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Corbyn tells Trump NHS will never be for sale under Labour Party leader issues warning as US president arrives in Britain for Nato summitLatest election news – live updatesJeremy Corbyn ramped up his election message to Donald Trump that the NHS would never be for sale under a Labour government, as the US president spends his first full day in the UK.The Labour leader said his “firm” message to the president, who is in Britain for a Nato summit, was that under a Labour majority in the Commons neither the NHS nor any other public service would be part of trade talks. Continue reading... Go to Source

At least 135,000 children in Britain to be homeless at Christmas Housing charity Shelter estimates that 183 children lose their homes every dayAt least 135,000 children will be homeless and living in temporary accommodation across Britain on Christmas day – the highest number for 12 years – according to the housing charity Shelter.It estimates that a child loses their home every eight minutes – 183 children per day. At this rate, 1,647 children will become homeless between now and the general election on 12 December, and more than 4,000 by 25 December. Continue reading... Go to Source

London Bridge attack: girlfriend praises 'phenomenal' Jack Merritt Prisoner course coordinator opened doors for marginalised in society, says Leanne O’BrienThe girlfriend of Jack Merritt, killed in the London Bridge terror attack, has paid an emotional tribute to the “phenomenal” Cambridge graduate.Leanne O’Brien, who was comforted by family members as she wept during a vigil for Merritt in Cambridge on Monday, said her boyfriend had “opened so many doors for those that society turned their backs on”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Elon Musk defamation trial begins in case brought by British diver LA court to hear Vernon Unsworth’s lawsuit over comments after Thai cave rescueIt was a gripping tale of peril and prowess that captivated the world for more than two tense weeks in the summer of 2018. Twelve boys and their football coach were lost in a subterranean maze in the Tham Luong caves in Thailand. An international team of cave divers raced to rescue them before monsoon rains were due to flood the caves. The story was destined to be fodder for a Hollywood blockbuster – and that was before an eccentric billionaire got involved.On Tuesday, a postscript to the feelgood tale of the Tham Luang cave rescue will play out in a federal courthouse in Los Angeles, California, as the trial begins in a defamation case brou...

Prince Andrew scandal: Virginia Giuffre pleads for UK public support American tells BBC she was told to have sex with royal by Jeffrey Epstein’s friend Ghislaine MaxwellA beleaguered Prince Andrew faced fresh embarrassment after his accuser Virginia Giuffre, who claims she was trafficked as a teenager to have sex with him, appeared on television to implore the British public to “not accept this as being OK”.In her first UK broadcast interview, Giuffre repeated allegations she had sex with the prince when she was aged 17 on the instructions of Ghislaine Maxwell, a socialite and close friend of the US financier and sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in August. Continue reading... Go to Source

Boris Johnson accused of politicising London Bridge knife attack Justice activists and political leaders speak out in wake of article by victim’s father‘Jack would be livid his death has been used to further an agenda of hate’ | Dave MerrittPolitical leaders and criminal justice campaigners have condemned the prime minister, Boris Johnson, for his response to the London Bridge attack in the wake of an article written for the Guardian by the father of one of the victims.Jack Merritt, 25, coordinator for Cambridge University’s Learning Together initiative, which brings together offenders and those in higher education “to study alongside each other”, was stabbed to death by convicted terrorist Usman Khan on Friday, alongside 23-year-old Saskia Jones. Continue reading... Go to Source...