When a man on a motorway bridge in Michigan was threatening to jump off, trucks lined up underneath to prevent a suicide attempt. The Michigan State Police came up with the ingenuous plan of calling in passing trucks to pull up and park under the bridge to prevent a fatal ...
In a keynote address at the CBI Northern Ireland Annual Dinner on Thursday, CBI Director-General, Carolyn Fairbairn, will reflect the deep concern about political uncertainty and Brexit shared by businesses and communities across Northern Ireland. 20 years on from the Good Friday agreement, politicians from Northern Ireland, Britain and the ...
“All too often institutions are prioritising the reputation of political leaders or the reputation of their staff, or avoiding legal liability, claims or insurance implications, over the welfare of children and tackling child sexual abuse,” the inquiry established to examine how institutions in England and Wales handled their duty to protect children from ...
Paul Sinclair shows me a small scar above his left ear. As a child in care, there is evidence that brain experiments were conducted on him and others with no consent. Paul’s history in care was marked by shocking abuse and violence from the staff entrusted with his childhood. ...
Plastic particles that may be a threat to human health are being transported thousands of miles across the oceans in melted sea ice, according to new research. The once pristine Polar regions have become a 'temporary sink' for billions of microbeads from cosmetics, synthetic fabrics, packaging, paints and even cigarette ...
Following a week when the Conservatives were publicly outed for institutional racism and systematic poverty peddling the cartoon doing the rounds on social media depicted crowds of people gawping at the royal family's latest arrival as a homeless baby goes unnoticed on the street. With the political arena reaching fever ...
Tonight Liverpool face Roma in the Semi-finals of the Champions League, the first English side for a number of years to get to this stage. The game is also a rematch of the 1984 final, when Liverpool beat Rome, in Rome. Many people will remember Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar’s shaky ...
The rollout of universal credit has resulted in an unprecedented rise in demand for food banks in the UK, according to a report from the Trussell Trust. The network of 428 food banks distributed more than 1.3 million emergency parcels for three days' worth of food over the last 12 months, ...
Tadeusz Polanski was seven years old when his parents moved from Poland to the UK