By Mohamed Abdirahaman Saman, International Medical Corps, Somalia emergency response team When I met Nalow Hassan two weeks ago, the 30-year-old wife and mother had already lost two children. Aged six and four, the two youngsters had succumbed to acute watery diarrhoea. Now she is on the brink of losing a...
SATIRE: The Tory party has today announced that it plans to push for sheep to get the vote. A Tory Party spokesperson said "We strongly feel that sheep should have the right to vote and all views should be represented. Some on the left have claimed that sheep always follow the...
By Marcus S. Hendriks For every $1 spent on the 4 million Syrian refugees languishing in regional havens, $135 is spent on the 1 million that made the perilous journey to Europe. Meanwhile, 90 per cent of all refugees are being sheltered in the developing world, whilst just five per cent...
By Michael McNulty We’ve seen it before in the forms of The Odd Couple, Due Date, Trains, Planes and Automobiles and a million others. An at odds pair with a strong dislike for each other, possibly even hatred, are forced together through circumstance only to slowly come together, become the...
By Linda Marric Averaging around a film a year for the last two decades, Francois Ozon has proven himself to be one of most prolific filmmakers of his generation. From the brilliant 8 femmes (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003), to the highly acclaimed French Belgian farce Potiche (2010), Ozon has...
By Courtney Greatrex A disabled mum in a wheelchair has blasted bosses at under fire Southern Rail after staff allegedly refused to help her board a train because they were running late. Rebecca Bartholomew, 37, said a ticket inspector would not help because the service was three minutes behind schedule....
By Andy Irwin One hundred days ago, I stopped drinking alcohol. I stopped because, for ten years, my dependence on booze meant that I lost a lot of time. I made bad choices and lost touch with a bunch of people I cared about, and who cared about me. I frequently...
By Nilesh Patel Amid Brexit negotiations with the European Union, West Midland's universities have called on Government to “protect rights of EU students and staff”. European Council President Donald Tusk ordered the UK to provide a “serious response” on what will happen to EU citizens in post-Brexit Britain. The rights of...
By Jay Williams Arriving early, I mooched around outside new Farringdon rib joint Hammer & Tongs just long enough to hear a member of staff outside muttering darkly into his mobile “we’ve got a reviewer coming in again tonight”. Kind of how you might expect one of the three little...