In a rousing speech, which will have SNP supporters beating their chests with pride, Angus Robertson told delegates that a second referendum "will not be denied." At virtually the same time PM May told her spring conference that Scottish and welsh nationalism needs to stop, and a united UK is...
Education Policy Institute study claims £74,000 will be slashed off primary school budgets while secondaries stand to lose £291,000 GMB, the union for school support staff, warned today every school in the UK faces a real-terms per-pupil funding cut thanks to the Government’s brutal national funding formula. According to a...
New figures have shown that four million children are affected by poverty. These statistics are a damning indication of the circumstances that large sections of the country find themselves in on a daily basis. The Children’s Society have slammed the figures and said the situation is “clearly getting worse.” The...
An extraordinary search and rescue dog from Cheshire was honoured today (Thursday 16 March 2017) by leading vet charity PDSA for his devotion to duty in some of the world’s most challenging regions. At a special ceremony at Manchester Town Hall, Border Collie Bryn became the latest recipient of the...
David Hockney is one of the most iconic living artists in the world and as he approaches his 80th birthday the Tate Britain has gathered a huge selection of his works. His career has spanned six decades and the versatile artists working in various forms including drawing, print, photography, painting...
The Electoral Commission has handed a fine of £70k to the Conservative party for not reporting electoral expenses appropriately. The level of fee is tiny and will easily be covered by the party machine. Even though the party made “numerous failures” during the 2015 general election and three by-elections, it...
Police have released footage of moment gunman opened fire on a busy street. The incident took place in New Cross, south London, in August last year. During the shooting a black male wearing blue latex gloves ran into the middle of the street with his arm outstretched before firing off...
Luis Young, 28, lifted friend Max Smith in the hilarious viral video, filmed at Underground Gym in Portslade, East Sussex. The video, which has had almost 4,000 views, shows model Luis lifting personal trainer Max, 33, holding a weight - totalling the same as a baby elephant. Luis, who is...
With about twenty minutes to go before PMQs the government announced a u-turn on raising NI for the self-employed. My guess is the aim was to throw Corbyn a curve ball and see if he could punish them from his back foot and think on his feet. It started with...