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Lee Williams

@leeroy112

Lee Williams is a freelance journalist and writer. Catch him on Twitter @leeroy112 and at leewilliamsjournalism.com

Liam Fox helped launch the IFT, the group organising the talks
Voices

The right-wing think tanks who want a worse deal than TTIP

Expenses claims have increased by 20 per cent in the last two years
Voices

It's time the House of Lords stopped scrounging off the state

Voices

Corbyn was right to choose Glastonbury over Armed Forces Day

Too cool for school: Canadians Claude and Tamara Bournival with their children in Australia’s Whitsunday Islands
Long Reads

Round the world backpacking with the kids

In 1936, mass unemployment in the north-east of England drove 200 men to march in protest from Jarrow to London...but what use is the job if it only undermines all the rights and the health of workers
Long Reads

People on full-time contracts worse off than those on zero hours deals

Prime Minister Theresa May having some chips while on a walkabout during a election campaign stop in Mevagissey, Cornwall
Voices

This is what another five years of the Tories would actually mean

‘Urban exploring is a calculated risk. When the risk/reward ratio is out of whack, you walk away from it. But the best explorations are right on that line’: urbexer Bradley Garrett surveys Edinburgh from atop the Forth Bridge
Archaeology

The extreme urban explorers risking all for the right to roam

War veteran Wayne Sharrocks during his time in the army
Education News

Underage Soldiers in Britain

Rudolf Steiner School
Education

Steiner schools have some questionable lessons for today's children

The car is equipped to detect parking spots for the driver and survive a chemical apocalypse
Tech

I tested a Tesla Model S and it was worth it

The island is under threat from climate change and a lack of political will to protect it
Americas

The most densely populated place on Earth is not where you might thin

The problem isn’t confined to single teenagers sitting alone in their bedrooms
Health & Families

Hooked on porn, turned off sex

The self-driving Mercedes Benz F 015 in Amsterdam this March
Features

The future of transport? Electric avenue

Features

The future of transport? Electric avenue

The self-driving Mercedes Benz F 015 in Amsterdam this March
The self-driving Mercedes Benz F 015 in Amsterdam this March
Features

The future of transport? Electric avenue

Jeremy Corbyn smiles as he meets supporters and members of the media after attending a meeting of Labour's National Executive Committee in London on July 12, 2016
Voices

I like Corbyn but don't think he should be on the ballot

Jeremy Corbyn at a Stop The War protest in 2012
Voices

Chilcot has underlined exactly why Labour needs Jeremy Corbyn

Protesters wear masks of U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they demonstrate against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement before the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany April 24, 2016
Voices

TTIP, rather than Jeremy Hunt, will destroy the NHS

Protesters wear masks of U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they demonstrate against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement before the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany April 24, 2016
Voices

TTIP, rather than Jeremy Hunt, will destroy the NHS

Voices

This is what Britain would look like if the Tories stayed until 2025

Atom will recognise each user’s face
Tech

Atom app: Is this the future of banking?

The Channel tunnel at Coquelles in October, when defences against intruders were improved
Voices

The UK has paid Eurotunnel 8 million Euros to stop migrants entering

Police officers search young men
Voices

We're arresting more terror suspects - and creating more extremists

Voices

Leaked letters show even David Cameron doesn't like his own policies

EU Commissioner of Trade Cecilia Malmstrom
Europe

EU Trade Commissioner claims War on Want head 'fabricated' TTIP quote

The government has not commented on whether GCHQ is monitoring parliamentarians' communications
UK Politics

British Government given all-clear to spy on its own MPs

The Milky Way
World

Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star

EU Commissioner of Trade Cecilia Malmstrom
Europe

EU Trade Commissioner claims War on Want head 'fabricated' TTIP quote

The government has not commented on whether GCHQ is monitoring parliamentarians' communications
UK Politics

British Government given all-clear to spy on its own MPs

The Milky Way
World

Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star

Officers from France's close protection unit are claiming fatigue due to overwork since the Charlie Hebdo massacre
Europe

French police 'so tired they are accidentally shooting themselves'

Europe

French police 'so tired they are accidentally shooting themselves'

Officers from France's close protection unit are claiming fatigue due to overwork since the Charlie Hebdo massacre
Under the proposed system patients would visit their GP, who themselves would have access to a range of tests including X-ray, MRI, CT scans and ultrasound
Health & Families

Cancer patient describes the moment he 'woke up in hospital unable to

Jeremy Hunt is under fire over NHS working hours and pay
News

Woman with broken back forced to sit on wooden chair in A&E for four h

Kurdish troops are badly under-equipped and need more support from the West according to ex-SAS man, Phil Campian
World

The war against Isis is unwinnable at present, says ex-SAS man

A cabin crew member apparently in an overhead locker
World

Airline cabin crew forced into overhead lockers in bizzare ritual

A cabin crew member apparently in an overhead locker
World

Airline cabin crew forced into overhead lockers in bizzare ritual

The new Airbus 'Concorde 2'
UK

New Concorde 2 will do London to New York in an hour flat

Around 24,000 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in Europe last year
Europe

Child refugees subjected to genital examinations to prove their age

Collapsing ice shelves could accelerate the melting of inland ice.
News

Antarctic ice shelf could collapse within our lifetimes, experts warn

Donald Trump has said he is a "big Second Amendment person" and that teachers should be armed
People

Donald Trump says he sometimes carries a gun

St Peter's in the Vatican where there have been rumours of a secret "gay lobby".
World

Sacked gay priest says there's 'no gay lobby in the Vatican'

The driver no longer works for the company.
UK

Coach driver with 10 driving convictions crashes into police car

Sales of sparkling wines like prosecco are driving the boost in wine consumption.
UK

Sales of wine soar as bubbly and prosecco become everyday tipples

“Suddenly, instead of water being considered a human right, it would be treated as a commodity and people could be cut off if they can’t afford it”
Business News

TTIP deal would remove people's rights to access basic human needs

Young Israelis (mostly soldiers on weekend vacation) carry their personal rifles at the Jerusalem outdoors
World

The meaning of a third 'infitada' in West Bank

Taking too many antioxidant-containing health supplements can increase the risk of certain types of cancer.
Health News

Antioxidants could increase risk of cancer spreading around the body

Beverley's Grovehill junction contains 42 traffic lights and nine crossing ponts.
UK

Traffic at junction with 42 traffic lights improves - after they fail

UK

Traffic at junction with 42 traffic lights improves - after they fail

Beverley's Grovehill junction contains 42 traffic lights and nine crossing ponts.
The criminal uses Skype to chat with her victims.
News

Mystery woman gets men to do sex acts on Skype - then blackmails them

Renewable energy is under threat following the government's decision to remove subsidies
News

Two clean energy firms go bust 'because of Tory U-turn'

Sweet treats can have many negative effects on health
UK

The massive health benefits of giving up sugar and alcohol

The property in Tredegar, South Wales has suffered extensive fire damage but could fetch around £50,000 once renovated.
UK

The house you can buy for less than a cup of coffee

The property in Tredegar, South Wales has suffered extensive fire damage but could fetch around £50,000 once renovated.
UK

The house you can buy for less than a cup of coffee

Doner kebabs being made
Home News

A third of vegetarians own up to eating meat on nights out

David Cameron delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference
Voices

Of course Cameron wants a 'greater Britain' after what he's done to it

Harvard Univeristy Annenberg Hall
World

Prisoners beat Harvard's prestigious debating team in competition

UK

Man without penis had sex with 'more than 100 women'

Madeleine McCann has been missing since May 2007
UK

McCanns deny 'spat' with Ben Needham' mother

The photo-montage of Angela Merkel was used as the backdrop to a TV debate on whether Germany should introduce quotas on refugees.
Europe

Angela Merkel in Muslim headress picture angers German viewers

UK

Parents of truant children could have benefits docked

Protesters march against the controversial TTIP deal in London last year
Comment

What is TTIP? And six reasons why the answer should scare you

Protesters march against the controversial TTIP deal in London last year
Comment

What is TTIP? And six reasons why the answer should scare you

Related video: How might lockdown restrictions be eased?
News

Thousands of tiny plastic pellets infest british beaches

TTIP protestors
Business

Three million sign petition to scrap controversial trade deal

Business

Three million sign petition to scrap controversial trade deal

TTIP protestors
Anti-TPP banner
Business

5 reasons to be worried by the world's biggest trade deal for 20 years

File: David Cameron offers a toast during a State Dinner in his honour March 14, 2012
Comment

Welcome to Cameron's world, where failure is rewarded with a peerage

File: David Cameron offers a toast during a State Dinner in his honour March 14, 2012
Comment

Welcome to Cameron's world, where failure is rewarded with a peerage

Migrants escape from the French Police as they try to catch a train to reach England
Voices

With all these new dogs and fences, it seems David Cameron is

Migrants escape from the French Police as they try to catch a train to reach England
Voices

With all these new dogs and fences, it seems David Cameron is

Migrants escape from the French Police as they try to catch a train to reach England
Voices

With all these new dogs and fences, it seems David Cameron is

Comment

Here's what the Tories have promised to do, and what they're actually

"And in the boldly progressive move of removing child tax credits to third and subsequent children, the Chancellor has shown conclusively that children are NOT the future"
Comment

'Thanks Labour, it was nice knowing you'

"And in the boldly progressive move of removing child tax credits to third and subsequent children, the Chancellor has shown conclusively that children are NOT the future"
Comment

'Thanks Labour, it was nice knowing you'

Best foot forward: revellers make the most of a dance floor lit by their steps
Tech

Harnessing energy from pounding feet could be the future

Scientists predict that if global average temperature increases by 2C then the proportion of extremes in heat attributed to climate change will increase from 75 per cent to 96 per cent (Getty)
Comment

Climate change is as serious a threat as nuclear war - so why has the

A woman protests the controversial TTIP deal outside Parliament
Comment

You won't know this, but a very important TTIP vote happened in Europe

A 6-year-old boy has instruction at sniper shooting from a soldier at a Navy and Airforce recruitment fair in 2013
Comment

The British Armed Forces need to stop targeting and recruiting

A 6-year-old boy has instruction at sniper shooting from a soldier at a Navy and Airforce recruitment fair in 2013
Comment

The British Armed Forces need to stop targeting and recruiting

Innovations sans frontières: a waterproof Android device is tested at the Magburaka treatment centre in Sierra Leone
Tech

Innovations of volunteers are helping save lives around the world

Prime Minister David Cameron and wife Samantha arrive at his Tory headquarters in central London after the General Election put his Conservative Party on the brink of securing an absolute majority in the House of Commons
Comment

Scrap the Human Rights Act and keep TTIP: Here's what you voted for

Prime Minister David Cameron and wife Samantha arrive at his Tory headquarters in central London after the General Election put his Conservative Party on the brink of securing an absolute majority in the House of Commons
Comment

Scrap the Human Rights Act and keep TTIP: Here's what you voted for

Question time: Russell Brand interviewing Ed Miliband on his YouTube show
Comment

Russell Brand's Labour endorsement is a stunning piece of hypocrisy

Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron talk to a Sainsbury's worker to try and figure out how buying groceries works
Comment

The sickening truth about food banks that the Tories don't want you to

Cross words: Pia Mancini, the executive director of DemocracyOS
Tech

Digital democracy: New apps have brought decision making online

Comment

Budget 2015: Our political leaders just spent 35 seconds on the issue

Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron talk to a Sainsbury's worker to try and figure out how buying groceries works
Comment

The sickening truth about food banks that the Tories don't want you to

Cross words: Pia Mancini, the executive director of DemocracyOS
Tech

Digital democracy: New apps have brought decision making online

Comment

Budget 2015: Our political leaders just spent 35 seconds on the issue

The right formula? St Aldhelm’s Academy has been taken over by Ambitions Academy Trust, which is hoping to improve it
Schools

Team is parachuted in to raise morale and marks at St Aldhelm's

One lot at the Tory fundraiser included a five-night break in Santorini via private jet
Comment

Private jets, luxury castles and a £210,000 statue of Margaret

Comment

If I were Prime Minister: Banks would no longer be able to create

Features

What's in a baby name? The cyclical trends and spread of unusual names

Shine on: a ‘Liter of Light’ plastic bottle provides illumination in the Granizal area of Antioquia, Colombia
Tech

Bright sparks behind solar-powered lamps transforming lives

David Cameron and Nigel Farage
Comment

30,000 reasons why the rhetoric on immigrants claiming benefits can

The Sun's 'Welfies' awards
Comment

After The Sun's disgusting 'scrounger' awards, it's time to recognise

A woman demonstrates in central London in October, against the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Comment

The battle against TTIP is a battle for British democracy, and we must

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