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//US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to pay" if hostages held by the Palestinian group in Gaza are not released by the time he returns... ...
//Stalking victims will get "peace of mind" by being told the identity of their abusers under new government proposals, the minister for safeguarding has said. Jess Phillips said the proposed... ...
Rachel Reeves has appointed a Covid Corruption Commissioner,with the intent of clawing back billions in fraudulent Covid contacts..Let's hope she starts with Baroness Mone, then Matt Hancock and... ...
Just heard on radio that next year junk food won't be able to be advertised on TV before 9pm. Can't for the life of me see that this is going to make a blind bit of differece to peoples eating... ...
"In an anonymous windowless room in Washington DC, there was just a handful of people sitting around a couple of tables. Listening to the ex Tory PM Liz Truss" Her party organisers far outnumbered... ...
Some will say this topic should be in Religion & Spirituality - maybe? But this is something quite unprecedented & really newsworthy. GB News is giving a daily advent, short talk/sermon... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-goes-all-in-on-trump-love-in-and-steals-a-notoriously-familiar-slogan-13265596 Is there no form of scraping too low for our PM? Gawd we must be like the creepy... ...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1983365/angela-rayner-housing-target-blow Angela Rayner humiliated as councils say her big plan to build 1.5m homes is ‘impossible’ ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/02/factory-bosses-rip-up-spending-plans-reeves-40bn-tax-raid/ \\Employers are being forced to slash pay rises, sack staff and raise prices to offset... ...
What a corrupt system, that allows someone to be pardoned for criminality just because of whom they know, or are related to. No one can now complain when Trump pardons all those convicted of... ...
Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, has held talks with the BBC regarding allegations against Gregg Wallace and MP Rupa Huq said the BBC should consider pausing MasterChef while Wallace is... ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7n1gy94evo “This government’s priority is to try to reduce costs and help protect the taxpayer from further expense." - so we'll surrender to an anti British... ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx28wr7lge1o I do agree but if they are going to charge more we need larger spaces. The size of parking spaces does not seemed to have changed very much over the... ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gmgvdkwkeo Yep it seems some of those who voted yes the other day are indeed worried that this is in the bill: "..... allow doctors to raise assisted dying as... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/guinea-about-50-people-feared-dead-in-football-stadium-stampede-official-says-13265127 .....football fans are just as moronic. ...