Surfers Against Sewage charity lauds town after community beach cleans and businesses reduce single-use plasticsA Cornish town has become the first community in the UK to be awarded “plastic-free” status after dozens of residents and business people backed a grassroots scheme aimed at helping clean up oceans and beaches.As part Read more
Report by David Anderson QC says intelligence about suicide bomber Salman Abedi before he struck was misinterpretedThe terror attack on Manchester that killed 22 people might have been prevented if different decisions had been made by MI5, an official report has found. The security agency had intelligence about the suicide Read more
Court says sacked Catalan leader and four cabinet members who fled to Belgium had shown a willingness to return to SpainA Spanish judge has lifted the extradition order on the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and four former cabinet members who fled to Belgium to avoid charges of rebellion, sedition Read more
The slowdown in Britain’s auto industry has continued, as rising inflation and anxiety over diesel hits salesCar sales fell by 11.2% in NovemberIndustry: It’s a major concernDiesel sales slumped by 30%Earlier:Sterling hit by Brexit angstRail passengers face biggest fare rise since 2011…..and they’re not happy 1.42pm GMT Newsflash: America’s trade Read more
Trade deals were hammered out in secret by multinationals at the expense of workers and citizens. Benefits must be shared if the global economy is to workFifteen years ago, I published Globalisation and Its Discontents, a book that sought to explain why there was so much dissatisfaction with globalisation within Read more
'That is emphatically not something the United Kingdom government is considering', Brexit Secretary tells MPs Via: David Davis vows Northern Ireland will not be 'left behind' in EU single market or customs union with softer Brexit deal
'Dangerous offenders' use live video to target children in real-time using tricks, dares or built-in gifts to manipulate them, investigators say Via: Almost 200 suspected paedophiles arrested as police warn of dangers of live-streaming online
Nine terror plots have been foiled in the UK over the past year, cabinet ministers have been told. Via: Nine terror plots foiled in the UK in the past year, MI5 chiefs reveal
It’s easy to forget how Britain was transformed into a virtual one-party state during the Tony Blair/Gordon Brown years — aided by the highly political former Met Commissioner Ian Blair. Via: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN on Damian Green
Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has launched a scathing attack on modern feminism during a speech at Parliament House in Canberra. Via: Milo Yiannopoulos stuns Parliament with feminism speech