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After a disastorous night at the polls the Prime Minister faced a heckler as she was about to make a speech. She was shouted at by a member of the audience as she began her speech to Welsh Conservatives. He could be heard saying  “Why don’t you resign? We don’t want you.” Some of delegates at the Welsh Conservative Conference at Llangollen Pavilion clapped and chanted “out”, in an apparent call for the heckler to be removed, rather than the...

Piccadilly Gardens, in Manchester, has cordoned off after a suspicious package found. Police vans can also be seen in the pictures. A man has been detained by police, GMP said. credit: Robyn McKee A GMP spokesman said: "A cordon is in place in Piccadilly Gardens after reports of a suspicious package were made. "A man aged 26 has been detained by police and enquiries into the incident are ongoing." Thomas Ogden tweeted about the incident, saying: "The police are currently...

The ancient arthropod, whose name means 'thousand feet' in Latin, was so perfectly preserved it has been digitally reconstructed - in stunning detail

A housing boss who was in charge of Grenfell Tower before it went up in flames has been invited to speak at a national housing conference on improving building safety, The Guardian has reported. Sacha Jevans has been asked to lecture on ways to “improve risk management and building safety post-Grenfell” at the event, despite the fact that she worked as the executive director of Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) when it managed the building and oversaw the...

Pro-Remain parties stormed the 2019 Local Elections yesterday with the Lib Dems and Greens significantly increasing their share of the vote as the main two parties and UKIP lost out. Labour MP David Lammy tweeted that it was an “unambiguously” clear vote for a re-think on Brexit. He said: “The message is clear. We need to square up to the country and tell the truth. Brexit is a disaster and the Leave campaign lied to you.” Early indications suggest The Conservatives...

Former London mayor Boris Johnson allegedly had to delete a tweet claiming he “just voted Conservatives in the local elections” after realising no elections were being held in the capital yesterday. James Felton posted out the deleted message which had appeared on Politwoops- a website which stores all deleted tweets from politicians. The message, which apparently stayed up for just 30 seconds before being deleted, said: "I just voted Conservative in the local elections. Make sure you do too! You’ve...

A Conservative MP broke down in tears following heavy losses for the party in Essex. The Tories lost a comfortable majority in Chelmsford and also relinquished control of two other councils in the county. MP Vicky Ford appeared visibly frustrated following the count in Chelmsford. She told the BBC: "I think it is really disappointing when you look at some of the individuals who have lost their seats tonight," she said. "People who have worked their socks off for Chelmsford....

Vital bits of DNA that turn on genes in blood vessels and arteries are lower in those who don't get enough shut eye

Standing as an independent candidate for the North West in the European Parliamentary elections hasn’t proved a walk in the park for far right Islamophobe Tommy Robinson. https://twitter.com/MarianaSteal/status/1123688766814740480 Today, turning up to another underwhelmingly attended rally in Bury, Greater Manchester, the far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was pelted with strawberry milkshake outside McDonalds. Yaxley-Lennon accused whoever threw the milkshake that spattered him of being “some Muslim supporter” as his followers ran through town looking to confront the...