The news and entertainment website’s London base is being restructured with 17 of its 37 writers and illustrators set to be made redundant, its own staff revealed today. Via: BuzzFeed UK is cutting almost half of all editorial roles
Follow the latest news and moves in the January windowTransfer window – every deal from Europe’s top five leaguesAnd feel free to email Tom or tweet @Tom_Bry 1.50pm GMT Antonio Rüdiger has told Chelsea to make sure Callum Hudson-Odoi does not leave. The winger refused to discuss a potential move Read more
It was Montilivi that watched it, that lived it, and that would have loved a different ending. Montilivi that deserved it, too“Welcome to Miami,” the sign said. Scribbled in black pen on white cardboard and fixed to the fence by the stadium where long lines of tables were laid out Read more
Government says people will have ‘reasonable access to alternative courts’ Via: Half of magistrates' courts in England and Wales closed since 2010 amid justice 'crisis'
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenBrexit backstop amendment would give May ‘enormous firepower’EU says withdrawal agreement ‘not open for renegotiation’Downing Street lobby briefing – Summary 1.42pm GMT For our Future’s Sake (FFS), the student-led anti-Brexit campaign, has released some polling from Opinium suggesting young people are Read more
Plants worth £500,000 and beds found at factory over three floors of derelict blockA vast cannabis factory, covering three floors of a derelict tower block scheduled for demolition, has been found in the middle of a housing estate.Police had to get through an internal steel-barred door, reinforced with a metal Read more
Almost four in 10 Britons offer their time free of charge, but many of them are stepping in where the state has failedAt first it sounded quite lovely, didn’t it? The notion of a “big society” – back in those heady days when David Cameron and Nick Clegg stood side Read more
Shift comes ahead of vote on Brexiteer amendment that ‘requires the Northern Ireland backstop to be replaced with alternative arrangements’ Via: Brexit: Theresa May hints she will request removal of Irish backstop after Tory Eurosceptics' demands, despite EU repeatedly ruling out rethink
Officer accompanied child to surgical procedure ‘to seize the evidence’, committee told Via: Northern Irish rape victim, 12, forced to travel to England under police escort for abortion
Zoo admits it has no idea how animal had managed to get out of enclosure Via: Red panda escape: Endangered animal found after escaping from Belfast Zoo