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Rising inequality is putting Britain on the path to becoming one of the most unequal nations on earth, a Nobel-prize winning economist has claimed. Sir Angus Deaton is leading a landmark review of inequality in the UK amid fears that the country is at a tipping point due to a decade of stagnant pay growth for British workers. The Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, which is working with Deaton on the study, says Britain is on track to “follow the...

Joel March, 36, admitted to snatching the money on April 23 but his sentencing was adjourned for psychiatric reports to be prepared

“After the show I just wanted the ground to swallow me up. If it wasn’t for my kids I would have ended it. "I am relieved the show has been taken off the air and I hope it never comes back. Mental health is a serious subject and this show exploits the most vulnerable."

Martin Fazakarley, 44, stepped forward to admit he had the drugs during a staff search at HMP Swaleside on April 24.

Earth-style quakes are wrinkling it "like a raisin" - creating step like cliffs called 'scarps'

Non-commercial pilots on Jersey are being warned that they could be fined thousands of pounds if they are caught carrying passengers for a profit

Bankers have seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent since 2009 as average wages fall by 3.1 per cent, new figures show. In the ten years since the financial crash the typical worker has been left nearly £1,000 worse off a year in real terms, the Trades Union Congress found. But the typical worker in finance or insurance has seen their pay increase by 9.3 per cent in a decade, giving them an extra £119 a week or £6,188...

Leah Heyes, 15, collapsed in a car park on Saturday May 11 and died later in hospital

Mr Chips was hit by an unknowing gardener as he was nestled in a pile of leaves, and a large section of fur and spines was ripped off.