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Mexico Slaps Trump in Face by Offering Aid to Puerto Rico after His Disastrous Visit

Mexico Slaps Trump in Face by Offering Aid to Puerto Rico after His Disastrous Visit -  Mexico said Wednesday it will send aid to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico — a day after President Donald Trump's disastrous visit to the U.S. territory ...

Theresa May inadvertently set out some of the strongest arguments for remaining a member of the ...

Theresa May inadvertently set out some of the strongest arguments for remaining a member of the ... - The UK 'cannot possibly' remain within the European single market when Brexit happens, Theresa May has said previously, because staying would ...

Theresa May can restore some of her credibility by putting Boris Johnson in charge of Brexit

Theresa May can restore some of her credibility by putting Boris Johnson in charge of Brexit - If he wants so badly to have a say in Brexit , if he really has a vision of Brexit Britain and an idea of how to go about getting it, why not let him try?

UK car sales suffer big fall in September as Brexit hits confidence - business live

UK car sales suffer big fall in September as Brexit hits confidence - business live - This is yet more evidence that Brexit is having a serious and damaging impact on our economy and on the livelihoods of the British people. Higher ...

German firms told to prepare for hard Brexit or face heavy losses

German firms told to prepare for hard Brexit or face heavy losses - German firms operating in the UK must brace themselves for a “very hard Brexit ”, the Federation of German Industries has warned, as it called on its ...

Britain's best-known bond investor: 'How I dodged the Brexit bullet'

Britain's best-known bond investor: 'How I dodged the Brexit bullet' - Jim Leaviss runs the £1.8bn M&G Global Macro Bond fund. He explains how he swerved Brexit and why bond investors shouldn't lose faith.

Trump opposes EU-UK WTO deal in blow to May's Brexit plans

Trump opposes EU-UK WTO deal in blow to May's Brexit plans - Trump administration has joined a group of countries objecting to a deal between the UK and EU to divide valuable agricultural import quotas, in a ...

Brexit was caused by feelings: older voters not to blame

Brexit was caused by feelings: older voters not to blame - New research from the University of Warwick finds that many popular theories about Brexit are wrong. Using just-released data, the researchers show ...

Ethnic minorities better at looking after elderly, says care minister

Ethnic minorities better at looking after elderly , says care minister - Ethnic minority households in the UK are better at looking after the elderly than British families, the care minister has said. Jackie Doyle-Price, minister ...

Carrying the shopping can improve strength in over-65s, say experts

Carrying the shopping can improve strength in over-65s, say experts - But a survey of more than 2,000 older people in the UK , carried out on ... Falls among the elderly cause the vast majority of hip fractures and cost the ...

Schools need greater focus on mental health'

Schools need greater focus on mental health' - A new approach to mental health policy in schools is needed, experts have ... all schools in the UK , it sets out a series of recommendations for Government. From the introduction of a mental health 'quality kite-mark', access to ... mental health difficulties do not limit the success of any child and can only ...

Child bullying can cause depression and anxiety 'up to five years later'

Child bullying can cause depression and anxiety 'up to five years later' -  Children who are bullied can suffer mental health problems for years ... More than one in five young people in the UK say they have recently been ...

Why mass shootings can leave children with PTSD even if it wasn't near them - and how parents ...

Why mass shootings can leave children with PTSD even if it wasn't near them - and how parents ... - If your child appears to be suffering from PTSD, taking them to a trained mental health professional who can help them with their emotions is crucial, as ...

We Need To Teach Kids How To Look After Their Mental Health

We Need To Teach Kids How To Look After Their Mental Health - We've never been taught to put our mental health first in the same way we've been taught to look after and listen to our bodies. This is simply ludicrous ...

Glasgow's most valuable resource — its people

Glasgow's most valuable resource — its people - Just as people make Glasgow, so poverty and deprivation define the city, and the statistics are as stark ... This epidemic of deprivation is a powerful brake on Glasgow's stated ambition to be the most productive city in the UK by 2023.

Theresa May's speech: what the Prime Minister didn't mention

Theresa May's speech: what the Prime Minister didn't mention - There are now four million children across the UK living in poverty and the UK is on course for the biggest increase in inequality since Margaret ...

Aboriginal community sets FIRE to 50 gay marriage forms because its residents misunderstood the ...

Aboriginal community sets FIRE to 50 gay marriage forms because its residents misunderstood the ... - Aboriginal community sets FIRE to 50 gay marriage forms because its residents ... Many remote Aboriginal communities do not speak English as a first ...

Alan Hollinghurst, The Sparsholt Affair, review: 'a tender evocation of gay British life'

Alan Hollinghurst, The Sparsholt Affair, review: 'a tender evocation of gay British life' - It has been six years since Alan Hollinghurst's fifth novel, The Stranger's Child, and since then there has been much speculation about how he would ...

Figure show substantial decline in HIV diagnosis rates

Figure show substantial decline in HIV diagnosis rates - The biggest decrease was amongst gay and bisexual men, where ... with the UK being one of the first European countries to see a decrease in HIV ...

Edward Heath: whiff of scandal still surrounds enigmatic leader

Edward Heath: whiff of scandal still surrounds enigmatic leader - Instead of claims that Heath was gay , Wiltshire police have investigated accusations that he was a paedophile whose crimes were covered up by ...

This tweet about strangers staring at gay couples is going viral because it's so true

This tweet about strangers staring at gay couples is going viral because it's so true - You see a cute same-sex couple holding hands in public and you just can't help staring. Maybe it's the feeling of seeing someone from your tribe ...

Matt Lucas Regrets Little Britain's Jokes About Transvestites And Black People

Matt Lucas Regrets Little Britain's Jokes About Transvestites And Black People - Matt Lucas Regrets Little Britain's Jokes About Transvestites And Black People ... 'Little Britain ' was a huge hit for the BBC between 2000 and 2007, ... Emily the transvestite's 'I'm a lady' and gay Welshman Daffyd's 'I'm the only gay in ...

Why Did The Trump Administration Vote Against UN Motion Condemning Gay Death Penalty?

Why Did The Trump Administration Vote Against UN Motion Condemning Gay Death Penalty? - The United States was one of 12 nations, including some of the most repressive nations on Earth, to oppose against a United Nations motion ...

More Than One Million People In The UK Now Identify As Lesbian, Gay Or Bisexual

More Than One Million People In The UK Now Identify As Lesbian, Gay Or Bisexual - More than one million people in the UK over the age of 16 now identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB), new official statistics on sexual identity show.

Marching for Pride, Living for Progress

Marching for Pride, Living for Progress - He is also openly gay, which makes him stand out in a society where homophobia is widespread – and fuelled his urge to fight for “the right to be ...

World Cup 2018: Fifa fines for homophobia 'not enough', says anti-discrimination chief

World Cup 2018: Fifa fines for homophobia 'not enough', says anti-discrimination chief - Fifa needs to increase the severity of its punishments for homophobic chants by fans, says the chief of Football Against Racism in Europe

Homophobia still rampant in British football

Homophobia still rampant in British football - The first active footballer to come out as gay will be an “icon” who could reap huge financial rewards but the British game remains a hostile ...

Kiwis are showing the love for an ad that challenges how we use the word 'gay'

Kiwis are showing the love for an ad that challenges how we use the word 'gay' - We chose to address something small that contributes to much larger issues - homophobia , biphobia and transphobia," the organisation said on its ...

Las Vegas residents rush to blood banks

Las Vegas residents rush to blood banks - Brandon Wolf, who helps to lead LGBTI advocacy group The Dru Project, said he was "overcome". Each person at the blood donation center in Santa ...

ANC-affiliated LGBTI group slams pastor Nala for gay 'cure' claims

ANC-affiliated LGBTI group slams pastor Nala for gay 'cure' claims - The ruling party's recently established forum for LGBTI people saw red following e.tv 's latest Checkpoint episode, which aired on Tuesday night and ...

Hilarious ad uses farmers to school people for saying 'that's gay'

Hilarious ad uses farmers to school people for saying 'that's gay' -  It includes tips about the correct language to use and information about different members of the LGBTI community. In this case the focus is on the ...

57 people now arrested in Egypt over support of gay rights and police show no sign of stopping

57 people now arrested in Egypt over support of gay rights and police show no sign of stopping - Police have arrested 57 people in Egypt, based on being gay or support of LGBTI rights, and show no sign of stopping. The charges of varied, ...