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Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK Party says BT would be part nationalised under £20bn scheme which would also be funded by higher taxes on Google, Facebook and AmazonLabour has promised free full-fibre broadband for every home and business by part-nationalising BT.In a speech due to be delivered in Lancaster on Friday, Jeremy Corbyn will outline his proposals to create a new British broadband public service, saying they will “bring communities together in an inclusive and connected society”. Continue reading... Go to Source

EU launches legal action after UK fails to nominate commission candidate Taxpayers could face paying for large fine after Downing Street fails to put forward nomineeLatest UK politics news – live updatesBritish taxpayers face paying out for a large fine after the EU launched a legal action against Boris Johnson’s government over his failure to abide by the law and nominate a candidate for the new European commission.Despite knowing for weeks that the UK would remain in the EU beyond 31 October, when a new EU executive had been due to be in place, Downing Street failed to put someone forward to join the bloc’s 28-strong top team. Continue reading... Go to Source

Council leaders demand huge funding rise after floods Politicians in northern England warn of lasting damage, after 1,758 properties badly hitLeaders of councils across northern England have called for “massive” increases in funding to deal with major incidents, as the Guardian learned that around 1,800 homes and businesses have been badly flooded in the region.Dozens of weather warnings remain in place around the country, from Oxfordshire to Yorkshire and across the West Midlands, where more than 100 schools were forced to close on Thursday. Continue reading... Go to Source

England celebrate 1,000th game with seven-goal charge into Euro 2020 finals It was a night when England celebrated their football history and threatened to run up an historic scoreline. As the goals flew in during a first-half blitz, embossed by a Harry Kane hat-trick, it felt necessary to check the team’s previous 999 internationals for record scorelines.The post-war highs were the 10-0 drubbings of Portugal (1947) and the United States (1964) and they looked in peril as Gareth Southgate’s youthful team poured forward from all angles and went into the interval with a 5-0 lead. Continue reading... Go to Source

Santa Clarita: at least two dead and several hurt in high school shooting LA county sheriff says suspect is in custody at a hospitalShooting happened at Saugus high school in CaliforniaAt least two students have been killed and three more injured after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire at a southern California high school, the latest deadly school shooting to hit the US.Early reports of the shooting at Saugus high school in Santa Clarita, 30 miles north of Los Angeles, came just before 8am as students were starting the school day, sending law enforcement scrambling to confront the shooter. Continue reading... Go to Source

Briton arrested at Heathrow after Turkey said it deported Isis suspect ‘Syria-related’ arrest comes amid Turkish push to repatriate foreign Isis suspects held in Turkish jailsCounter-terror police have arrested a British man at Heathrow airport after Turkey said it had deported an Islamic State suspect to the UK.The Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command said a 26-year-old British man was arrested on arrival at Heathrow on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, adding that the unidentified suspect remained in police custody and the arrest was “Syria-related”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Labour antisemitism row: public figures say they cannot vote for party under Corbyn John Le Carré, Simon Callow and Tom Holland among signatories to letter condemning party’s stanceLetter: Antisemitism concerns mean we cannot vote LabourAuthors John Le Carré and William Boyd are among a string of public figures declaring they refuse to vote Labour because of its association with antisemitism.In a letter to the Guardian, they said ignoring antisemitism “because Brexit looms larger is to declare that anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Boris Johnson accused of running scared from public in Somerset PM cancels stop-off in Glastonbury after being heckled on visit to schoolLatest UK politics news – live updatesBoris Johnson has been accused of refusing to meet members of the public and running scared of protests during a visit to Somerset.Johnson was in south-west England to try to bolster the campaigns of Tory colleagues against strong Liberal Democrat challenges. But in Taunton he was heckled by protesters as he visited a school and a planned stop-off at a bakery on the edge of Glastonbury was ditched. Continue reading... Go to Source

Police foil plan to steal Rembrandt paintings from art gallery Officers located the paintings after intruders removed them from Dulwich art exhibitionPolice are investigating a foiled attempt to steal two Rembrandt paintings from England’s oldest public art gallery.One or more intruders broke in to Dulwich picture gallery in south London late on Wednesday and removed two paintings from the Rembrandt’s Light exhibition. Continue reading... Go to Source

Alfie Lamb death: man jailed after crushing boy with car seat Stephen Waterson imprisoned for seven years after killing three-year-old boy from KentA former government minister’s son who killed his girlfriend’s toddler with a car seat has been jailed for seven years and six months by a judge who described him as “cunning and manipulative”.Stephen Waterson, the adopted son of the former MP Nigel Waterson, killed Alfie Lamb in 2018 in what police have said was the first case of death from crush asphyxiation as a result of an electronic car seat. Continue reading... Go to Source

Tory pledge to cut immigration triggers Labour 'fake news' row Labour dismisses Priti Patel’s claim immigration would soar under party as ‘make-believe’General election latest – live newsPriti Patel, the home secretary, has said the Conservatives would reduce immigration, as one of her ministers acknowledged people had felt “let down” by the party’s failure to hit its targets in the past.Patel said levels of immigration would be lower but clearly dropped David Cameron’s failed target to cut net migration to the tens of thousands. Continue reading... Go to Source

A&E waiting times in England hit worst-ever level One in six patients waited longer than four hours in A&E last month, NHS figures show One in six patients waited longer than four hours in A&E in England during October – the worst-ever performance since a target was introduced in 2004, according to data.Just 83.6% of patients arriving at A&E were treated or admitted in four hours, figures from NHS England show. Continue reading... Go to Source

Behrouz Boochani, voice of Manus Island refugees, is free in New Zealand Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist – a multiple award-winner for documenting life in Australia’s offshore detention system – has left Papua New Guinea•The story behind Behrouz Boochani’s flight to freedomBehrouz Boochani, the Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist who became the voice of those incarcerated on Manus Island, has landed in New Zealand and says he will never return to Papua New Guinea or Australia’s immigration regime.“I will never go back to that place,” he told the Guardian, shortly after leaving PNG. “I just want to be free of the system, of the process. I just want to be somewhere where I am a person, not just a number, not just a label ‘refugee’.” Continue reading... Go to Source...