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    Senior Tories have given Theresa May just three months to improve or face a renewed attempt to oust her, amid concerns she is leading the party towards utter destruction. In a sign of the fragility of the prime minister’s leadership after another week of cabinet infighting, figures inside the party said that a disastrous performance in May’s local elections could trigger a no-confidence vote. There are concerns they will produce a Tory meltdown in London. There’s definitely been a further shift against her, said one ex-minister. If people could wave a magic wand tomorrow, she would be gone ... if we get wiped out in London, then more will say things cannot get any better under her. The alternatives would be the utter destruction of the Tory party or a chaotic leader...

    A Bombardier CS300 jet, part of the C-series which had been threatened with heavy tariffs Thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland appear to have been saved after plane maker Bombardier won a legal battle in the US that has overturned damaging import tariffs on its C-Series aircraft. On Friday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously against Boeing in favour of its Canadian rival Bombardier after Donald Trump’s administration had threatened to impose duties of 292%. The decision defied the expectations of both the British government and trade unions in Northern Ireland. Theresa May held talks with Trump over the dispute at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the prime minister is reported to have reiterated the importance of Bombardier to the ...

    A doctor at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Nurses feel they are no longer allowed to chat to patients over a cup of tea, amid struggles to keep wards staffed safely, MPs have warned. The Health Committee said its inquiry found evidence of a crisis in the nursing workforce, with more than one in ten positions vacant, amid mounting pressures. Its report called on the chief nursing officer to write to every hospital in the country, instructing them to make sure staff were able to eat and drink during their shifts, and to carry out safe handovers of patients. During the inquiry, MPs said a number of nurses had reported that they were not even allowed to have a cup of tea on the ward with patients. Others said they did not even have time to have a drink of wat...

    Russia has mocked the British defence secretary over his warning that an attack by the country could kill thousands of Brits, comparing it to a sketch from classic comedy series Monty Python. Conservative minister Gavin Williamson has lost his grasp on reason,Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday, according to Russian news agency Tass. His fears about Russia getting pictures of power plants and studying the routes of British pipelines are worthy of a comic plot or a Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch. MP for South Staffordshire had accused Moscow of researching the UK's critical infrastructure, including gas and electric supplies, with an eye for creating panic and chaos for millions of Brits. Vladimir Putin's Russia is willing to take...

    A meeting between Theresa May and Donald Trump, a warning from the Defence Secretary over a Russian attack on Britain and an emotional plea from Dame Tessa Jowell all make the front pages on Friday. Many of the nationals feature a picture of the British Prime Minister sitting side-by-side with US president Mr Trump during talks at the World Economic Forum in Swiss ski resort Davos. The Times reports that Mr Trump said he wanted to scotch a “fake rumour” of a rift between Britain and the US, with the pair agreeing the outline of the president’s “stripped-down” trip to the UK in the summer. The paper also reports that Mrs May rebuked Chancellor Philip Hammond after he predicted “very modest” changes to Britain’s relationship with the EU after Brexit. The Metro carri...

    Gavin Williamson Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has confessed to having an affair with a former colleague that nearly destroyed his marriage apart. Williamson, who was made defence secretary after Sir Michael Fallon resigned, said his wife has forgiven him for the fling. The rising Tory start admitted he had a brief office romance with a former colleague, who was married, while a manager at fireplace firm Elgin & Hall in Yorkshire. I had a good relationship with everyone I worked with, but with one person this started to develop into something more," he said. "We had to travel together and spent a lot of time in each other's company, the relationship became flirtatious and a couple of times we shared a kiss. He called the office romance a dreadful mistake a...