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Johnson appoints key figure to Grenfell Tower inquiry who has links to cladding company
The engineer ran an organisation that made the aluminium composite cladding panels used on Grenfell.
British food companies still using palm oil irresponsibly named and shamed
Long-standing commitments by brands and industry to eliminate destruction caused by their palm oil supply chains have failed, the WWF said.
Cab union boss cleared of assault on police with noise from megaphone
James Farrar, 51, had faced two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker after he used a loudhailer.
Russia’s parliament approves Vladimir Putin’s choice for prime minister
Mikhail Mishustin, the chief of Russia’s tax service, replaces Dmitry Medvedev in the post.
Twitter revealed to allow adverts targeted at racists, neo-Nazis and homophobic groups
Discriminatory keywords such as ‘transphobic’, ‘white supremacists’ and ‘anti-gay’ were not excluded by the platform.
Climate change moment of crisis has come, warns Sir David Attenborough
Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough said action has been put off ‘year after year’ but there is no more time to ‘prevaricate’.
Justice system dealing with highest number of knife crimes in decade as police plead for proper funding
“All of the predictions we made about the cuts to policing, the devastation that it would bring, the rise in crime that it would bring, have come true,” warned the Police Federation chief this week.
Trump impeachment arrives at Senate, setting scene for third ever trial to remove a US President
Democrats said yet more new evidence had come to light about Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to harm a political rival and his subsequent attempts to cover up of his collusion.
Trump aide warns Johnson not to back Iran nuclear deal if UK wants post-Brexit US deal
Boris Johnson has suddenly contradicted Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in echoing Donald Trump’s calls to scrap Iran nuclear deal.