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Children who have fled persecution, trafficking and torture to come to the UK are one step closer to being reunited with their close families abroad after MPs from across the political spectrum expressed their assent to the second reading of SNP's Angus MacNeil's Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill. The Refugee Council hailed the vote a "huge step forward towards refugees in the UK being able to be reunited with their families." However as this is a Private Member's Bill, without Theresa...

Solicitor said the guilty plea could be challenged and court bent the rules because he was famous

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Jeremy Corbyn has been coming under fire from the Conservative Party, and his own party, for his stance over Russia in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal. The Labour leader said that, although Russia is probably culpable of the attack, he wanted proof and a calm response to the Russian state. Responding to the backlash, he wrote in the Guardian  that "to rush way ahead of the evidence being gathered by the police, in a fevered parliamentary atmosphere,...

From April 16th beggars will be slapped with a £100 fine in the Dorset town of Poole, which has drawn criticism for being “cruel and pointless.” Under the rules, fines could also be given to those found sleeping in car parks and doorways. Labour MP David Lammy labelled the fines as “cruel and pointless.” He Tweeted: “Fining people who are homeless and sleeping on the street is one of the most cruel and pointless policies I have ever seen,” he...

For the first time in his probe into Russian interference in the US election, special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organisation for documents. The move brings the net of the investigation ever closer to the President who had warned his FBI chief that meddling in his financial affairs would be crossing a red line. The report that Robert Mueller has asked Donald Trump’s business organisation for documents relating to Russia emerged in teh New York Times. According to...

A homeless man has been fined hundreds of pounds for missing a £1.50 train fare. Thomas Draper was ordered to pay more than £645 after he did not pay for his fare in August 2017. The 38-year-old’s registered address was a shelter in Bristol and run by charity St Mungo’s. Bristol Magistrates Court heard Draper was travelling on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train when he was stopped in Bristol for not paying his fare of £1.50. In his absence,...

Unilever has delivered a fresh blow to beleaguered Britain after it announced its permanent HQ would be based in Rotterdam over London. The announcement is one of the latest corporate moves that questions the impact of Brexit on the UK economy. Despite the brand distancing itself from the UK's exit from the European Union, experts agree that the timing shows it was undoubtedly a big consideration. Dr Carmen Stoian, Lecturer in International Business in the Kent Business School at the University...

The Russian flag was temporarily lowered at their embassy in West London yesterday following Theresa May's announcement that 23 diplomats were to be expelled from the UK. A man was pictured removing the Russian flag from a pole from the roof of the diplomatic mission in Kensington. Moments later, the same man appeared with a different flag before hoisting it up the flag pole. A journalist for the BBC tweeted: "Just got all excited as a bloke jumped out of...