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Nurse’s response to Trump accusing doctors and mums of ‘executing’ newborn babies goes viral

President Trump has embarked on the 2020 election campaign, gleefully deflecting attention from any further investigations of his affairs by going on the offence 'bigly'. In a rally in Wisconsin this weekend he whipped up his crowd of MAGA hat wearing followers by offending just about everyone from the “sick” news media to “scum” FBI investigators. In a rambling rant that was demented even by his standards, he turned to a myth he’s peddled before – that Democrats are “aggressively...

Police hunt city centre triple stabbing suspects

Police have launched an investigation into a triple stabbing in a city centre after a night of shocking violence.  Three men were stabbed after violence erupted in the early hours of Sunday morning. West Midlands Police were called to North Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, just after midnight when two men were found on the floor with serious stab wounds. They were taken to hospital and a third man, also found to have been stabbed, sustained minor injuries. Police are trawling...

Nearly a third of graduates too educated for their job

Nearly a third of graduates are too educated for their job, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found as part of its quarterly Economic Review. The data shows to 34.2 per cent of those who graduated after 2007 are overeducated for the profession they are in compared to just 21.7 per cent of those who graduated before 1992. London is the UK region with the highest proportion of overeducated workers, which is partly due to the relatively high proportion...

Donald Trump expected to dine with Boris Johnson after Corbyn snub

Donald Trump is expected to have dinner with Boris Johnson following revelations that his official State Banquet is expected to be snubbed by Jeremy Corbyn and other leading politicians. According to the Sunday Times the US President is eager to meet the former Foreign Secretary, and could even spend some time with Nigel Farage during his visit. But he wont get the opportunity to meet the Leader of the Opposition after Corbyn turned down an invitation to meet with the...

The Domino Defect: Support for EU remains high among member countries

Britain appears to have triggered a “domino defect” following Brexit as support for the EU is bolstered among member countries. Contrary to initial concerns that Britain’s divorce could lead to other countries reevaluating their membership in the union, there is a strong belief (68 per cent) that EU countries overall have benefited from being part of the EU - equalling the highest level recorded since 1983. The latest polling by Parliament, conducted in February and March, says that despite the...

More than 300 nurses have taken their own lives in just seven years

Shocking new figures have reavealed more than 300 nurses have taken their own lives in just seven years as the NHS is gripped by a mental health crisis. During the worst year, one nurse died by suicide every week, The Mirror has revealed, with the families of victims calling for the government to do more to end a “bullying and toxic culture” in the health service which leaves them afraid to ask for help in their darkest moments. One mum...

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