered under Clifton Suspension Bridge have been opened to the public for the first time after been found by chance in 2002 by a builder. Hidden for more than 150 years the stunning cathedral-like vaults have been unveiled under Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s engineering masterpiece for the first time since the bridge opened in 1864. The vaults are inside the massive two-storey abutments which support the bridge towers either side of the Avon Gorge in Bristol. It was assumed for decades that they...

It seems like a headline from the dark days of the workplace of the 1950s, but unfortunately sexual harassment in the workplace is still prominent in offices and factories across the UK. New research has indicated that over half of women at work have been sexually pestered at some stage in their careers. Look around your office and there is a high chance that a lot of women at your work have sadly been affected by sexual abuse. For younger...

Donald Trump has advocated shooting Hillary Clinton because she may amend the second act if voted in. In a week when the outspoken billionaire was lambasted for eating a KFC with cutlery on his campaign jet, the ridiculous turned to the outright bizarre following a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Republican candidate warned that it would be "a horrible day” if Mrs. Clinton were elected and got to appoint a tiebreaking Supreme Court justice. “If she gets to pick...

It was a monumental struggle to get into legislation but eventually Obamacare provided twenty million low-income people with health insurance. There are many Americans who are still wary of the policy and others who are outwardly hostile to it. The health law,continues to be a major point of dispute in national politics, as it has been since it passed in 2010, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has pledged to repeal the law. He has offered little indication how he would replace the...