World’s largest review finds direct associations with higher risks of cancer, heart disease and early death Ultra-processed food (UPF) is directly linked to 32 harmful effects to health, including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death, according to the world’s largest […]
Month: February 2024
Data from online property company Zoopla showed the housing market is on track to reach 1.1m transactions across this year Buyers and sellers continued to return to the property market in February, and are expected to boost the number of home sales by 10% this year, according to the latest […]
Chancellor mulling scaling back tax break as last-minute option to generate revenue, after previously criticising policy Jeremy Hunt is considering scrapping Britain’s non-domiciled tax rules in next week’s budget, it has been reported, in a move that would see him poach one of Labour’s key fiscal policies. The decision is […]
Changes in orbit of Malligyong-1 suggest Pyongyang is successfully maneuvering the satellite North Korea’s first spy satellite is “alive”, space experts have said, after detecting changes in its orbit that suggested Pyongyang was successfully controlling the spacecraft – although its capabilities remain unknown. After two fiery failures, North Korea successfully […]
Ministers and senior police sign ‘democratic policing protocol’ to control protests outside parliament, town halls and parties’ offices Rishi Sunak is seeking to halt demonstrations outside MPs’ homes after telling senior police officers that the UK is descending into “mob rule”. In comments that have concerned civil liberties groups, the […]
Defeated former South Carolina governor has pledged to stay in Republican presidential primaries at least through Super Tuesday Michigan primary 2024: track live results Donald Trump has won Michigan’s Republican primary election, the latest in a string of convincing primary victories as he closes in on the GOP presidential nomination. […]
24-year-old suspect, who is believed to have been helping passengers claim asylum in Canada, absconded to India following his arrest A former British Airways employee is reportedly under investigation over allegations that he orchestrated a £3m immigration scam from a Heathrow check-in desk. The 24-year-old suspect left his job and […]
News comes days after London mayor, who has round-the-clock police protection due to terrorist threats, is accused of being under Islamist control The mayor of London, accused by a former senior Tory MP of being under the control of “Islamists”, is in fact facing death threats from Islamist extremists, the […]
IPPR report says Illegal Migration Act risks indefinite detention at taxpayer expense of people who cannot have their claims processed Rishi Sunak’s asylum laws have introduced a “perma-backlog” of up to 55,000 people who cannot have their claims processed and risk being left indefinitely in taxpayer-funded temporary accommodation, according to […]
Blackpool South’s Scott Benton had suggested to undercover reporters he would be willing to break lobbying rules for money Rishi Sunak is braced for another byelection after former Tory MP Scott Benton was suspended from the Commons for 35 days over his role in a lobbying sting. MPs approved the […]