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Only 8 per cent of Britons can identify a pangolin - are you one of them?
Around 300 pangolins are poached every day, making these unusual animals the most illegally trafficked mammals in the world. Also known as “scaly anteaters”, pangolins are found throughout Asia and Africa, but their numbers are dwindling as a result of poaching for international trade.
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Britain to sail warship through disputed South China Sea
A British warship will sail from Australia through the disputed South China Sea next month to assert freedom of navigation rights, the UK’s defence secretary said on Tuesday in a move likely to irk Beijing. China claims nearly all of the resource-rich waterway and has been turning reefs and islets into islands and installing military facilities such as runways and equipment on them.
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Brexit no deal will cost UK economy £252bn, new analysis shows
The British economy will suffer a £252bn hit if Theresa May carries out her threat to leave the European Union with no deal, a new analysis of official forecasts shows. A no-deal Brexit would see GDP plunge by more than a quarter of a trillion pounds over 15 years, according to the study shared with The Independent.
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George Soros 'proud' of donating £400,000 to anti-Brexit campaign
The Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros has said he is proud to have given £400,000 to an anti-Brexit campaign, saying it was his affection for the UK that prompted his decision.
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Farage doesn't want second Brexit referendum but fears UK will be forced into one
Brexiteer Nigel Farage has said that he actually doesn’t want a second Brexit referendum but fears that the UK may be forced to vote again, referencing Ireland’s second vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Farage was interviewed on TV3′s Tonight Show last night and his referendum comments were in stark contrast to those he made on Twitter last week, where he suggested that a second Brexit referendum should be held.
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Britons urged to help tackle modern slavery by reporting concerns
Local authorities are calling on members of the public to be alert to signs of modern-day slavery, as research suggests worrying gaps in reporting across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lancashire. The number of people referred to the government’s national referral mechanism (NRM), which identifies and supports victims, increased dramatically last summer. Between July and September 2017, 1,322 potential victims were referred, up 47% compared with the same period in 2016.
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Most British people now want a second Brexit referendum if May fails to get a deal
A growing majority of British people now want Theresa May to call a second Brexit referendum if she fails to secure a deal on Britain's exit from the EU. 57% of the British public would want another vote under those circumstances, according to a new BMG poll. Among younger voters the majority is even larger, with 73% of 18-34 year-olds now backing a second vote.
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British supermarket chickens show record levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
Chickens for sale in Britain’s supermarkets are showing record levels of superbugs resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics, new research from the government has found. The results are concerning because resistance to antibiotics among livestock can easily affect resistance among humans, rendering vital medicines ineffective against serious diseases.
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Seven thoughts on a second EU referendum
To paraphrase the old joke, there are probably two chances of a second EU referendum right now - slim chance and fat chance. Ladbrokes is currently offering odds of 5/1 on it. At 11/8 the bookmakers think it is more likely that no deal will have been agreed before Britain officially leaves the EU on 29 March 2019. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have ruled out a second vote, both essentially arguing that it would be seen as a catastrophic breach of trust with a public already weary of broken promises.
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Farage calls for second Brexit referendum
Nigel Farage has said that he thinks there should be a second referendum on Brexit. The revelations came on UK Channel 5 TV show, 'The Wright Stuff'. "What is for certain that the Cleggs, the Blairs, the Adonis' will never give up ... I'm reaching the point of thinking that we should have a second referendum on EU membership."
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Millions of Britons have ditched their TV licences
Millions of Britons have ditched their TV licences in favour of streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Figures show 788,605 people cancelled their licence in 2017 as they shunned the BBC and tuned in via their smart TVs and tablets. Netflix surpassed 100 million global subscribers in July, with nearly 5million signing up during the first three months of the year.
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Britons now back Remain over Leave by 10 points, exclusive poll shows
The British public has swung behind staying in the EU by its largest margin since the referendum, with those backing Remain outstripping Leavers by ten points, a new poll has revealed. The exclusive survey for The Independent by BMG Research showed 51 per cent now back remaining in the union, while 41 per cent want Brexit.
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Theresa May faces new crisis after mass walkout over social policy
Theresa May was plunged into a new crisis on Saturday night after the government’s social mobility adviser revealed he and his team were quitting, warning that the prime minister was failing in her pledge to build a “fairer Britain”. In a major blow to No 10, Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister who chairs the government’s social mobility commission, said that he and all three of his fellow commissioners were walking out – including a leading conservative, Gillian Shephard.
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Tony Blair confirms he is working to reverse Brexit
Tony Blair has confirmed that he is trying to reverse Brexit, arguing that voters deserve a second referendum because the “£350m per week for the NHS” promise has now been exposed as untrue. In an interview with the BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend on Sunday, the former prime minister said that what was happening to the “crumbling” NHS was a “national tragedy” and that it was now “very clear” that the Vote Leave promise about Brexit leading to higher NHS spending would not be honoured.
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Britain to give Canada shipwrecks from doomed Franklin expedition to Arctic
Britain has announced it will give Canada the shipwrecks of the British explorer John Franklin, who perished with his crew while trying to chart the North-west Passage through the Arctic in the 1840s. HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were found in 2014 and 2016 about 30 miles (48km) apart near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic, about 1,200 miles north-west of Toronto.
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Britain just refused to rule out an attack on North Korea
Boris Johnson has said that the option of military action against North Korea "must theoretically remain on the table" in discussions about the country's nuclear crisis. Speaking at Chatham House, the Foreign Secretary said it was "the duty" of US President Donald Trump to keep available the possibility of a pre-emptive strike against Kim Jong-un's regime.
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Thousands of artefacts 'missing' from Britain's top musuems
Britain might boast some of the best museums in the world displaying priceless artefacts dating back to the dawn of time. But it appears there may be an even richer treasure trove that will never be seen by the public, after bosses admitted they had lost thousands of items, worth at least £1 million.
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In a Stunning Turnaround, Britain Moves to End the Burning of Coal
Britain is phasing out its coal-burning power plants, with the last one slated to be shuttered by 2025, if not sooner. It is a startling development for the nation that founded an industrial revolution powered by coal.
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Eight people killed in British motorway crash during holiday weekend
Eight people died when two lorries and a minibus collided on one of Britain’s main motorways early on Saturday at the start of a busy bank holiday weekend, police said. Four others were injured in the collision just before 3.15 a.m. (0230 GMT) in the southbound lane of the M1 motorway near the English town of Newport Pagnell, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of London, the force added.
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Britons will get right to delete online past, minister says
Britons will be able to make social media platforms like Facebook (FB.O) delete information, including content published in their childhood, under government proposals that will bring data laws into line with new European regulations. Individuals will have more control over their data by having "the right to be forgotten" and ask for their personal data to be erased in the measures announced by Digital Minister Matt Hancock on Monday.
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