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Revealed: Tory candidates issued with attack manuals on how to smear rivals

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Revealed: Tory candidates issued with attack manuals on how to smear rivals Party’s dossier contains dubious and outdated claims about Lib Dems and LabourConservative candidates in the general election have been issued with a detailed dossier on how to attack Labour and Liberal Democrat rivals which contains numerous rehashed and potentially misleading claims, the Guardian can reveal.The documents accuse the Liberal Democrats of pushing “pro-pimp” policies and sex work as a career for schoolchildren. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Maltese PM’s aide accused of being mastermind of Caruana Galizia killing

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Maltese PM's aide accused of being mastermind of Caruana Galizia killing Businessman Yorgen Fenech is telling police Keith Schembri was behind murder, sources sayPolice investigating the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have questioned the prime minister’s closest aide over claims he was the mastermind behind the killing, according to sources close to the inquiry.The allegations against Keith Schembri were made by a prominent businessman, Yorgen Fenech, who was arrested last week and is understood to be seeking legal immunity in return for his testimony. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Three teenagers admit threatening women on London night bus

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Three teenagers admit threatening women on London night bus Youths confronted Melania Geymonat and her partner, Christine Hannigan, early on 30 MayThree teenage boys have admitted threatening two women on a bus after they refused to perform a sex act.Melania Geymonat, 28, and her girlfriend, Christine Hannigan, were on the upper deck of a double-decker night bus in Camden, north London, when they were confronted by the youths in the early hours of 30 May. Continue reading... Go to Source
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IFS manifesto verdict: neither Tories nor Labour have credible spending plan

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IFS manifesto verdict: neither Tories nor Labour have credible spending plan Respected thinktank describes stark choice between Labour’s sweeping change and Tories pledging nothing newLatest election news – live updatesThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has attacked the spending plans of the UK’s two main parties, saying neither election manifesto “is a properly credible prospectus”.Paul Johnson, the director of the respected thinktank, noted that the Conservatives’ election manifesto in 2017 pledged more austerity and spending cuts, but in reality public service spending had gone up, and was due to be around £27bn higher next year than implied by the manifesto. In fact, he said, it was closer to the 2017 Labour pledge than the Tories’ own manifesto. Continue reading... Go to Source...
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‘Bags for life’ making plastic problem worse, say campaigners

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'Bags for life' making plastic problem worse, say campaigners Calls for ban or higher prices as sales jump to 1.5bn, equivalent to 54 bags per householdPlastic “bags for life” should be banned or raised in price, campaigners say, as new figures reveal a surge in the bags is fuelling a rise in the plastic packaging footprint of leading supermarkets.Despite high profile promises by the country’s best known supermarkets to tackle the amount of plastic waste they create, their plastic footprint continues to rise, according to research from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Greenpeace. Continue reading... Go to Source
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‘Full of arrogance’: Trump angers China by signing bills backing Hong Kong protesters

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'Full of arrogance': Trump angers China by signing bills backing Hong Kong protesters Beijing says ‘US plot doomed to fail’ after legislation approved that threatens sanctions if officials abuse human rightsDonald Trump has signed into law legislation backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, angering Beijing which has condemned the bill as “full of prejudice and arrogance”.The legislation, approved unanimously by the US Senate and by all but one lawmaker in the House of Representatives last week, threatens sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses in Hong Kong. The bill also requires the state department to annually review whether Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to justify favourable US trading terms. Continue reading... Go to Sou...
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Blue Story to return to Vue cinemas after criticism of withdrawal

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Blue Story to return to Vue cinemas after criticism of withdrawal Company’s chief executive says ‘racism does not enter into the equation’ Blue Story will return to screens following a backlash about it being pulled, the chief of Vue cinemas has announced, as he insisted race was never part of the equation.The film – a story of two childhood friends who get caught up in gangs from rival postcodes – was withdrawn by the cinema chain after seven police officers were injured in a disturbance at Star City in Birmingham on Saturday, where there were reports of youths with machetes. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Labour unveils plan to plant 2bn trees in next 20 years

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Labour unveils plan to plant 2bn trees in next 20 years Party also pledges to create 10 new national parks and fund restoration of habitatsLabour has announced plan to plant 2bn trees over the next 20 years and create 10 new national parks, as part of a rewilding policy intended to tackle the climate emergency and help natural habitats.The proposals also include an investment of £1.2bn to restore habitats such as woodlands and peat bogs in England, and extra funding for national park authorities. Continue reading... Go to Source
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South Korea to shut a quarter of its coal-fired plants over winter to cut pollution

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South Korea to shut a quarter of its coal-fired plants over winter to cut pollution Plants will close during coldest months in a bid to reduce high levels of fine dust particlesSouth Korea will temporarily shut down up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants next month in an attempt to combat dangerously high levels of fine dust pollution.The country’s energy ministry said 14 plants would be idled between December and February, and as many as 27 in March, but added that the closures would not affect energy supplies during the coldest months of the year. Continue reading... Go to Source
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