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A Conservative MP has been reminded of a "stupid woman" tweet he sent without reprimand after an outburst of criticism was directed towards Jeremy Corbyn for his muttered words in parliament yesterday. MP for Bournemouth West Conor Burns reacted to a tweet just a few years ago saying "this stupid woman is making things up". It was in response to allegations that he has close ties with the UK Independence Party, which he denies. Burns campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union...

Stocks are falling in London, as traders rush to sell following last night’s hike in US interest rates. It is the worst performance since Sept 2016. When the markets opened for trading the FTSE 100 shed 119 points (1.6%), which is a new 28-month low of 6646 points. Over in the US, Wall Street stocks slumped on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve lifted interest rates, sending major indices to fresh 2018 lows, even as the US central bank signaled it...

A homeless man who was discovered close to death near to Parliament has died in hospital. Gyula Remes, a 43-year-old Hungarian national, was found by a friend near revolving doors used by politicians and staff in the House of Commons. David Lammy MP tweeted: "There is something rotten in Westminster when MP’s walk past dying homeless people on the way into work. 24,000 people homeless on our streets this Christmas and our Government playing reckless with a No Deal Brexit. Plague on...

The device - as thin as a human hair - enables surgeons to avoid piercing vessels that could cause a life-threatening bleed.

One in 10 parents under 30 in the UK has used a foodbank and one in six skips meals because they cannot afford food, according to research by Young Women’s Trust, a charity that helps young women on low or no pay. The figure rises to one in five among those with children in secondary school. A Populus Data Solutions survey of more than 4,000 people aged 18 to 30 for the charity shows that money is tight. Two in...

Oxleas NHS Trust in Kent has admitted two breaches of health and safety laws - which carry a maximum penalty of an unlimited fine

Warped Kasim Shazada Khurum, 23, broke into a Co-op undertakers in Great Barr, Birmingham, before violating a dead body in a coffin on November 11.

Three people suffered knife wounds during the incident in Bow, east London

The world's first known flower bloomed more than 174 million years ago during the Early Jurassic period - helping nourish huge plant eating dinosaurs