Новости за 03.12.2018

It was another crunch moment in the interminable march towards the European Union exit doors: Geoffrey Cox, the Attorney General, giving a statement to MPs on the legal niceties of Brexit.

Mike Ashley made a typically unconventional appearance in parliament on Monday afternoon, at a Communities Select Committee hearing to discuss how to save the British high street.

A dutch man will continue his life as a 69-year-old, after losing a legal bid to shave 20 years off his official age.  

More than 100,000 people in problem debt attempt to take their own life every year, shocking new research has revealed. 

Theresa May’s top law officer is facing possible suspension from the House of Commons after he refused to publish secret legal advice on her Brexit plans.

Theresa May’s top law officer is facing possible suspension from the House of Commons after he refused to publish secret legal advice on her Brexit plans.

Last week a group of MPs proposed a definition of Islamophobia. The reaction has been mixed, contested and widely debated.

The training was tough. Sessions at the crack of dawn almost every day of the week, pushing my body to its limits, maintaining the mental focus needed to beat my time and meet race qualifications - it was all-consuming.

Politicians and thinkers from Marx to Major have spoken about a classless society. The reality for many remains as distant today as it ever has been.

A man whose allegations sparked the Westminster sex abuse probe can now be identified after a judge lifted a legal restriction.

In the summer, the European Union hit Google with a £3.8billion fine for “serious illegal behaviour” after finding that Google was making phone manufacturers pre-install its search and browser apps on Android devices. 

Thought Black Friday was the only time to bag a bargain before Christmas?ASOS is having a mega sale with up to 50% off across fashion, beauty, homeware and gifting. 

I’m going to assume, for the purposes of argument, that you are not, in principle, in favour of killing children.

Lawyers for the father of Poppi Worthington, who was sexually abused shortly before she died, have claimed a coroner “overstepped the mark” at the inquest when he recorded the reasons for her death.

New Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has been ridiculed for appearing to not know when Brexit will actually happen. 

Driving up, down or wherever to spend your first Christmas with your partner and their family - or introducing them to your lot - is a daunting prospect. Your mind will likely be running through the ′what if’ scenarios: will your little brother decide to bring up your ex? Will your overly enthusiastic auntie terrify them? What if their mum hates the type of wine you’ve bought and it sits in her cupboard for years, a relic of your bad taste? 

Boris Becker has dropped his claim to have diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy.

A lawyer suing Tommy Robinson on behalf of a Syrian teenager has rejected claims by the far-right activist’s supporters that he is blocking free speech in launching legal action.

I was recently in a Facebook group when I saw the following post;

As you would hope, the comments blasting her partner for his words came flooding in. The verdict was unanimous - the guy was clearly an idiot. Had this been real life... Читать дальше...

This week, the UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths is set to convene peace talks in Stockholm, providing a much needed glimmer of hope to securing peace for Yemeni civilians.

A man who admitted murdering midwife Samantha Eastwood in an “intense rage” over an affair and then burying her body in a shallow grave has been jailed for life.

Elvis Presley, in the midst of his 1968 comeback special, admitted “I’ve got to do this sooner or later, I may as well do it now, baby”. He then launched into Hound Dog, which was what everyone wanted.

Preconceptions, in some ways, influence many of us much of the time. We make snap judgements about people – about what they wear, where they live, what they eat, what school they went to. There’s scarcely a limit at which the conscious or subconscious mind will stop, in forming opinions. There is no doubt that, whatever our preconceived ideas, they are almost always based on fleeting assumptions, and certainly not grounded in fact or based on hard evidence. Sometimes, these views are harmless... Читать дальше...

A tribunal is to decide whether veganism is a philosophical or religious belief during a landmark legal action.