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The Home Office are telling couples who they have refused the right to remain to use "modern channels" to maintain their relationship. According to campaigners, the ministerial department responsible for immigration is refusing thousands of people the right to remain in the UK each year and telling families that while they will be separated, the existence of phones, messaging apps, Facebook, and other internet modes of communication makes the distance immaterial. The new policy is designed to head off judicial challenge...

Almost one third of UK employees would NOT feel comfortable talking to their manager about mental health problems for fear of being judged, a study found. Researchers who carried out a detailed study found in excess of nine million workers would ‘dread’ discussing their mental wellbeing with their superior. According to the data one fifth fear they would be ostracised, while another 36 per cent think confiding in their boss would hamper their career. And 71 per cent STILL consider...

Raises the possibility the extinct species may have behaved like humans, using language and stone tools

Mapped: Revolving Doors between UK Government and the Energy Industry DeSmog UK have investigated the undue influence of climate science denial and the fossil fuel industry on Britain's energy and climate policy since 2014. From the latest research on connections between energy industry figures and those in position to influence policy on the industry and tackling pollution and climate change, DeSmog UK has made this handy and sinister map of the connections between former government officials and the fossil fuel and other energy companies...

At least 41 Palestinians have been killed and 1,800 wounded by Israeli troops as Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka cut the ribbon the new US embassy in Jerusalem. The Trump administration opened the embassy today formally breaking decades of established American policy and international practice in a move that US officials say will create greater regional stability. Critics say the decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital could make a region already struggling with four ongoing conflicts all the more...

UPDATE: Gaza Ministry of Health say total of 52 Palestinians killed, more than 1,200 wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza. Eight children under the age of 16 among the dead, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations says. Dozens of Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, are among a mounting death toll as protests greeted Donald Trump’s controversial new embassy Residents of Gaza gathered at the border with Israel to demonstrate against the controversial move which many feel cements Israel’s de facto occupation...

A grandmother who is 18th cousin of the Queen is facing being deported to South Africa after she was refused a visa to live in the UK. Brenda Ackerman, 71, traced her family tree back to the 12th Century which revealed her to be a distant relative of King John James 1st and Robert the Bruce. The family have written to the new Home Secretary Sajid Javid. Immigration barrister Jan Doerfel has launched a judicial review into the case. He said:...

TV favourite weather forecaster Stav Danaos kicked up a storm and claims he is struggling to get any rest because neighbours keep building mega basements.

A 'multiverse' - where ours is among many - would not be as inhospitable as previously believed