Inmates at HMP Long Lartin, near Evesham, Worcs, are also being forced to use makeshift commodes because of a lack of WCs.

The victim, who is believed to be in his 80s, was taken to hospital but pronounced dead a short time later

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When Britain went to war with Germany in 1914, few men stirred the troops like the army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, whose rousing speeches and patriotic poetry boosted morale on the frontline and at home. But by the time World War One had ended, Kennedy had become one of the country’s most outspoken critics of military action. We speak exclusively to the First World War historian and author Linda Parker about his radical transition from jingoist to pacifist. By Linda...

Money worries have topped a poll of the biggest stress triggers in the UK, leading to breakouts of skin complaints. Young adults aged 18-34, saddled with student debt, are more than twice as likely to suffer from problem skin as a result of financial anxiety, compared to older generations. And according to the poll of 2,000 adults, more than 14.5 years of bad skin in a lifetime is now the norm. The study was conducted by skincare brand Garnier PureActive,...

Everyone knew that when the UK voted for Brexit that they would be in for many changes. The UK has already begun to experience many of the consequences, even before it goes fully into effect. One of the industries that has been hit the hardest is the tech industry. For some, this may be bad news, but for companies that are savvy, it could represent a world of opportunity. The Talent Slump The driving force of the tech industry is...

I was always a movie guy. We had consoles (a Sega Master System, followed by a Mega Drive) in the house and I did play them, and some PC games, when I was a kid, but gaming was my brother’s thing. Despite that, and despite the fact we never had a Nintendo console, I was very well aware of the Mario Brothers. I had played the games only briefly (and badly) at friends houses, but I knew Mario (played by...

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac tribute band. Rumours of Fleetwood Mac is probably the closest you can get to seeing Fleetwood Mac without seeing Fleetwood Mac.

Boris Johnson has suggested that the biggest roadblock to Anglo-Argentina relations is the EU during his recent visit to South America. The prominent Brexiteer claimed he was the first Foreign Secretary in 50 years to visit Peru and the first in 25 years to go to Chile and Argentina, suggesting this was because being a member of the EU had made the UK "more Eurocentric and less instinctively global than we had been". His comments overlook the fact that the EU already...