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HENRY DEEDES: Like 007 facing his foe, Boris Johnson served charm with menace at his return to PMQs

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Bond aficionados will know that early in each story comes an inaugural meeting between hero and foe. A chance encounter over highballs, perhaps, or a high-stakes hand of chemin de fer.  The tone is formal yet courteous. Compliments might even be exchanged. Yet beneath this faux chumminess lingers a whiff of menace.  There was a … Read more

Judge brands thug ‘disgusting social menace’ as he jails him for urinating on war memorial

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Judge brands thug ‘disgusting social menace’ as he jails him for more than two years for urinating on war memorial and spitting at police after he was arrested Mark Smith was labelled a ‘social menace’ as he was jailed for public urination The 58-year-old was seen on CCTV urinating on the cenotaph in Manchester  He … Read more

Microbeads are banned but watch out for the new menace in your beauty bag

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From microbead-free skincare to zero-waste packaging, and even a proposed ban on microplastics, it might seem like beauty’s war with plastic is steadily being won. Yet there is still seven times more plastic than fish in the ocean, with the average human ingesting up to 5g of plastic per week — roughly the weight of … Read more