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Nursery offering ‘buffet’ lunch of crisps, bread & sausages branded ‘inadequate’ by inspectors
Regulators Ofsted said Sweet Pea Nursery failed to give children 'healthy, balanced and nutritious food'
Hedge fund manager tried to get a £440 motoring fine reduced when he appeared in court
But magistrates added £129, saying they could have fined him £2,0000 for speeding and having no insurance.
Affordable homes on green belt ‘a lie’, say campaigners
Plans to redevelop parts of the Green belt have been slammed by a campaign group. The Government hope to build over 450,000 homes on land previously part of the green belt. However, The Campaign to Protect Rural England have said that these new sites will not, in most cases, offer “affordable” housing. CPRE argues that more brownfield sites should be used instead of the protected green belt area. The CPRE's director of campaigns and policy, Tom Fyans, said: "We are...
London council planning £100 on-the-spot fines for men who try to have sex with prostitutes
From the end of this month, fines will be given to those who attempt to sleep with prostitutes in Redbridge Council in east London.
Grizzly bear strikes glamour poses for wildlife photographer
35-stone Bella showed her softer side as she modelled for the camera
Shocking images show corpses of sea turtles, dolphins & manatees killed by pollution-caused ‘red tide’
The shocking devastation of wildlife is being caused by a red tide event, a blooming of algae which is worsened by sewerage and fertilization pollution from super farms.
Plants can tell the time of day… just like animals
The adjust their 'body clock' to the cycle of day and night using sugars
Branson pockets £2bn in NHS cash over five years
Richard Branson's Virgin Care has been awarded almost £2 billion in NHS England contracts over the past five years. The Guardian analysis revealed Branson's firm has "quietly become one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers" after scooping reams of government contracts. In one year alone, the company’s health arm, Virgin Care, won deals potentially worth £1 billion to provide services around England, making it the biggest winner among private companies bidding for NHS work over the period. And its services are...
Liam Fox says no deal Brexit now likeliest outcome and blames EU
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox is now saying that Britain exiting the EU with his government having failed to have negotiated a deal about how everything will work with the EU is the likeliest outcome. The Leave campaigning Conservative minister who this time last year insisted that Britain is negotiating “one of the easiest” deals “in human history,” put the chances of a No Deal Brexit at "60-40". And Fox blamed a No Deal outcome on the EU and chief...