Watchdog orders energy companies to reduce their price rises as it emerges customers have been overcharged by £24.1 BILLION for maintenance work Citizens Advice said watchdogs allowed companies to impose unfair price rises The independent organisation wants businesses to deliver rebates voluntarily  It claims measures do not provide redress for households and wants businesses to deliver rebates voluntarily Households have been […]

U.S. military spies accuse Putin of carrying out ‘low-level’ nuclear weapons tests in breach of all-out test ban Russia signed up to in 2000 The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency says the U.S. believes Russia ‘probably is not adhering to its nuclear testing moratorium’ Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley spoke at an arms control forum at the Hudson Institute   […]

It’s the story America can’t bear to hear: As newly released FBI files report civil rights champion Martin Luther King sexually harassed dozens of women, TOM LEONARD probes the troubling truth behind the shaming of an icon FBI files say Martin Luther King had affairs with 40-45 women, claims biographer They add that he indulged in hotel room orgies and […]

Relying on satnavs and map-reading apps could lead to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s, expert fears Dependence on ‘dangerous’ gadgets cut people off from the real natural world Parts of brain responsible for navigation are not exercised, David Barrie warns  As well as medical problems, he said that satnavs suffer from practical faults  Putting your faith in high-tech navigation aids […]

Lebanon’s Telecommunications Ministry has ordered the blocking of the popular dating application Grindr, used mainly by gay men and trans men, saying it facilitates meetings between bisexuals or people of the same sex. Amnesty International on Wednesday called the decision “a deeply regressive step, and a blow” to the LGBT community in Lebanon. A decades-old law in Lebanon punishes sexual […]

Nicola Sturgeon claims it would be a ‘democratic outrage’ not to hold a second Scottish independence vote as she dares next Tory PM to block it after publishing new referendum bill SNP leader today published legislation needed for indyref2 but did not set date   Ms Sturgeon has dared the next Tory leader to block new vote after Mrs May quit  […]

Jordan on Wednesday stood by a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, exposing a rift with the United States as the Trump administration tries to rally Arab support for a peace conference next month in Bahrain. Interested in Trump Administration? Presidential advisers Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman. The official Petra news agency […]

MONTY Python star John Cleese has sparked controversy after claiming London "is not an English city anymore". The comic, 79, was echoing comments he made nearly a decade ago that also left critics fuming. Tweeting to his 5.6million followers, he wrote: "Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more[.] "Since then, virtually all […]

House Democrats are jubilant over two court victories last week in their ongoing battle to get President Trump’s tax returns and ­decades of his personal and business banking records. But their glee won’t last long. The US Supreme Court is likely to overturn these federal district-court rulings. Trump will prevail, along with taxpayer privacy and political fair play. Justice Ruth […]

Wellington: New Zealand's political opposition has denied hacking the Treasury department to obtain highly secure state budget documents and says the Ardern government is conducting a "witch hunt". The New Zealand Parliament.Credit:Alamy The country's centre-right National Party on Tuesday released what it said were details from the Labour-led administration's much-anticipated national budget, but refused to say how it got the information. […]