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    A self-confessed acid attacker has claimed that victims deserve to be targeted, saying, If I can get acid, I’ll use it. Gangs someti mes dipped knives in acid and even targeted rivals’ girlfriends because they love their beauty, said the man who spoke to a Vice documentary on the condition of anonymity. He said that he and his friend picked on the partner of a rival gang member and that nine times out of 10 he would attack women. [We] went to a rave, met some ops (enemy) there, he said. We were just fighting in the club. A couple of days later I just randomly see the ops and his baby mum. They’re there at Tesco, just shopping so I was like, cool. I ran to my boy who was in the car. My boy bought a bottle, like a Lucozade bottle. I was like, what’s that?. He was like don’t ...

    Prime Minister tries to head off a summer leadership challenge by insisting it would trigger a general election - and a Labour victory Theresa May urged Conservative MPs to end their 'backbiting' or pay the price AFP Theresa May has told plotting Conservative MPs it’s me or Jeremy Corbyn, her clearest admission yet that she is fighting to save her job. The Prime Minister tried to head off a summer leadership challenge by insisting it would inevitably trigger a general election and the Labour leader reaching Downing Street. The warning came amid suggestions that the first letter of no confidence is in circulation among Tory MPs, although only a small number have signed it so far. At a summer party, Ms May pleaded with her MPs to go away and have a proper break and come back...

    Boris Johnson’s chances of becoming the next Prime Minister could be ruined by his love life, it has been claimed. Frazer Nelson, the editor of generally Tory supporting magazine the Spectator, said any leadership bid by the foreign secretary would struggle to survive his various romantic dealings. He made the comments after he hosted champagne party in Westminster on Thursday, which he claimed turned into a shadow leadership campaign as senior Conservatives eyed up Number 10. It comes amid reports numerous senior Tories are plotting to oust embattled Prime Minister Theresa May and trigger a leadership contest. Mr Johnson is among the favourites to be the next leader of the party, but Mr Nelson questioned whether he would survive the contest. He told the Mail on Sunday: It...

    Tony Blair has said he feels sorry for Theresa May as she is surrounded by people waiting to throw her off the ledge. The former prime minister said he believed Mrs May has the best interests of the country at heart, although reiterated he strongly disagrees with her about how to approach Brexit. Tony Blair said he feels sorry for Theresa May (Jonathan Brady/PA) Mr Blair, asked if he feels any sympathy for Mrs May, told Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News: Yeah, I do, of course, because I know what it’s like to do the job. Mr Blair said he believed Mrs May has the best interests of the country at heart. Mr Blair said he believed Mrs May has the I think it’s a very unsatisfactory situation where you’ve got the Prime Minister surrounded by people who are just waiting for the m...

    The crash occurred at around 3.10 am on Saturday Highways England Two people have died in an early morning three-vehicle pile-up on the M25, police said. The driver and passenger of a black people carrier were killed in the collision with a lorry and a third vehicle at junction 12 at around 3.10am on Saturday. Those travelling in the HGV and the third vehicle managed to escape uninjured, Surrey Police said. The crash caused major disruption on the M25 in Surrey and led to a section of the ring road being closed for around seven hours. The four lanes, between junction 12 and 13, were not fully reopened until around 10.15am. Police and Highways England worked to recover the vehicles for investigation work. The next of kin of those killed have been informed, a police spokesma...

    Theresa May didn't want to wear the £995 pair of designer trousers that sparked a PR disaster known as Trousergate, but was talked into it by one of her senior aides, according to the Prime Minister's former spin doctor. Ms May planned to wear her own clothes for a Sunday Times photoshoot at her Downing Street flat in November 2016, but was persuaded to get into the leather Amanda Wakeley trousers by her then joint chief of staff Fiona Hill, it is said. The fashion-conscious Conservative's expensive choice of strides was criticised in Tory circles and attracted media attention. Former education secretary Nicky Morgan commented: I don't think I've ever spent that much on anything apart from my wedding dress. The public fallout escalated as Ms Morgan was pictured carrying a ...

    Parts of Britain are set to bake as they emerge from this week's rainy weather with another spell of hot and humid temperatures. Highs are predicted to hit a scorching 32C with hot air expected to sweep across the country early next week. Sunshine and blue skies could then hold out into next month, with the Met Office forecasting prolonged dry and warm spells. Before then, temperatures will pick up over the weekend with 29C possible across southern Britain and 22C in the north. Scotland will remain under a cooler airmass keeping things cooler with highs of around 16C. The very far north could turn cooler overnight with clear skies allowing temperatures to nudge low single figures. However the rest of Britain is about to welcome another scorcher. The Met Office said highs o...

    Theresa May appeared to be heading for an explosive constitutional clash over Brexit on Thursday, after the Scottish and Welsh governments said they could not support the great repeal bill the key proposals drawn up to extricate Britain from the EU. The historic legislation, formally known as the European Union (withdrawal) bill, came under sustained attack after it was published on Thursday, with MPs and human rights campaigners, as well as leaders in Edinburgh and Cardiff, dismissing it as a Westminster power grab. Just hours after the government published the 66-page bill that will repeal the European Communities Act of 1972, and bring decades of EU law on to the UK statute book, the Scottish and Welsh leaders, Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones, rejected it. Campaigners ...

    Theresa May shed a tear when she saw the exit poll on general election night, the Prime Minister has said. In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live the PM said she was shocked at the result that had come through and that it took a few minutes to sink in. Asked whether she had cried, she said: Yes, a little tear, at that moment. It was when I heard the exit poll. To be honest with you, I didn't actually watch the exit poll myself I have a little bit of superstition about things like that, she said. My husband watched it for me and came and told me and I was shocked at the result that had come through in the exit poll. It took a few minutes for it to sort of sink in, what that was telling me. My husband gave me a hug and then I got on the phone to CCHQ, the Conservative party, ...

    Jeremy Corbyn will set out Labour's vision for Brexit when he meets the EU's chief negotiator in Brussels. Mr Corbyn will tell Michel Barnier he is ready to take up the responsibility for Brexit negotiations if there is a change in government. Mr Barnier will also hold separate meetings with the first ministers of Wales and Scotland, Carwyn Jones and Nicola Sturgeon. But he has stressed he will only negotiate with the UK government. The Conservatives said Mr Corbyn would surrender, rather than negotiate, with the EU if he was in charge. A second formal round of Brexit negotiations is due to begin on Monday, and Mr Barnier has warned significant issues remain between the UK and the EU on one of the first issues to be tackled, citizens rights. Labour says it would unilateral...