A teacher has revealed children are sleeping in their uniforms because they don’t have pyjamas as a new survey uncovers 'distressing' levels of poverty in UK schools. The NEU study of 1,026 teachers in England found over half say they believe more children and young people are likely to go hungry over Christmas,...
David Cameron is advising Theresa May on how to get her doomed Brexit deal through parliament, ITV journalist Robert Peston has sensationally revealed. The former Tory leader, who called for the referendum in the first place, has turned "Brexit-crisis adviser" to the current PM in what has been described as being...
Theresa May has been accused of trying to "steamroller" her Brexit deal through parliament this weekend amid calls to give people the power to instruct parliament how to proceed. It's a familiar tale this time of year. With traffic jams abound the PM is facing the usual festive gridlock as...
Homeless people in Hull have had hotel bookings cancelled after a charity raised over £1,000 to put a roof over their heads this Christmas. Carl Simpson, founder of the Raise the Roof Homeless Project, said he was "gutted" after 14 twin rooms at the Royal Hotel in Hull were cancelled without...
Santa’s reindeer will travel a distance of over 41 million miles to deliver more than one million tonnes of presents on Christmas Eve, according to research. The findings show Rudolph, Comet, Blitzen and the rest of the team will work for 31 hours straight – taking into account time zone...
Rents in the UK’s regional hubs are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average as workers continue to relocate from London amid rising living costs and significant investment in other cities, according to the National Rent Review by Landbay. The average monthly UK rent currently sits at £1,212,...
A butcher in West Yorkshire is handing out free Christmas hampers to people who have been left with nothing over the Christmas period due to delayed Universal Credit payments. David Jones, 52, will give away the free baskets of festive meat worth £25 to claimants whose money will not be available...
Theresa May narrowly avoided a vote of no confidence last night as hard right factions of the party rebelled against her Brexit deal with Brussels. The party has been split over Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union ever since the referendum result was announced in 2016, and it has come...
It's seven o'clock on Christmas day. Bodies lay comatosed on sofas, chairs and beanbags around the room. Your old man has managed to pass out on the kitchen table, again. But after an hours shut-eye you have woken up with a rumbling tummy as your mind turns to the annual leftover sandwich....