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Lisa Smith to remain in custody until at least new year

PROSECUTORS have been given more time to prepare their case against former soldier Lisa Smith, who is charged with membership of ISIS. The mother-of-one (37) was further remanded in custody today after a court heard a book of evidence was not ready yet. Judge Colin Daly adjourned the case to a date in January, when […]

‘Child seriously burned’ at church nativity in London

A child has been seriously burned during a nativity event at a church in south London, police have said. An air ambulance, London Ambulance Service and police went to the church and the young boy was taken to hospital. The Metropolitan Police said they were called by the ambulance service at 2.21pm this afternoon to […]

David Bellamy, naturalist and broadcaster, dies

Naturalist and broadcaster David Bellamy has died aged 86. Conservation Foundation director David Shreeve said he died on Wednesday morning. “David and I worked together on a variety of projects in a various places since launching The Conservation Foundation in 1982,” said Mr Shreeve. “He was a larger-than-life character who became a very special friend […]

Emily Thornberry’s plan to rule without winning general election revealed

Ms Thornberry has been the Shadow Foreign Secretary since 2016 and Shadow First Secretary since 2017 in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet. As the latest polls have revealed, the gap between the two main parties is closing. While the Conservatives are still expected to take home most seats, this week has seen Labour push forward with 33 […]

Pay-as-you-go energy provider leads energy saving campaign campaign

The projection, in 20 metre high white letters, was beamed onto Parliament’s façade to increase pressure on the incoming government to take the issue more seriously. Publicly-available data shows the Houses of Parliament increased its energy usage by almost a third (28 percent) in 2017/18. It comes after a survey of 2,000 UK adults found […]