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A green campaigner is facing up to two years in jail after he was found in contempt of court for breaching an injunction to prevent direct action against tree felling. Activist Calvin Payne posted a message on Facebook this month encouraging "as many people as possible" to break the injunction. The post was part of a city-wide campaign to prevent felling which has seen more than 5,000 trees cut down as part of a 25-year highways maintenance contract between a...

A reporter who worked at the Cambridge News in 1963 says the JFK claims are false. Rodney Tibbs, 83, who was working as a reporter at the time, said the call "could never have happened". "The proof is that no story of that nature was ever published at the time," he said. "No such call was received as far as I'm concerned. "You wouldn't just sit on a story like that. "If we were onto something it would have been...

A University Professor turned himself over to the Daily Mail 'witchfinder' in an open letter to the 'newspaper'. His hilarious yet poignant letter has been going viral on social media today, after the newspaper published another bizarre headline, seemingly attacking 'Brexit bias' and University freedom over what students are being taught about the EU.   Steve Peers, a Law Professor at the University of Essex, wrote: Dear Witchfinder General  I am writing to turn myself in as what your paper...

In the same week that Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, told the House of Commons Defence Committee that criticism of the Saudi Arabian regime and its brutal bombardment of Yemen is a hindrance to arms sales, two activists were acquitted for trying to disarm fighter jets bound for Saudi Arabia. Activist Sam Walton and Rev Daniel Woodhouse have been acquitted after breaking-in to BAE Systems factory to ‘disarm’ Typhoon fighter jets. BAE’s Typhoon fighter jets are being used...

Real pay is now down almost 5 per cent since financial crash showing Conservatives have no clue how to ‘make work pay’ says GMB union. GMB, Britain’s general union, has condemned both the Government’s handling of the economy and the public sector pay cap after official figures published today (26 October 2017) show wages shrank by 0.4 per cent in real terms in 2017. This was the first fall in three years - busting any myths of a recovery under...

A budding artist is creating masterpieces on the muddy surfaces of white VANS up and down the country. Ricky Minns, 42, who goes by the name of Ruddy Muddy, spruces up vans in need of a wash by drawing works of art with his fingers. His most recognisable designs are those of Prince Harry, Leonardo Di Vinci's Mona Lisa, Prime Minster Teresa May, and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Ricky said: "My little one told me that I'd never be a...

Frankie Muniz: Real TV Films/Carole Lowe Photography Remember that brilliant noughties show Malcolm in the Middle? People over 30 probably remember Malcolm well, and also remember the brilliant comedy actor who played Malcolm's dad (hint: he doesn't make crystal meth in a caravan). Well, even if you remember the hit US sitcom staring Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, the actor has revealed how concussions and strokes have led to memory loss. In fact, he revealed that he hardly remembers appearing in the...

This afternoon the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, told the House of Commons Defence Committee that criticism of the Saudi Arabian regime and its brutal bombardment of Yemen is a hindrance to arms sales. This was part of an update he gave on negotiations to sell a further batch of Eurofighter jets to the Saudi Royal Air Force. UK has licensed £3.8 billion worth of arms to Saudi forces since the bombing of Yemen began in 2015 and...

Rural homes could be heated by recycled cooking oil within the next five years, according to a new report. More than 1.1 millions properties on the national gas grid could have their supply replaced with cheaper and more efficient alternative, according to Oftec. The trade association for the oil and heating industry says the green ‘biofuel’ could play an big role in reducing carbon emissions and provide a long term, sustainable solution for rural heating. Workman works on changing a...