This is the emotional moment an OAP who had his shopping stolen from his doorstep was surprised by his caring neighbours - who had a whip round for food and cash. The pensioner - known only as Peter - had lost his keys and left his shopping bags outside his ...
Poverty-stricken residents near the Dad's Army town are evoking the Blitz Spirit by donating tins of food to help their neighbours - because so many rely on food banks. Demand for food bank provisions on the south coast where the fictional town of Walmington-on-sea was set has seen a massive ...
We should be teaching young people to be unique rather than perfect, a leading psychologist has claimed. The comments come after new research revealed Brits spend an hour and 40 minutes of every day striving for perfection, with three-quarters dreaming of having the perfect life, dedicating an average of 12 hours a ...
Survey reveals transformation of London childhoods in a digital world The number of young teenagers in London who play outside or get enough sleep has dropped sharply in comparison to teenagers from previous decades, a startling new survey from Barnardo’s reveals. The study found just over half (55 percent) of ...
A furious mum has blasted Instagram for removing a photograph of her 12-year-old son who has a facial deformity - after another user complained about the image. Brave Harry Beswick was born with Goldenhar syndrome, which means he has no left eye, eye socket, nostril and left ear. Mum Charlie, ...
The youngest Manchester Arena bomb victim Saffie Roussos who her parents say always wanted to be famous is to become a star in her own right. The eight-year-old youngster will be remembered inside a huge pink star at the top of a communal Christmas tree in the youngster's hometown of ...
The education sector is being hit heavily by slow growth in real-term pay, according to online supply teacher portal The Supply Register. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) this week reported that teachers’ salaries in England were worth 12 per cent less in 2015 than in 2005. The study, published on ...
‘Government con trick’ sees billions stripped from budgets to deny real-pay rise to lower-paid 55 per cent of workers GMB, the union for public sector workers, accuses Theresa May of ignoring the ‘forgotten’ three million public sector staff in a major new report today [September 13 2017). The majority of ...
One of Britain's youngest graduates has earned a first class honours degree in Maths after studying in his free time - at the age of only 13. Wang Pok Lo is already studying for his Master's degree after achieving the remarkable feat by completing an Open University course. The child ...