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The youngest pupils in Wales and Scotland returned to their classrooms on Monday.

The former first minister is alleging his successor has misled Parliament and breached the ministerial code.

Hundreds of East London buildings still have unsafe cladding 72 lives were lost in the fire that spread due to flammable cladding back in 2017. Pic: The Grenfell Foundation Nearly four years after the tragedy of Grenfell, over 400 high rise buildings in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets are still affected by dangerous cladding. Lockdown measures now mean that residents in the four Eastlondonlines Boroughs are trapped in unsafe housing.  The lingering cladding crisis in London also...

Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images / WIRED The Holy Grail of seismology is earthquake prediction. Not forecasting, which gives a probability of a significant quake happening in an area within a period of years or decades, but actually predicting exactly when and where a major quake itself will strike, and what magnitude it will be. Seismologists will unequivocally tell you that anyone claiming they can predict future earthquakes are false prophets. But that’s not to say that earthquake predictio...

But the Prime Minister has said “nearly two million” eligible for a vaccine who have yet to receive one. A vaccine is being offered to everyone over the age of 70, as well as frontline NHS and care staff, older care home residents and staff, and the clinically extremely vulnerable. In a Covid-19 press briefing yesterday, Mr Johnson appealed to anyone within those groups who has not had a jab. Boris Johnson urged people to get vaccinated in a Covid briefing (Image: Steve Reigate / WPA Pool /...

Shell says oil is on its way out. In a Thursday statement, the fossil fuel giant said its “oil production peaked in 2019,” and that we can now expect it to decline gradually by 1 or 2% per year.

(Photo : Jeff J Mitchell) Drug users prepare cocaine before injecting, inside of a safe consumption van set up by Peter Krykant on November 6,2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. The history of illegal drug usage and pushing rings out in Latin America and around the world. Most countries have their version of drug syndicates that are hunted down by the authorities. In addition, the media has its representation of drug lords that depicts power, control, and bloodshed. Thus, people cant help but think tha...

An aide of Ms May revealed her anxiety after the close encounter with Mr Trump. The leaders were filmed holding hands as they walked together. In an upcoming BBC documentary, Trump Takes on the World, Ms May’s joint chief of staff Fiona McLeod Hill said the move “took as all by surprise,” The Telegraph reports. She added: “She couldn’t really take her hand back, so she was stuck. Theresa May aimed to get Mr Trump to back Nato. The two are seen here in London (Image: Jeff J Mitchell / ...

Scottish lawmakers reject call to probe Trumps finances Haley Ott © Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images gettyimages-482347624.jpg London — Scotlands parliament voted down a motion Wednesday calling on the government to pursue a civil investigation into the financing of former U.S. President Donald Trumps Scottish golf courses. The leader of Scotlands Green Party, Patrick Harvie, had called for the vote to "protect Scotlands good name from association with the toxic Trump brand." ...

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