I S-PIE – Britain’s spy headquarters GCHQ is getting its own branch – of GREGGS
The surveillance capital of the UK will have one of the pie shops for staff.
“Rip off” drug companies charging NHS a THOUSAND pounds for mouthwash
An MP has said that over £230 million a year is wasted because of obscene prices charged for out-of-patent medications and custom mixtures with much cheaper ingredients, it has been claimed. The wastage also includes mouthwash, used for relieving mouth ulcer pain in chemotherapy patients, being sold at scandalous mark-ups, of up to a thousand pounds. Dr Philippa Whitford, Central Ayrshire MP, said: “NHS England is being ripped off to the tune of £230 million a year as the price...
Review: Sunday Roast at Beef & Brew, Haggerston
According to recent YouGov Omnibus research, beef is generally regarded as Britain’s favourite centrepiece meat for roast dinners. (33 per-cent of participants favoured roast beef, followed by roast chicken at 27 per cent). It’s thus unsurprising that the Sunday roast at the new Beef and Brew in Haggerston has quickly garnered much attention. Following the launch of a cosy Kentish Town restaurant in 2015, the team behind Beef & Brew opened their second site during the summer, taking over the...
Violence in prisons sees worrying spike with 26 assaults against staff a day
The jail system across the UK appears to be at breaking point with a record number of assaults on prison officers. In the year to June here were almost ten thousand (9,485) assaults on staff within prisons, this is a rise of a staggering 27 per cent, which amount to 26 a day. Almost a thousand of the 9,485 total, resulted in a “serious” incident, which needed medical treatment. Overall assaults rose 20% to a record high of 32,559, including...
Dad flew back home to die told his baby’s visa might not be ready in time to see him again
Four months after becoming a dad, Chris Le Port was diagnosed with Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a rare genetic disorder that will eventually leave him in a vegetative state
Man set fire to noisy neighbour’s flat after rowdy parties
He snapped one night when his neighbour was keeping him awake
Dad of nightclub acid thrower Arthur Collins, admits allowing a cannabis farm at his £1 million home
Arthur Collins Snr's son Thomas also admits part but charges against his wife to lie of file
British Airways loses £3.3 million worth of stock ‘stolen off the back of lorries’ each year
The astonishing figure emerged after three DHL workers were caught red-handed near Heathrow pilfering thousands of pounds worth of designer jewellery belonging to the flag carrying airline
BIRDIE ON THE GREEN! Golfers shock after escaped rhea runs amok on course
Staff at Evesham Golf Club said the 6ft flightless bird appeared in its grounds at the weekend - but nobody has been able to catch it