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A former parliamentary staff member has described how “physical, emotional and psychological abuse” by the MP he worked for left him a “broken shell of the young man I once was”. Peter Bone was suspended as a Conservative MP after an investigation found he had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around the individual. The MP’s ex-assistant told the BBC the ...

The decision to deprive Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has heard. Ms Begum travelled to Syria in 2015 – at the age of 15 – before her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019. Earlier this year, the now-24-year-old ...

Yosef Guedalia has been named as another British-Israeli killed by Hamas in the 7 October attack. The 22-year-old soldier was part of an anti-terror unit when he was killed confronting Hamas gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza. His brother Asher said he “literally saved people minutes before he got shot”. He added that Yosef had helped evacuate injured civilians before returning ...

Thousands of people are taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest in London for the second consecutive weekend. The Met Police estimated up to 100,000 people had joined the march, which was due to end in a rally near Downing Street, as of 14:00 BST. Smaller demos have taken place in Birmingham, Cardiff and Salford. It comes as the first aid ...

Murder detectives are asking for the public’s help in solving a cold case after the corpse of a man was discovered in a derelict pub freezer nearly ten years after he vanished. Roy Bigg, who could only be identified through dental records, was around 70 when he disappeared in February 2012, police believe. His body was found “wrapped in cling ...

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party suffered two damaging by-election defeats to Labour on Friday, boding ill for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party’s chances at the next general election. The elections were in traditionally safe Tory seats, but Labour managed to overturn huge majorities in both on a notable evening for the opposition party, AFP reports. Labour had played down ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday said that “Hamas are the new Nazis” and urged continuous support from UK PM Rishi Sunak in their “long war” against Hamas. In a joint statement with Sunak, who arrived in Tel Aviv earlier today, Netanyahu said, “…this is a long war and we’ll need your continuous support. There’ll be ups and downs and ...

Rishi Sunak has arrived in Israel, commencing a two-day trip to the wider region amid growing concerns the conflict with Hamas could escalate. The prime minister will hold a meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, before travelling to a number of other regional capitals in a diplomatic bid to prevent fighting from spiralling. Downing Street ...

LONDON, 18 OCTOBER : British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday that the government still expected inflation to “keep falling this year,” after September data showed annual consumer price inflation was unchanged from August’s 18-month low. “As we have seen across other G7 countries, inflation rarely falls in a straight line, but if we stick to our plan then ...

LONDON, Oct 18 : Climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged by British police on Wednesday after she and others were arrested at a protest outside a London hotel where an oil and gas conference was taking place. Thunberg was charged with a public order offence for failing to comply with conditions that police said had been imposed to prevent “serious ...