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SIMON WALTERS: If Jeremy Corbyn can visit the flood victims, then why can’t Boris Johnson? 

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I know what it is like to have a party leader visit your house in a flood. Six years ago this month, I had spent a tidy sum doing up my dad’s modest house in Wraysbury, Berkshire, after he died, and I was about to sell it. Then I switched on the TV one morning and … Read more

German terrorist’s nine shisha bar victims all had migrant backgrounds, police reveal

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All nine of those killed in a far-right terror attack on two shisha bars in Germany had migrant backgrounds, authorities say, while a number of foreigners are also believed to be among the six wounded.  A 35-year-old pregnant mother-of-two was among those shot dead in the town of Hanau on Wednesday night, German newspaper Bild … Read more

Hit by Wuhan flu: How diggers, diamonds and even James Bond are among the victims of the coronavirus

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From dentists to diggers, from Bond to Bicester Village, the wider impact of the coronavirus crisis is only now beginning to be felt. With parts of China, the world’s second largest economy, still effectively closed for business, industries across the world that rely on the country to manufacture their products or parts are being hit … Read more

Mass grave containing 48 skeletons belonging to victims of the Black Death unearthed in England

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A new reminder of the Black Death plague that decimated Europe has been unearthed in a Lincolnshire burial site – the remains of dozens of people wiped out 650 years ago. As the world focuses on the spread of coronavirus, the archaeologists’ discoveries shed terrifying new light on the humanitarian disaster that befell the world … Read more

Now flood victims are targeted by copycat insurance websites

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Now flood victims are targeted by copycat insurance websites appearing at the top of Google searches By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 February 2020 | Updated: 09:48 GMT, 12 February 2020 Flood victims are being targeted by copycat websites paying to appear at the top of results for Google … Read more

The pension payback victims who refused to pay back…and won 

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Blameless pensioners are fighting back against shock demands for thousands of pounds they were paid by mistake. Money Mail revealed pension errors that have had a devastating impact on retirees, with schemes slashing incomes and demanding money be returned when mistakes are discovered — often years later. Last week we reported how prison officers retired … Read more

MDMA reopens a ‘window in the brain’ that lets PTSD victims form new bonds

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The popular party drug MDMA – or ecstasy – may ‘reopen’ narrow windows in the brain that allows us to re-learn better social behaviors, new research suggests.  MDMA has been given breakthrough therapy status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because it has shown such promise for treating PTSD.  Scientists have observed the way … Read more