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A homeless MP candidate for London and Westminster would shut down the Saudi, Qatari and Brunei embassies in his constituency if elected, he has said. Ankit Love, The Maharaja of Kashmir candidate for MP from the Cities of London and Westminster constituency, was left homeless after filling an intelligence report with Sergeant Scott of the Parliamentary & Diplomatic protection squad. He was advised to sleep on the street in Mayfair for his security by the police at Charing Cross station, and now campaigns and...

Aldi and McDonald’s are leading the way for animal welfare, a new study has revealed. Contrary to the common belief that high end supermarkets and restaurants are always synonymous with higher animal welfare Sainsbury’s ranked as number one for RSPCA Assured products followed by Aldi and the Co-op. McDonalds lead the way in the food service industry, with retailers such as Amazon scoring a depressingly low figure. Commenting on this news RSPCA Assured CEO, Clive Brazier, says: “This news flies firmly in the face...

A song branding Theresa May a liar is on track to tip Justin Bieber off the top of the UK charts. Captain Ska's Liar Liar GE2017 came in at number three on Wednesday and is expected to gain a lot of traction in the lead up to the General Election. The track uses samples of speeches and interviews made by the Conservative Prime Minister with the chorus “She's a liar liar, you can't trust her, no, no, no”. The song has...

President Trump has decided to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord according to Axios. Two sources with direct knowledge of the decision leaked the information today, with details on how the withdrawal will be executed being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. A full, formal withdrawal could take up to three years, with the other option being to exit the underlying United Nations Treaty, which would be faster but more extreme. Given Donald Trumps record,...

Cheeky Jeremy Corbyn supporters are attempting to drum up votes by printing leaflets which say "Stormzy says vote Labour". The leaflet, handed out in Croydon, south London, claims the Tories hold 165 votes adding that "even you're dad's got more Facebook friends". It was shared by Labour activists thousands of times on social media but Labour campaign bosses say they were not involved in the creation or distribution of the flyer. Labour's Sarah Jones lost out on the Croydon Central...

A fish and chip van was completely gutted after it burst into flames. The Frying Squad mobile van went up in flames on a quiet residential street, leaving one man with minor burns. London Fire Brigade were called to the posh street in Wimbledon, south west London, just after 4pm on Friday, but the fire was under control within the hour. Photo credit: Beinn Muir London Ambulance Service said an ambulance and a Hazardous Area Response Team were sent to...

A business owner has said he will be moving his multi-million pound empire to Spain because of Brexit. Speaking to LBC's James O'Brien he said he has already begun the process of moving his business to Spain, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations. Despite firms remaining relatively upbeat amidst the uncertainty that is to come there are several instances of economic aftershocks been seen. The number of deals between large and small UK businesses dropped dramatically due to the economic uncertainty caused...

Just over a week before the snap election that Theresa May called buoyed by a massive lead in the polls, YouGov's first seat by seat projection of the campaign suggests that the Tories will now fall 16 seats short of an overall majority. This would be a shocking result - especially as Theresa May's u-turn on calling a snap election she previously insisted would not be in the nation's best interest was in the name of giving her an even bigger parliamentary mandate before...

Mars was covered in water far longer than previously thought, meaning life could have been there more recently, according to scientists. Lighter-toned bedrock that surrounds cracks and fissures in the surface suggests the red planet had liquid longer much longer than previously thought - because it left behind halo-like rings of silica. The new finding is reported in a paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. Jens Frydenvang, a scientist at Los Alamos...