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    UK facing tsunami threat from unstable Canary IslandThe UK is facing the threat of a tsunami which is being downplayed, an expert has claimed. Unstable volcanic land in La Palma, Canary Islands, could trigger an eruption and set off the natural disaster , scientists warn. Research suggests a part of land the volume of the Isle of Man could break away from Britain and smash into the Atlantic Ocean. This could result in a huge tsunami with waves up to three metres high, threatening to swallow coastal towns such as Plymouth. The looming tsunami would travel faster than a jet aircraft, and would devastate much of southern Britain as well as the eastern seaboard of America, reports Plymouth Herald . Dr Simon Day, of University College London, said the country needed to prepare ...

    A close associate of hate preacher Anjem Choudary who beat up a schoolboy because he was cuddling his girlfriend has been jailed for more than two years. Michael Coe, 35, sat with his hands behind his head as Judge Michael Gledhill QC branded him a self-appointed enforcer" who was prepared to resort to violence where necessary. The Muslim convert left the 16-year-old boy bloodied and bruised from the attack, after spotting him hugging his girlfriend on a street corner in East Ham. Coe, who converted to radical Islam while in prison with an al Qaeda terrorist, quizzed the young couple about their faith and branded the girl a “whore” for the public display of affection. He flung the boy to the ground and then attacked a teacher who tried to intervene. Coe denied assaulting t...

    The home has great opportunity to add value according to Rightmove While property prices seem to always be on the rise - this little fixer-upper in Glasgow is on the market with a surprisingly tiny price tag. This one bedroom flat in Blantyre is on sale for just £15,000. While it does require some refurbishment, the home is close to transport links and only 10 miles from Glasgow city centre. It does also comes with a kitchen coming off the lounge, bathroom and a communal garden, reports Glasgow Live . The property could be let out for around £350 And the website suggests it could be refurbished as rental property and let out for around £350 a month - with an estimated £73 monthly repayment. The property listing on Rightmove.com as a potential buy to let or starter flat wit...

    The Attorney General will on Monday warn Supreme Court judges that they must not defy the "will of the electorate" or "stray into areas of political judgement" during a landmark Brexit legal challenge. Jeremy Wright will say the judges must "resist" intervening in a matter of significant "political sensitivity" as they decide on whether Theresa May has the power to trigger Brexit negotiations without a vote by MPs. He will say that people who voted for Britain to leave the European Union did so on the "clear understanding" that the Government had the power to implement the vote without "further approval of Parliament in yet further primary legislation". The Liberal Democrats are already plotting to overturn the EU referendum result by voting against legislation to trigger ...

    The Government will take its battle to start the process of leaving the EU to the Supreme Court today, in what is seen as one of the most significant constitutional battles in decades. Senior figures involved in the critical case including Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC and businesswoman Gina Miller - who brought the case against the Government - arrived early at the central London court for the hearing. Mr Wright will argue that Theresa May can trigger Article 50 using so-called prerogative powers - meaning MPs do not have to vote on the matter in Parliament. The Government is appealing against an earlier decision by the High Court which ruled in favour of Ms Miller and others who want to see Parliament decide. Ms Miller told Sky News that the court battle "is about tw...

    An Oxford graduate is suing the university for £1m claiming the “appallingly bad” and “boring” teaching cost him a first-class degree and prevented him from having a successful career. Faiz Siddiqui, who studied modern history at Brasenose College, told the high court he believes he would have had a career as an international commercial lawyer if he had been awarded a first rather than the 2:1 he achieved 16 years ago. If he wins, the case could open the floodgates to similar claims from students complaining about inadequate teaching, unsuitable accommodation and poor decisions. Siddiqui, 38, who trained as a solicitor after university, says his life and career have been blighted by his failure to obtain a first when he graduated in June 2000. He said he underachieved in a...

    More than 100,000 people in the UK have had their internet access cut after a string of service providers were hit by what is believed to be a coordinated cyber-attack, taking the number affected in Europe up to about a million. Talk Talk, one of Britain’s biggest service providers, the Post Office and the Hull-based KCom were all affected by the malware known as the Mirai worm, which is spread via compromised computers. The Post Office said 100,000 customers had experienced problems since the attack began on Sunday and KCom put its figure at about 10,000 customers since Saturday. Talk Talk confirmed that it had also been affected but declined to give a precise number of customers involved. Earlier this week, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom said up to 900,000 of its customers h...

    An airline pilot suffered a heart attack just minutes before he was about to take off from Glasgow airport. The Dutch captain of the KLM flight to Amsterdam became unwell as he taxied to the runway. He was resuscitated by the crew with the help of an on-board passenger. Firefighters from Glasgow Airport helped take the Dutch pilot off the plane. He was met by ambulance crews and taken to hospital. The co-pilot of the plane, which had 128 people on board, took the aircraft back to the gate. The flight was supposed to leave at around 5pm, but because of the emergency it was cancelled. Passengers on board had their flights re-booked. A spokeswoman for KLM said: "During taxiing to the runway on this KLM flight to Amsterdam the captain became unwell and the staff treated him wi...

    The Liberal Democrats candidate Sarah Olney has defeated Zac Goldsmith, overturning his huge majority, in the Richmond Park by-election . She won 20,510 votes compared to Mr Goldsmith's 18,638. The Labour candidate, Christian Wolmar, got 1,515 votes. Mrs Olney said the result was a rejection of the "politics of anger and division". "The people of Richmond Park and North Kingston have sent a shockwave through this Conservative Brexit government, and our message is clear: we do not want a hard Brexit . We do not want to be pulled out of the single market, and we will not let intolerance, division and fear win.""We will defend the Britain we love. We will stand up for the open tolerant, united Britain we believe in," she said. Mr Goldsmith said: "This by-election that we just...

    The rare note ENGRAVED bank notes worth as much as £50,000 are to be circulated in a Willy Wonka-style challenge by a Scottish art gallery. Tiny portraits of Jane Austen have been added to four of the new ‘plastic’ £5 notes, next to the images of Sir Winston Churchill and Big Ben. The design was created by artist Graham Short, who famously engraved the words of the Lord’s Prayer on to the head of a pin, and were made in partnership with the THH Gallery, based in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. The new Bank of England notes are to be put into public circulation in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland tomorrow (3 December) . On each of the notes, Short has engraved a 5mm portrait of Austen encircled by a famous quote on the transparent section to the right of Big Ben. © Daily...