By Anna Power Opening this year’s London Film Festival,  Andy Serkis’ directorial debut, a biopic of Robin Cavendish, a polio survivor and lifelong disability rights campaigner and with Jonathan Cavendish – Robin’s son, as Producer. Despite a syrupy start, wherein the couple meet and idyllically fall in love at first sight at a cricket match, the film turns towards tragedy when Robin is struck down with polio whilst working as a tea broker in Kenya leaving him paralysed and unable...

Moving house is a tiresome experience which often leads to a better life but comes at great costs. Changing your location means you have to deal with a great number of additional tasks because of your new address. Make sure every person and institution, who deserves to learn about your relocation does so, otherwise you may have some serious difficulties getting back to your previous, comfortable  daily routine. Ignoring the list of things that should be done after changing your...

The paperwork and exact requirements for filing for a divorce are different from province to province. However, most of the requirements are quite similar. For instance, every province needs some kind of dissolution-of-marriage form. The type of papers needed for a divorce will also be dependent on whether your divorce is uncontested or contested. In the latter the amount of paperwork required will be significantly higher; this is because the divorce proceedings will have to be held in court or...

Contractor calculators are very useful tools that enable you, as a contractor, to gain an estimate of your take home pay each week or month. They’re a vital tool to giving you an idea of how contracting life will be, factoring in the rate you charge for contracts and whether you’re affected by IR35 or not. Brookson bring you a look into how using a contractor calculator can help you get a better idea of your income so that you...

The SNP government’s failure to tackle delayed discharge has cost the NHS more than £100 million in the last year, according to Labour analysis confirmed by the independent experts at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Spice). NHS Scotland estimates that it costs £214 per day to keep a patient in hospital who is medically cleared to return home. In the period of September 2016 to August 2017, the most recent figures available, 511,972 bed days were occupied by delayed discharge...

A Christian magistrate who tried to sue the NHS after he was sacked as a director for speaking out against gay adoption has lost his case. Richard Page, 71, was suspended by the NHS Trust Development Authority after he claimed it was better for a child to be brought up by both a man and a woman. He made the comments in his role as a magistrate when considering an application by a same-sex couple to adopt a child. Last...

A reality TV extra who said he was too famous to work in “a f***ing fish shop” on live TV claimed that a disgruntled viewer tipped rotten fish guts on to his brand new Mercedes. Grant Coulson, 25, from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, was horrified to find the fish entrails on the bonnet of the car he bought with the fee he received for appearing on This Morning. Grant, who has appeared on Geordie Shore spin-off Super Shore, said: “I was a bit...

Tell an Italian you’re going to Genoa, otherwise known as Genova, and the response ranges from surprise to unrestrained shock. Compared to Italian delights nearby – the still beauty of Lake Como, the buzzing life in Bologna, the culinary delights in Modena – Genoa is seen to fall short in tourist attractions. “It’s not beautiful,” a well-meaning Italian will implore, comparing it to the rustic charm of Tuscany. That’s partly because Genoa, Italy’s busiest port town, has only begun to...