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The entire wooden roof of the iconic Parisian church, a World Heritage site, was completely destroyed after being engulfed in flames

As tragic images of Notre Dame Cathedral burning were beamed across the world, Donald Trump decided to hand the French some, awful, advice. Instead of joining in with the worldwide sadness at the horrific blaze he Tweeted that "perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out". Unsure of whether or not he was referring to, you know, clouds, Twitter set out to torment the US president with a barrage of brutal replies. Here are some of the...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said there would be “no chance” of US-UK trade deal if Brexit undermines Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement in any way. Speaking at a London School of Economics event the American politician underlined the importance of the so-called “Irish backstop” which ensures the Irish border remains open whatever the outcome of the UK and the EU’s future relationship negotiations. Cross-border cooperation was one of the main agreements included in the Good Friday talks. Frictionless movement was part...

Waterloo bridge is once again plagued by climate change protesters

UPDATE 17/04/19:  In good news, two of the detainees, including the young Italian father quoted below were bailed today, with the judge in one case expressing dismay at the length of time they had been held in detention designed to be for people about to be removed. The 19 year old who has been detained for 18 and a half months has just told The London Economic that he had seen a doctor at last today. He had swallowed a...

It's extraordinarily expressive features boosted our early ancestors' ability to communicate

Billions of years old, it was discovered encased inside a meteorite that fell to Earth in Antarctica

Boris Johnson is at risk of losing his seat in the next general election amid a surge of younger voters. Research by centre-Right think-tank Onward found that constituencies with ratios above 1:1 voters aged 20-39 for 60 pluses were likely to be won by parties other than the Tories, potentially costing them a fourth term at the next election. Some Conservative seats have ratios far higher than the tipping point, suggesting they are vulnerable, the report says. Those include the...

The disruption is to be the UK element of what organisers hope will be an international movement to protest against environmental and ecological des