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Female students are less likely to aim for top graduate jobs but more likely to land them if they apply, says the Association of Graduate Recruiters. Its survey of leading employers found that, while 54% of students are women, they make up just 47% of graduate scheme applicants. But they took 49% of the posts, the responses by 170 employers ...

Theresa May has vowed to maintain peace and stability in Northern Irelanddespite fears that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will lead to the creation of a “hard border” with the Irish Republic. On her first visit to the province as prime minister, May tried to assuage concerns about a fortified frontier between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. May, while campaigning ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk : The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union — over the resounding objections of two of its constituent nations, in the recent referendum, which will see the UK is leaving the UK, within two years of triggering article 50. Scotland, still nominally a member of the increasingly Ruritanian island state, voted against Brexit to the ...

Tower Hamlets has been included among five ‘Low Emissions Neighbourhoods’ set up across eight London boroughs, by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. An £11million fund has been set up to help some of London’s most polluted boroughs implement new hard-hitting measures to tackle toxic air quality hot spots and emission fumes. Measures include strict new penalties for the most ...

Foyjur Rahman (44) of Parfett Street, Whitechapel, originally form khagail (asir khal) village of Golapgonj was found guilty on 15th of July at the Old Bailey of the murder of Abdus Samad Kamal in 1997. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years at the same court this afternoon. Mr Samad suffered horrific injuries after ...

The Government has confirmed there will be no official move to leave the EU before the end of the year as judges considered the first legal challenge over Brexit. At today’s High Court hearing, Judges Sir Brian Leveson and Mr Justice Cranston agreed a full legal challenge over the decision to leave the European Union will be heard in October. In court, Government ...

Jeremy Corbyn today demanded to be named as a co-defendant in a High Court case against Labour’s ruling body over it automatically including him in the leadership contest. Labour donor Michael Foster launched the legal action after the National Executive Committee voted by 18 to 14 that party leader Mr Corbyn would not need to get the backing of 51 MPs ...

Three people have died in a shooting near a swimming pool in Lincolnshire, police have said. The suspected gunman was among the dead in the shooting near the Castle Swimming Pool in Spalding. Lincolnshire Police, who were called to Pinchbeck Road at about 09:00 BST, said no shots were fired by their officers. Those killed are believed to be two ...

PM Theresa May has been unveiling more junior ministerial appointments as she continues to shape her administration. Anna Soubry, business minister and prominent Remain campaigner, pensions minister Baroness Altmann and justice minister Dominic Raab have left the government, No 10 said. Penny Mordaunt and Mike Penning become ministers at the Department for Work and Pensions and Ministry of Defence. Sir ...

Prime Minister Theresa May has told First Minister Nicola Sturgeon she is “willing to listen to options” on Scotland’s future relationship with the European Union. But after talks in Edinburgh, Mrs May appeared unwilling to consider a second referendum on Scottish independence. She said people in Scotland sent a “very clear message” in 2014. Ms Sturgeon said blocking a referendum, ...