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Tens of thousands of children are not being educated either in school or at home, a report has revealed. A generation of kids are being left behind by a combination of bullying, difficult upbringings and having special needs, according to the study. A leading charity is calling on the Government to take urgent action to help identify and support those who drop out - often for months or years at a time. Off the radar of schools and other services...

Trump tweeted that he had a great meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Now here are his tweets in full, “Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!” Now, these tweets could add volatility to Europe, specifically German stocks. Moreover, it...

A billion barrels of recoverable oil has been found off the coast of the Shetland Islands in what has been described as the "largest undeveloped discovery" of oil in UK waters. The oil field is located 60 miles west of Shetland in the Greater Lancaster Area, a single hydrocarbon accumulation which is believed to be the largest undeveloped discovery on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Hurricane Energy, which made the discovery, has seen its shares rocket as they announced plans to begin...

A multi-million pound programme designed to open up a wealth of employment opportunities for young disabled Londoners has been announced today. The City of London Corporation’s charitable funder, City Bridge Trust, pledged its commitment to narrowing the employment gap for young disabled people in the capital with a new £3.3million fund for organisations tackling the issue. Over the next three years, the Bridge to Work Programme will provide money for projects which offer employability support for young disabled people, and...

It was, almost literally, handbags at dawn, as Nigel Farage and Alastair Campbell laid into each other on morning TV. Campbell, Blair’s ex-spin doctor, told Farage Britain would be a “laughing stock” when Article 50 is invoked this week, as both men featured on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. It was all a bit much for a Monday morning, but this shows the importance of Brexit, and both men come from polar opposites on the issue. Right-winger Mr Farage first annoyed...

#helpthelaywers: how the internet is crowdsourcing the resources to defeat the Trump travel ban On Monday the 6th of March, US President Donald Trump issued a revised and somewhat downsized Executive Order dubbed Muslim Ban 2.0. The states of Hawaii, New York and Washington filed prompt lawsuits against the new restraining order, and two Federal Judges blocked the ban before it came into effect on the 16th of March, which is now headed to an appeals court. But with little...

Given that up to 60 per cent of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled, it is concerning to find that millions of Brits admit they never recycle the most basic of waste materials - the plastic bottle. According to new research some 2.9 million adults never bother to recycle their plastic bottles and simply throw them in the rubbish instead, citing reasons such as it "being too difficult" and "time consuming". And each day, a staggering 16 million...

It took numerous questions from Sky News presenter Sophy Ridge, but eventually Nigel Farage admitted that the terror attack at Westminster last week, was not due to immigration. After the attack, last week, he told a right-wing news presenter “An American audience seeing this horrendous thing happening in Westminster should start to say to itself that when Donald Trump tries to put in place vetting measures, he is doing it to protect your country. “Frankly, if you open your door to...

The man believed to be responsible for yesterday’s terror atrocity in Westminster has been named as Khalid Masood. A statement from the Met Police said the 52-year-old was born in Kent but had most recently been living in Birmingham. Police raided a flat on the Hagley Road in Birmingham city centre and another on Quayside in Winson Green where it is understood he had lived. Masood is believed to have worked as an English teacher and to also have been...