Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride attacked Labour’s plans to ease social sanctions – TAYFUN SALCI/SHUTTERSTOCK Benefit recipients must “stick to the rules” and get a job or risk losing their benefits, the Work and Pensions Secretary said. Mel Stride attacked Labour’s “reckless” plans to ease social sanctions while promising to ensure greater fairness for … Read more
Jenny Tucker decided to experiment by staying horizontal longer than her usual eye patch – Heathcliff O’Malley The older I get, the more I love my bed. It’s not unusual for me to be leaning against the pillows at 8:30 PM, ready to decompress and snuggle in for the night. The words of my late … Read more
Philip Rankin and his wife Anita inspect their tobacco crop in 2016, just before their farm was seized – TSVANGIRAY MUKWAZHI Philip Rankin had long hoped for compensation after his family farm in Zimbabwe was seized because he was white, but cancer caught up with him first. The 65-year-old farmer died in early December, almost … Read more
Alison used strength training and a strict diet to lose her unwanted pounds – Rii Schroer I was 57 and saw 60 on the horizon. As I stared at myself in the mirror, all I saw was another woman fading into oblivion and living a life of “quiet desperation.” We complain about being wolf-whistled in … Read more
Paula Vennells was CEO of the Post Office from 2012 to 2019. (PA) A petition calling for former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE is approaching 500,000 signatures following the final episode of an ITV1 drama about the sub-postmasters scandal on Thursday evening. Mr Bates vs The Post Office looks … Read more
A London party boat has sunk and 50 people have been moved to safety in Hackney Wick after heavy rain and flooding hit the capital. The city was ravaged by a deluge on Thursday, amid a yellow weather warning for rain from the Met Office across south-east England. A total of 302 flood warnings remained … Read more
The Duke of York has been reported to police by campaign group Republic after allegations of sexual assault resurfaced in unsealed court documents. Graham Smith, chief executive of Republic, urged the Metropolitan Police to reopen the investigation and called on the King to make a public statement and answer questions from the press on the … Read more
A yearlong investigation by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee has uncovered what they describe as a “stunning” web of at least $7 million in payments from foreign governments directly into then-President Donald Trump’s coffers. The committee’s findings, outlined in a recently released staff report, are drawn from documents obtained by the panel before Republicans … Read more