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Homeless crisis – Surge in drug poisonings behind biggest rise in deaths on record
Two in five of the deaths were related to drug poisoning.
CCTV image of suspect released after nine women sexually assaulted on London buses
The victims, aged between 23 and 62, were all touched inappropriately while travelling in north and east London between July 4 and September 25.
Uni boss who preached about climate change last week spent a student’s annual tuition fee on private cars during his first six months in charge
University of Sheffield vice-chancellor Koen Lamberts recently announced all students would have to attend compulsory lessons on sustainability in response to the "climate emergency"
PM does not need to apologise to Queen over prorogation – Jacob Rees-Mogg
The Commons Leader travelled to Balmoral last month to seek approval from the Queen to suspend Parliament until October 14.
BBC climbdown – boss Lord Hall overturns Naga Munchetty decision
The BBC director-general personally reviewed the decision.
Video – Chimps think just like us
They understand the mental state of others - known as a 'theory of mind'
Anti-abortion billboard targeted at Labour MP Stella Creasy removed
Advertising agency Clear Channel, which owned the billboards, apologised and said it was taking immediate action to remove them.
Watch PM refuse to apologise for ‘spaffing’ slur on child abuse inquiry and pretend he has contacted Jo Cox’s family
A lawyer representing Rotherham child abuse victims said the PM had “juvenile thinking."
Facebook removes Conservative adverts with fake headlines
The ads with doctored headlines were viewed between 220,000 and 510,000 times according to Full Fact, an independent charity who work alongside other organisations on Facebook's Third Party Fact Checking programme which discovered the Tory slight of hand.