Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will NOT face a grilling over her private emails

1 hour ago | Daily Mail

Speaker Curtis Pitt knocked back the opposition's bid to refer the premier to the committee over allegations she misled parliament about the emails on February 28, 2017.
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France toughens sex crime laws to define sex with under 15s as rape

5 hours ago | The Guardian

The country's prosecutors had to previously prove that sex was non-consensual for a rape conviction The French parliament has adopted legislation that characterises sex with a...
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Matt Hancock Holds Shares In Sister's Firm Who Won NHS Contracts

5 hours ago | Huffington Post | 2 articles

Health secretary Matt Hancock has a stake in his sister's company that has recently won NHS contracts, it has emerged as questions are raised over the links between the Tory...
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SNP's manifesto spending plans will require 'tricky trade-offs', says IFS

6 hours ago | Herald Scotland

NICOLA Sturgeon's plans for £6 billion of increased spending over the next parliament will require "tricky trade-offs" and potentially cuts or tax rises, a leading think tank...
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Twerking dance troupe at navy ship launch say footage was ‘deceptively' edited

6 hours ago | Metro

Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie said the ADF ‘should never forgot its core business' A dance group who were filmed twerking at the launch of a navy's ship launch have...
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Dutch MP steps down over grooming accusations

8 hours ago | Politico

Dutch lawmaker Sidney Smeets, from the center-left D66 party, resigned from parliament Thursday over allegations of grooming as well as making unwanted advances and sexually...
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Canada: calls to investigate photo leak of MP captured naked on Zoom

8 hours ago | The Guardian

Will Amos pictured nude in meeting while changing clothes Questions raised over dissemination of photos without consent A Canadian lawmaker's naked webcam gaffe during a...
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EU-UK trade deal moves toward ratification in European Parliament

9 hours ago | Politico

The European Parliament's foreign affairs and trade committees approved the EU-U.K. trade deal Thursday, moving the post-Brexit agreement a step closer to full ratification in...
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Salmond's talk of ‘supermajority' could harm cause of Scottish independence

9 hours ago | The Guardian

Analysis: Alba says it refers to ‘maximising the vote' to weaken Westminster's opposition but experts warn it could sow confusion As she launched her party's manifesto on...
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MEPs on two key committees vote in favour of EU-UK trade deal

9 hours ago | Evening Standard | 2 articles

A date for a final vote to ratify the deal in a plenary session of the European Parliament has not yet been set.
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Facebook blocks users from sharing DailyMail.com story about BLM founder's...

Facebook has reportedly stopped users from sharing articles by New York Post and DailyMail.com about a BLM founder's property empire while it could be shared from other outlets. Read more ...

The Bachelor's Cassie Randolph parties in Mexico with her sister and friends

Cassie Randolph has been partying with a group of friends in Mexico this week, as her ex from The Bachelor, Colton Underwood, came out as gay. Read more ...

Fyre Festival attendees are set to receive $7,220 in court settlement

It's almost been four years since the inaugural Fyre Festival descended into Lord of the Flies -esque chaos on what was supposed to be a luxury island in the Bahamas. Now, a... Read more ...

Ferne McCann cuts a chic figure in an grey blazer on a date night with her...

The former TOWIE star, 30, looked effortlessly chic on Thursday in an oversized grey blazer as she headed into London for a date night with her boyfriend Jack Padgett. Read more ...

Kate Ferdinand puts on a stylish display in snaps taken by step-daughter Tia

The former TOWIE star, 29, looked glamorous for snaps taken by her step-daughter Tia, 10, which she delightfully shared via Instagram on Thursday. Read more ...

You should get out more: PETER HOSKIN reviews Pokémon Go

As the country unlocks and the days lengthen, can I recommend that you go outside, suck in that spring air and. .. look at a screen? Yes, the moment has come again for mobile... Read more ...

The Ghouls

The ghouls are lining up to strip the bones of Toshiba. The usual private equity suspects KKR, Bain and CVC are already in there working out ways to get control of the company... Read more ...

Cancer April 16 today's free daily star sign horoscope by Russell Grant

A variety of suggestions would give you a chance to mix and mingle. Read more ...

Land Rover hearse designed by Prince Philip revealed

The specially designed Land Rover hearse that will carry the Duke of Edinburgh's coffin from Windsor Castle to St George's Chapel has been revealed by Buckingham Palace ahead... Read more ...

Why you get stitches during exercise

The real reason behind why we get stitches when we exercise has been revealed - and it is nothing to do with being unfit as 20 per cent of professional runners suffer them. Read more ...