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A report has found that the fall-out from Brexit has reduced UK household wealth, by a huge sum, in the months since the British public voted to leave the EU. The sky-high figure of £1.5 trillion was slashed from the pockets of UK citizens. The report, by Credit Suisse, also found that the number of people in the UK who have more than one million dollars has reduced by almost 15 per cent, one of the largest drops in any...

Following the recent confirmation of the expansion to Heathrow Airport, and subsequently Zac Goldsmith’s resignation, it is unsurprising that rising property taxes were the topic of conversation as Nick Clegg and Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Olney recently met with Richmond High Street business owners. Whilst businesses in Richmond upon Thames face a staggering £70m increase in business rates over the next 5 years, Heathrow Airport, the issue at the centre of the current by-election, in comparison received a tax cut...

Fabric nightclub is to reopen after a rescue deal was approved by a judge, according to new reports. In what was described by our Northern Correspondent John Locke as a "bullshit decision", the nightclub was closed down in September after two teenagers died after taking drugs at the club. But today a district judge at Highbury Corner Magistrates agreed the club could reopen following talks with police and Islington Council JUST ANNOUNCED: @fabriclondon will reopen. Thanks to all who helped find...

By Rebecca Root Brexit has brought with it an immeasurable scale of uncertainty but there’s one thing that is certain, and that’s the inflated costs to international NGOs. The declining value of the pound, loss of EU funding and increased inflation rates are all leaving charities at a loss that’s going to have an impact on the work they can deliver. Lepra is based in Colchester and runs overseas projects in India, Bangladesh and Mozambique where they tackle neglected diseases...

A police station is believed to be the first in the country with NO front-line officers - and is run by a part-time volunteer who is a WAITROSE manager. Hucclecote police station in Gloucestershire once had several full-time police officers and a sergeant patrolling the streets. But thanks to budget cut-backs it is now staffed by a team of 10 'specials' - who are not fully trained or paid - although less than half are on duty at the same...

More than 62 years of extra prison hours were imposed on London prisoners last year in a system that is buckling under pressure. A huge 22,000 days of additional imprisonment were handed out to rule-breaking inmates across London's seven prisons in 2015. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics show that, across England and Wales, the number of additional days’ imprisonment imposed has increased by 30 per cent in a year. Prisons across England and Wales, under growing pressure due to overcrowding...

Forget cutting edge green technology, according to a new scientific study bird poop could be the key to combating climate change. Researchers at the Colorado State University who are working to better understand key components of Arctic climate systems have linked ammonia emissions from summertime Arctic seabird-colony excrement, called guano, to newly formed atmospheric aerosol particles which can in turn influence Arctic cloud properties and their effects on climate. Publishing in Nature Communications and featured by the American Association for the...

Good morning World. This is the media reporting. Until now, we haven't been "allowed" to report a potentially groundbreaking story, because ultimately the fourth estate is not free. But this is big. Here's what you need to know: A terminally ill teenager has won a historic legal fight to have her body cryogenically frozen in the hope of being brought back to life. The London teenager was allowed through a legal loophole to take sole control over decisions about the...

There has been some sobering news for the majority of people who are struggling to get on the housing ladder or simply want to live in decent accommodation. New figures show that only just over 32,000 “affordable homes” were built in the year leading up to March 2016, a worrying 24-year low. In the previous year 66,600 cheaper homes were constructed, double the following year. The figures were supplied by the DCLG (Department for Communities and Local Government) and the...