SHADOW Chancellor John McDonnell’s speech on November 7 was momentous, if not totemic. As part of Labour’s proposed transformation of Britain, the spending taps would be turned on with little regard for long-term fiscal sustainability. Specifically, he announced a proposed five-year £150billion Social Transformation Fund, averaging £30billion a year, for …
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:15 p.m. CST By Vin Shahrestani LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s first printed Christmas card has gone on show at the Charles Dickens Museum in London, just over a month before the Royal Mail deadline for posting Christmas cards in Britain. The card was printed in …
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Police have issued an important update on the condition of those involved in a second car crash in the space of five days on a road in Romford. Two pedestrians were hit by a car at around 6.15am this morning on Crow Lane in Romford, just five days after another …
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Elton John is known for his lavish lifestyle. But even Elton couldn’t avoid the struggle of rush hour traffic as he was chauffeured to his In Conversation event in a £156,000 Bentley V12 on Tuesday evening. The legendary singer, 72, arrived at the Eventim Apollo in London as he took …
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A mother shared a photograph of her suffering a seizure on the hospital floor as she blasted NHS provision for those with complex mental health needs. Mother-of-one Jodie Lee, 36, from Anfield, was rushed to A&E at the Royal Liverpool Hospital on Friday evening. She told how she was left fitting on the …
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The British election takes place on December 12th and most polls show the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn trailing Boris Johnson’s Tories. In fact, the most recent poll shows the Tories with an 18 point lead. But things could change dramatically over the next few hours as Johnson and …
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“BlackBerry’s QNX technology powers more than 150 million vehicles on the road today, many of which use QNX SDP 7.0 which is built to exceed the most demanding requirements for reliability, performance, and security so that forward-thinking vehicle manufacturers like Arrival can focus on what they do best – delivering …
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The Crown has returned to Netflix with its hotly-anticipated third series – and one character in particular has got everyone talking: The Hot Journalist. Playing Guardian reporter John Armstrong, actor Colin Morgan, 33, has found himself with something of an online fan club. And though he’s only in one episode – …
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You could almost hear the rattle of his breakfast crockery from the other side of the world as Prince Charles digested the backlash over his brother’s disastrous television appearance at the weekend. It was not just that the debacle was drowning out the Prince’s own royal duties but that Charles …
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Outback schoolboy Dylan Storer has been praised on social media after slamming ‘narrow-minded’ politicians while weighing in on Australia’s bushfire crisis. The 16-year-old reappeared on ABC’s Q&A Monday night, where he was asked how he would tackle the country’s environmental emergencies if he were prime minister. The teen, who was …
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