Two-child cap will affect 670,000 extra children in next five years, IFS warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of children affected by the two-child benefit cap will rise by a third over the next five years, the Institute for…
Marco Pierre White’s son caught stealing after his trousers fell down
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe son of Marco Pierre White, the Michelin-starred chef, was caught stealing after being identified by his distinctive tattoos when his trousers fell…
Seven tips from the NHS to lose weight quickly and safely - without damaging your health
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDiets can be a challenging experience and there’s a lot of confusing information out there. But whether you’re looking to bulk up,…
Majority of firearms used in UK gun crime come from overseas, police reveal
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlmost all of the firearms being used by criminals on the streets of the capital are being brought in from abroad, senior…
Teachers and GPs ‘staggering’ under extra demands caused by poverty in Great Britain
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritain’s schools and primary health services are “staggering” under the pressure of demand caused by an epidemic of extreme poverty, as desperate…
Missouri woman cleared of murder after 43 years behind bars
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 Missouri murder has had her conviction overturned after spending 43 years…
Five killed as goods train hits passenger express in India’s east
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least five people have been killed in India’s eastern state of West Bengal after a goods train collided with a passenger express in Darjeeling district on…
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSudan is facing a famine that could become worse than any the world has seen since Ethiopia 40 years ago, US officials…
Singapore races to clean up beaches after oil spill
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore authorities are scrambling to clean up a major oil spill that has blackened the city-state’s southern coastline, days after a shipping…
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine…