By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The video below shows Iceland's prime minister storming out of an awkward interview when he was questioned about his interests in a secret offshore firm. Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, came to power in 2013 on a wave of anti-banking anger after Iceland's financial meltdown. However, leaked documents have linked...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor If this picture if anything to go by we won’t have many doctors left in the UK soon. A group of medical students at the University of Birmingham were asked to put their hands up if they are going to leave the country and work...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Ken Clarke, who was responsible for privatising the steel industry under Thatcher, showed how out of touch he his with the area his party is about to destroy. He said, during The BBC's The World at One Programme, that he knew South Wales well, and had...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Chancellor has come out fighting and has defended the Government’s handling of the steel crisis, but his special relationship with China is clouding his judgment, critics have claimed. He said the Tories were doing all that is "practicable and possible" to slap tougher tariffs...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A video has emerged which features a traffic warden giving a ticket to a taxi driver, only moments after he had pulled up to let out an elderly disabled woman at an M & S in Chelmsford, Essex. The warden ignores the driver when he asks:...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Generous tax breaks have helped create a “shadow” welfare state for the 20 per cent wealthiest in the UK, research has revealed. The Fabian Society believe these high earners will take almost the same as the worst off fifth take in benefits. The Fabians’ general...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Amnesty International has made worrying claims at Qatar, ahead of the 2022 World Cup in their country. The human rights group has accused Qatar of using forced labour at their flagship stadium, which is being constructed to host football matches during the 2022 tournament. Amnesty...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Worrying news has emerged from a new piece of research; sea levels are now forecast to rise over a metre during the upcoming century. This is more than double the previous estimate, and will need drastic action to prevent a global catastrophe caused by the...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor HMP Oakwood near Wolverhampton, and it operated by G4S, is making single rooms into doubles to attempt to accommodate an increase in prisoners, but it has raised fears of serious overcrowding. The prison, the UK’s largest privately-run jail are to start sharing cells this summer,...