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Trump responds to Mueller indictments by blaming Obama
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Trump responds to Mueller indictments by blaming Obama

    Donald Trump has commented for the first time on the indictment of 12 Russians by special counsel Robert Mueller, choosing to blame Barack Obama for not doing something about election interference including the hacking of Democratic party emails. Trump will meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday. On Saturday, from Scotland, the US president tweeted: The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration. Why didn’t they do something about it, especially when it was reported that President Obama was informed by the FBI in September, before the Election? According to widespread reporting and Obama aides including vice-president Joe Biden, chief of staff Denis McDonough and s...
British people have a fluid sexuality
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British people have a fluid sexuality

    Fluid sexuality refers to people who do not identify as completely straight on the Kinsey Sale a rating scale which identifies seven variants of sexuality from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual. Research released today has shown that 26 per cent of UK adults identify as something other than completely heterosexual. This rises to a third 35 per cent of those aged 35-44 and more than half of those aged 18-24. The survey of 2,000 UK adults was carried out by YouGov. It also highlighted that 60 per cent of Brits including a staggering 85 per cent of those aged 18-24 and even 48 per cent of those aged 55 and over believe sexuality should be viewed on a scale, rather than people being simply gay or straight. It tells a very different story to the data co...
Trump meets the Queen at Windsor Castle
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Trump meets the Queen at Windsor Castle

    Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump met the Queen for tea at Windsor Castle as tens of thousands of people protested his visit to the UK on the streets of London. The US president and his wife were treated to a Guard of Honour as they arrived at the royal residence on Friday afternoon after keeping the monarch waiting for several minutes. The US President did not bow as he shook hands briefly with the Queen on the dais, and the First Lady did not curtsy as she shook the head of state's white gloved hand. She smiled as shook hands with the president and Mrs Trump before they stood in a line for the US national anthem The Star Spangled Banner. Mr Trump was then invited to inspect the guard of honour in their red suits and bear skins. She hosted tea for Mr Tru...
John Lewis balcony plunge leaves teen fighting for life after falling 60ft
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John Lewis balcony plunge leaves teen fighting for life after falling 60ft

    A teenage girl is fighting for her life in hospital after falling 60ft from a balcony at John Lewis. The 19-year-old fell from the upper level to the ground floor and is currently being treated for ‘desperately serious’ injuries. She is understood to have fallen from the internal balcony inside the store in Cheadle, Greater Manchester. Police and paramedics were called to the department store at 7.20pm last night. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) are now investigating how it happened, the Manchester Evening News reports. A GMP spokesman said: At around 7.20pm we were called to a report a female who had fallen from the upper level of John Lewis onto the ground floor. The police and ambulance service attended. Her injuries are desperately serious. We are now invest...
Why Trump protests will have no effect
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Why Trump protests will have no effect

    When I lived in the UK for a short period, I heard more negative remarks about Donald Trump than I ever did while living in the America. Sometimes, it felt as if US politics was the UK’s version of trashy TV. My English friends liked to gripe about Trump endlessly by their own admission, it was hard for them to peel their eyes away from the screen. For America, a world with Trump isn’t something we can choose to turn off; it’s a show that we have to watch for 922 more days (at least), and we all know its not likely to have a happy ending. Don’t get me wrong; I feel the same way as the many angry protesters. Regularly when I see a headline with Trump’s latest inflammatory statement, I think to myself: this is the man chosen to represent the country I so proudly call...
Prince Harry just said the funniest thing about having kids
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Prince Harry just said the funniest thing about having kids

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have both made it pretty clear that they want kids, and the adorable antics of Prince George and Princess Charlotte at baby brother Prince Louis's christening may have given their fans a case of baby fever. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex just finished up a visit to Ireland where a well-wisher asked about the couple's baby plans. As People reports, while Harry and Meghan were greeting fans, a woman named Elaine Adam-Stewart asked Harry, My husband also has red hair and he gave me five children when are you and Meghan going to get going? Adam-Stewart told People that Harry laughed and replied, Five children?  too many. Just after the couple got engaged in November, they sat down with the BBC and were asked if they had plans to start ...
Stormy arrested over strip club act
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Stormy arrested over strip club act

    Stormy Daniels has been arrested at an Ohio strip club for letting patrons touch her while she was on stage, in violation of state law, her lawyer has said. Michael Avenatti said in a tweet the charge was politically motivated. He added: It reeks of desperation. We will fight all bogus charges. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she had sex with Donald Trump in 2006, when he was married. Trump has denied any sexual relationship with Daniels. Daniels was performing at Sirens, a strip club in Columbus, when she was touched in a non-sexual way, Avenatti, told the Associated Press. An Ohio law known as the Community Defense Act prohibits anyone who isn’t a family member to touch a nude or semi-nude dancer. Daniels was in police custody early on Thu...
Trump and Melania touch down at London Stanstead Airport
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Trump and Melania touch down at London Stanstead Airport

    Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive at Stansted Airport President Donald Trump has touched down on British soil for the start of his divisive four-day visit that has sparked outrage in Parliament and mass protests around the country. The President and First Lady waved and smiled at cameras from the steps of Air Force One as they disembarked at Stansted Airport on Thursday evening. Mr Trump appeared cheerful and calm as he descended onto the tarmac after flying in from Brussels fresh from a fierce row with American allies at a Nato summit. This UK trip his first official one since becoming president has been dogged with plans for tens of thousands of protesters to march through central London in condemnation of his controversial leadership. And the fact that the ...
Crime doesn’t pay for housing fraud as former Tower Hamlets Councillor is ordered to pay £180,000
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Crime doesn’t pay for housing fraud as former Tower Hamlets Councillor is ordered to pay £180,000

Former  Councillor Shahed Ali who was imprisoned for housing fraud has been ordered to repay £180,000 or face being returned to prison. The Confiscation Order requires him to pay £110,000 to Tower Hamlets Council and the Government for money he made as a result of his fraud. He has also been ordered to pay the Council's legal costs of £70,000. In 2009, Mr Ali applied for social housing after claiming to be sleeping on a sofa at a relative's house. He was subsequently given a one bedroom council flat in Christian Street off Brick Lane. However, Mr Ali failed to disclose that in fact he owned a private property at Manchester Road, E14, and had also occupied a property at Cannon Street Road, in the Whitechapel ward he represented. Tower Hamlets Council became suspicious after he applied ...
News Brief: Bangladesh High Commission London
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News Brief: Bangladesh High Commission London

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government would give priority to connectivity if it comes to power next time. The government has also a plan to construct a nuclear power plant in the country’s southern part, she said. The PM while attending her question-answer session also informed the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday that law enforcement agencies arrested 20,767 drug peddlers since the current drive was launched in May this year. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Hajj Program of 2018 at Ashkona Hajj Camp in Dhaka yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, the PM urged everybody to remain careful to stop spreading confusion about Islam. The Jatiya Sangsad passed 'The Press Institute Bangladesh Bill 2018' seeking to bring PIB activities under the ambit of the law. Information Min...