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Ten Tory MPs have demanded Boris Johnson retract his claim that Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile, after a mob hounded the Labour leader yesterday shouting “paedophile protector”. One demonstrator was carrying a noose and Starmer had to be bundled into a police car for his own protection. A source tells the BBC that the PM has no intention of apologising because “he’s got other stuff to get on with”. Pioneering technology has enabled a paralysed Italian man to walk again. The treatment works by attaching computer-controlled implants to the spinal cord, which send electrical impulses to the muscles and activate movement. Staying in bed for an extra hour can save you from consuming 270 calories, boffins have claimed. The idea is that if you’re better rested, you have less of an appetite. At last, says the Star: “A weight-loss programme we support.”