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Women abducted and gang raped by ISIS receive human rights award in emotional ceremony
14Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Women abducted and gang raped by ISIS receive human rights award in emotional ceremony

    Two Yazidi women who were brutally gang raped by ISIS and kept as sex slaves have received an award in recognition of their bravery. Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar were among thousands of women and girls abducted, tortured and sexually abused by Islamic State fighters in Iraq in 2014. The Yazidi are a small, religious sect whose beliefs combine elements of several ancient Middle Eastern religions. Islamic State considers them devil-worshippers. Today, the European Parliament held a ceremony a month after it awarded its Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to Nadia and Lamiya. Islamic State insurgents overran Sinjar in August 2014, systematically killing, capturing and enslaving thousands of Yazidi inhabitants Murad, now aged 23, was held by IS in Mosul but escaped her ...
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Train companies now offer compensation if delayed by 15 minutes
14Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Train companies now offer compensation if delayed by 15 minutes

    Customers on Southern Rail, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern trains can now claim compensation if their trains are delayed by more than 15 minutes. As of December 11, passengers can claim 25pc of the cost of a single fare ticket if their train arrives 15 to 29 minutes later than scheduled. Season ticket holders will have a proportion of their ticket refunded. The compensation also applies to those who are made late when travelling during strike action. This may offer a tiny ray of sunshine to those attempting to make their way to work amid Southern Rail's 48-hour walkout and ongoing strike action by train unions. The Department of Travel announced changes to compensation repayments in October. Govia Thameslink Railway, the parent company of the four brands, i...
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Amir Khan’s family have revealed the real reason about his wife
14Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Amir Khan’s family have revealed the real reason about his wife

    American Faryal Makhdoom Khan has accused the star’s family of trying to destroy her marriage. Amir’s mum and dad have rejected the claim and say they have treated her “like our own daughter.” But they admitted to rowing over the catwalk model’s clothing. Daily Mirrormir’s dad Shah, 54, said: “Faryal was adopting a dress code which in the Islamic faith was not acceptable. "I am a father to two daughters whom I have treated exactly the same way as I have treated Farya.” He added in an interview with Geo News: “All this started with the issue of dressing. We kept asking Amir to tell her not to adopt such a dress code. "And even if she had to wear such dresses, please don’t post it on social media.” Amir’s mother Falak said: “I asked her not to wear such dresses and to take t...
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PM’s £1,000 leather trousers has pulled out of filming
14Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

PM’s £1,000 leather trousers has pulled out of filming

    A former cabinet minister at the centre of a spat over the Prime Minister’s £1,000 leather trousers has pulled out of filming for an episode of Have I Got News For You. Nicky Morgan will no longer appear on the satirical panel show on Friday due to “unforeseen circumstances”, an agent for the programme’s production company said. The Tory MP for Loughborough, who Theresa May sacked as education secretary when she took over Downing Street, has been embroiled in the so-called “trousergate” row since she criticised the PM’s decision to wear the £995 trousers during a photo shoot for a newspaper. Her expression of doubt over the PM’s decision to wear the Amanda Wakeley-designed “bitter chocolate” trousers forced Mrs May to deny she was out of touch and prompted a top aide to ba...
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Why Britain could face an exceptionally cold winter
13Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Why Britain could face an exceptionally cold winter

    This year winter arrived early in the UK, with temperatures plunging well below freezing before November was even out. So is an extra cold winter on the cards? Forecasting months ahead is fraught with difficulty, but some scientists believe that the warm autumn in the Arctic may portend a cold winter for North America and northern Europe. As summer came to a close, Arctic sea-ice melted to its second lowest extent on record, allowing ocean waters to release more heat to the atmosphere. By November temperatures in the Arctic had rocketed to a staggering 20 degrees higher than average. The rising Arctic temperatures that threaten polar bears could be sending wintry weather our way. Much of that heat has raised temperatures in the stratosphere and this is likely to weaken the...
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Theresa May’s leather trousers nearly sold out
13Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May’s leather trousers nearly sold out

    Theresa May’s leather trousers have almost sold out in the wake of her famous photo shoot. The website of British designer Amanda Wakeley shows the £995 trousers are now only available in size 12 in black, with other colours and sizes completely sold out. But Christmas shoppers might strike lucky in Oxfam. Tory MP Richard Benyon tweeted cheekily this morning: Just off to charity shop with my leather trousers.  
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What happens if you don’t wash your sheets weekly
13Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

What happens if you don’t wash your sheets weekly

    It can been very tempting to skip laundry day. And washing your bed linen especially, can be such a chore. Surely missing a the weekly wash isn’t all that bad? Wrong. Dr Lisa Ackerley, Hygiene Doctor and Dettol Expert, told the MailOnline exactly what health consequences can follow if you don’t wash your sheets weekly. Her findings will make your skin crawl. ‘Think of all the things you do in bed,’ said Dr Ackerley. ‘Apart from being the place where we go to sleep, it can double up as the home office, the tea room, the dining table or even your dog or cat’s bed,’ she said. ‘Depending upon what your bed is used for, and also how clean you are when you get in it (and indeed whether you wear nightwear), your bed can get pretty filthy and may actually be causing your body harm...
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Chancellor Hammond admits Brexit will take too long and be too expensive
13Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Chancellor Hammond admits Brexit will take too long and be too expensive

    Chancellor  Hammond gave the Treasury select committee this afternoon when asked if Britain could stick to the two-year Article 50 timeline that would see the country leave the EU in March 2019 with no transitional deal. The further we go into this discussion, the more likely it is that we will mutually conclude that we need a longer period to deliver, the chancellor of the exchequer told MPs. That was the first admission by any senior minister in Prime Minister Theresa May's government that Brexit is going to be harder, take longer, and cost more than previously thought. Adding infrastructure, staff, and a regulatory framework to create new customs procedures at British ports alone will add hundreds of millions of pounds to the cost of operating the customs services, he s...
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Brexit latest: Inflation hits highest since 2014
13Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Brexit latest: Inflation hits highest since 2014

    Disposable incomes are expected to fall due to prices rising faster than wages. Inflation has hit its highest level in more than two years thanks to the sharp depreciation of the pound since the Brexit vote, according to the latest prices report from the Office for National Statistics. The Consumer Prices Index rose 1.2 per cent in the year to November, up from 0.9 per cent in October and more than the 1.1 per cent increase City of London analysts had expected. That was the fastest rate of increase since October 2014. Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and fuel prices, was 1.4 per cent, up from 1.2 per cent in the previous month. The ONS said two of the main contributors to the increase in the headline rate since October were rises in clothing and motor fuel pr...
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Theresa May’s expensive trousers revealed in leaked text messages
12Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May’s expensive trousers revealed in leaked text messages

    A former Cabinet minister was banned from Number 10 after criticising Theresa May for wearing a £1,000 pair of trousers, explosive text messages have revealed. Sacked education secretary Nicky Morgan was referred to as that woman in the messages from Fiona Hill, the Prime Minister’s joint chief of staff. Ms Hill had previously met with Ms Morgan and fellow Tory Alistair Burt and invited them to a meeting with Mrs May about their views on Brexit next week. But text messages obtained by the Mail on Sunday show that Ms Hill texted Mr Burt to tell him Don't bring that woman to No 10 again" after she spoke out about the premier's decision to pose in Amanda Wakeley-designed "bitter chocolate trousers. Ms Morgan, however, found out about the message and sent the aide a stinging r...
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