What can Arsenal expect from their new manager Unai Emery?
Arsenal FC has officially welcomed its new head coach Unai Emery this morning. The Spanish veteran manager joins the North London, having left French champions Paris Saint-Germain after guiding them to the Ligue 1 title. The Gunners’ Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis said that the 45-year-old was the "unanimous" choice to "drive the next chapter" of the club’s history. Emery steps into the very big shoes of Arsene Wenger who left at the end of the season after 22 years at...
Woman who needs to inject life-saving medication three times daily has been denied an NHS prescriptions for syringes – ‘due to cutbacks’
Charlotte Bonwick needs a variety of medication daily during her life-long battle with ill health - but says she was told to get her clean needles from an exchange usually used by drug addicts.
Advisor to former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon ‘was told to resign after sex assault allegation’
Richard Holden, 33, was working for Sir Michael when he was accused of groping a woman under her skirt at a Christmas party
These are the top 20 perks Brits want from employers
Private healthcare, an extra day’s holiday on their birthday and free gym membership are among the perks Brits want from employers, according to a study. Researchers polled 2,000 office workers to identify the benefits they would like to see from their place of work – including flexible working hours, a nice desk and staff discounts. Other desirables include company holidays away, being able to make personal calls at work and having space to be creative. However more than half of...
M&S, and how the demise of the UK’s secondary towns is impacting our political climate
Good news is hard to come by on ITV's Tyne Tees channel. As industry is drained from the region the negative repercussions on communities in the area is there for all to see. Twenty-five years on from the closure of the last deep pit on the Durham coalfield many provincial towns have become shadows of their former selves, with more than half of the shops on Easington high street now closed. Cushioning a short film on the effects of deindustrialisation on...
Only love wins – Manchester was full of love yesterday and it will always be so
As I wandered through the streets of the Northern Quarter towards the station on a beautiful and sunny May morning, I have to say my thoughts were of what the families of the 22 lost souls and all the injured from last years horrific act of malice in our City were going through this time last year. What pain and sorrow they must have been through then and also be experiencing today. I cannot even begin to imagine. As I...
Cheeky residents fed up with roadworks have turned them into an ART installation
The large hole in the ground filled with rubbish and surrounded by scaffolding has seemingly been abandoned
DUDE WHERE’S MY CAR? – Elderly couple can’t find motor after parking on street days ago
Hilda Farmer, 79, and her partner Emmanuel Elliot, 80, were visiting hospital when the mishap occurred
Brit, 72, raped Kenyan children after posing as ‘father figure’
Keith Morris preyed on vulnerable families after paying for their education, food and water