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Boy to be given first ever cannabis treatment in the UK previously banned by Home Office
Sky News: A severely epileptic boy is to be allowed cannabis treatment after the Home Office backed down on banning it. Charlotte…
Late Stephen Hawking’s ashes interred in a jam-packed Westminster Abbey labelled “Britain’s Valhalla”
The New York Times: LONDON — Being laid to rest in Westminster Abbey is perhaps the greatest posthumous honour that can be…
UK McDonald’s to bring an end to plastic straws
The Guardian: McDonald’s will end the use of plastic straws in its British restaurants next year, after nearly half a million people…
Flames rip Glasgow’s world renowned School of Art, again.
BBC: Glasgow's world-renowned School of Art has been gutted by another huge blaze, four years after part of the building was destroyed…
CDU senior leaders close ranks around Merkel, as Chancellor faces revolt
FT: Senior leaders of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union sought to close ranks around Angela Merkel on Friday as the chancellor continued…
Tory MP Sir Christopher Chope blocks proposed upskirting law to cries of ‘shame’
Sky News: A proposed law to make upskirting a specific criminal offence has been blocked by a Tory MP. The Voyeurism (Offences)…
Dutch employees might soon be paid for using pedal-power
France 24 Dutch employees using pedal power to get to work may soon be reimbursed for their efforts, as the Netherlands look…
In Germany, CDU deny report on mediation for migration policy compromise with CSU
DW: Members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have denied a report that Wolfgang Schäuble was asked to step in and mediate…
New Brexit blueprint amendments respect public’s desire to leave the EU
Reuters: Prime Minister Theresa May’s government’s new amendment to her Brexit blueprint on giving parliament a greater role on the exit process…
Belgian mayor invites Orban to migrant-diverse town
EU Observer - The mayor of a Belgian town with reportedly more Muslims than Slovakia and Hungary combined wants Viktor Orban, Hungary's…
UK launches new ‘start-up’ visa for entrepreneurs
Silicon: The UK has launched a new “start-up” visa for entrepreneurs, in response to criticism from the tech sector over the effects…
German Interior Minister forms ‘axis’ with Austria, Italy against Merkel
Reuters: Germany should ally itself with Austria and Italy on migration and security policies, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday, a…