The Government's free school meals plan threatens to leave children hungry and cut jobs, according to the union that represents school catering and lunchtime supervision staff. GMB has responded to the Department for Education’s consultation on free school meal entitlement under Universal Credit, saying the plans are a “cut disguised as a...
Jeremy Corbyn this weekend appeared to question the historic bond between Britain and the United States, refusing to call it the UK's most important relationship in an interview aired on Peston On Sunday. The Labour leader was critical of Donald Trump and his "endless offensive" comments which appear to have distanced...
A petition has been launched to urge the government to investigate allegations that MPs and peers raped and assaulted children throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem MPs and peers have been named in the appeal for investigation, including Sir Peter Bottomley MP, Sir Edward Leigh MP and...
This is a world first moment in which a kingfisher lands on a camera and captures a picture perfect photo of another kingfisher standing on a branch. Lesley Garven, 40, who has been a wildlife photographer for 10 years now, witnessed the incredible moment on 9 January at midday. The...
Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson has engaged in a battle of words with his predecessor over the visit of Donald Trump to the UK - calling the Labour politician a "puffed up pompous popinjay". Sadiq Khan said President Trump's decision to cancel his planned trip to the UK shows he...
The Government of Botswana has today made public a press release condemning Donald Trump's alleged terming of African nations as "shithole countries". According to reports Trump expressed frustration behind closed doors with people coming to the US from places such as Africa and Haiti. He said: "Why do we want all these people from...
A real-life 'Kinky Boots' pensioner has diversified his rubber firm into making erotic gear and torture devices - for SEX DUNGEONS. John Hindmarsh's industrial workshop used to produce mundane fittings for washing and cleaning machines. But several years ago he branched out and his factory now produces all types of...
Motorists were left in a flap after a SWAN crashed through a car windscreen. The young bird stopped traffic as it strolled along the A404 in Marlow, Bucks., with its mate on Thursday afternoon. But it suddenly decided to take flight, before ploughing through the windscreen of a passing BMW...
This stunning image shows water vapour streaming from the wings of an aircraft as it comes in to land on one of the largest runways in the country. The enormous cargo plane created swirls in the sky as it touched down on the tarmac at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire,...