Green light for Motorway learner drivers
Learner drivers will be allowed on motorways from next year, the government has announced today.
They will be allowed on motorways with an approved driving...
Egg scare as supermarkets withdrawn egg products from their shelves
Supermarkets are withdrawing egg products from their shelves after the insecticide Fipronil, has been found in eggs from Holland and Belgium.
The chemical can be harmful...
Modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK is “far more prevalent than previously...
Modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) in the UK is far more prevalent than previously thought, according to the National Crime Agency.
A growing body...
Councils are housing an extra secondary school’s worth of homeless children each month
The numbers of homeless children councils are having to house in temporary accommodation has increased by more than a third in the last three...
Rip off Credit Card fees to be abolished
Rip-off card charges will be consigned to history, after Ministers act to end these unfair fees for millions of people across the country.
The government...
A growing income divide between young and old finds report
The growing age divide in living standards that opened up in the mid-2000s has continued to widen last year according to a report out...
Private renters fear eviction if they press landlords to do repairs
Private renters aren’t pressing landlords to carry out repairs to their home over fears they’ll be evicted, reveals Citizens Advice.
A new report from the...
Former United player Philip Mulryne is ordained as a priest
A former Manchester United and Northern Ireland footballer has swapped his kit for a cassock after being ordained a priest today.
Thirty nine year old Father...
Take a pause on Universal Credit roll out says charity
The rollout of Universal Credit should be paused until significant problems with it are fixed, says Citizens Advice.
In a major new report, Delivering on...
Researchers find a North-South divide in the way children are dealt with by local...
A North-South divide in the way children are dealt with by local authorities and the Family Courts has been uncovered by researchers from the...