If you’ve ever been told you’re ‘one in a million’, this is the puzzle for you. Hidden away in this busy high street is one person who almost literally is one in a million – but you can only identify him due to the No1 written on his shirt. The...
Britain’s best ‘all-round’ Christmas market is found at the Chatsworth Estate in the Peak District, a study has revealed. A poll of 2,000 Brits found the festive event in Derbyshire secured the highest overall score, with Edinburgh, St. Nicholas Fair in York and London’s Hyde Park Winter Wonderland all achieving...
One in five Brits now never carries cash, a study has found. Researchers who polled 2,000 UK adults found many are now opting to pay using different methods such as chip and pin and smartphone payments. Half believe cash is 'on the way out' and will ‘soon’ be superseded by...
The economic fears and insecurities that led to Brexit are likely to be compounded when the UK leaves the union, a UN investigation has found. The UN’s Rapporteur into Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in the UK, Philip Aston, said no matter what outcome Brexit achieves, other than the Utopian...
Lewisham councillors voted unanimously in favour of an application for a new micro-pub in Hither Green last night. MathBrew, which will sell “quality beer and real ale” with the intention of making a “community pub” for locals to gather, was granted planning permission to open on Springbank Road. Councillor Silvana...
Women have been the hardest hit by government cuts to social services and welfare, a UN investigation has revealed. The UN’s Rapporteur into Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Philip Aston found reductions in social care services translate to an increased burden on primary caregivers who are disproportionately women. Releasing the...
Drastic cuts to social support and welfare risk damaging the very fabric of British society, a UN report has today revealed. Concluding his 12-day visit to the country the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, said the UK Government’s policies are entrenching high levels of...
A Youth MP from Camden said knife crime is "rooted in poverty, inequality and a lack of opportunity" in an impassioned interview on ITV news. Athian Akec delivered a rousing speech to UK Youth Parliament last week which has since been picked up by major news outlets. In the House of Commons,...
Hopes of a reversal on Brexit were left dashed last night after Theresa May defiantly battled ministerial resignations and calls for her to quit in order to deliver her exit plan. With a raft of firms already set to leave the country and Britain's future prospects looking worse off under...