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The findings add to growing evidence that post-menopausal females boost the life chances of their offspring, researchers say.

Professor Alexis Jay vowed to withdraw from her role ‘if I detect any attempt to interfere with or to hinder my work’.

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell said the mercenary unit was ‘acting with impunity’ in countries such as Mali and Sudan.

Martin Rudin smothered his wife of 11 years at the couple’s home in Histon, Cambridgeshire, last New Year’s Eve.

A small group of This Is Rigged protesters still remain at the Nustar Clydebank oil terminal.

The Government was warned that hydrogen-powered vehicles could supersede battery-powered ones.

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is concluding a series of talks with party leaders.

Roaming alerts tell mobile phone customers when they are using potentially expensive data abroad.

The EU referred to the Falklands as ‘Islas Malvinas’, the name used by Argentina, which has long claimed sovereignty over the islands.

Offshore Energy UK says limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C requires short term emissions cuts but CCS can help with long term ambitions.

Two 16-year-olds have been charged with murder.

SNP MP Patricia Gibson raised concerns about the UK’s debt levels

Treasury accounts show numerous ministers also received severance payments amid last year’s spate of resignations.

Thousands of consultants are on strike across England in a dispute over pay.

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan confirmed the delay to the long-awaited guidance.

A Labour MP said there would be ‘something wrong’ with Tory ministers being interviewed by backbench colleagues while running political campaigns.

Sweden’s Vattenfall said that it was considering the best way forward for three projects off the coast of Norfolk.

Alex Belfield also apologised for making ‘false allegations of dishonesty’ against the broadcaster.

The Speaker’s Conference decided against recommending staff be employed centrally, as suggested by many following a series of scandals.

The Sovereign Grant will be 12% of the Crown Estate’s net profits next year, down from 25%.