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Coastal areas around Britain are at “very high risk” of an asteroid tsunami that has the potential to kill hundreds of thousands of people.  Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that although the UK […]

A powerful heatwave is expected to hit western Europe on Wednesday, with France and England seeing temperatures soar as much as 38 C (100 F).  The 2015 Wimbledon Championships may be temporarily suspended if temperatures […]

Horrific scenes on the streets of London today. More than 1,000  heavily armed police, SAS and emergency services have been staging a mock ‘marauding terrorist attack’ on the streets of London to test how emergency […]

An anti-terror training exercise will be carried out in London over the next two days by Britain’s security and emergency services. London’s largest ever counter-terrorism exercise, codenamed Operation Strong Tower, will take place today (Tuesday) and […]

David Cameron says that response in wake of  the Tunisian beach massacre must involve ‘military solutions’. In a statement to the House of Commons, setting out the response to what he called the ‘generational struggle’ […]

The BBC has suffered a huge blow to its sports programming output as it lost control of the rights to air the Olympic Games from 2022 onwards.  American broadcaster Discovery, who own Eurosport, signed a £920 million exclusive […]

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that Lord Janner will be prosecuted over claims of child sex abuse. The decision overturns a previous ruling where the  89-year-old  peer had been deemed exempt from criminal […]

The British government have funded controversial research where thousands of animals have been deliberately infected with deadly diseases such as Ebola and the plague, it has been revealed.  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) tested 4124 […]