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Fed up Southern passengers are considering chartering their own train to avoid another year of delays, cancellations and chaos. After a sorry year for the Southern rail franchise passengers are now looking to take matters in to their own hands by chartering a train to run from Redhill, Surrey, into London - a route that is among the most heavily affected. Sara Pont is on the committee for the Reigate, Redhill and District Rail Users' Association which met with the Train Chartering...

The PM, Theresa May, came under some harsh questioning by Jeremy Corbyn about the lack of funding for social care in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Now new statistics have revealed a postcode lottery on a decent standard of social care provision. Many Labour MPs are campaigning for the Tories to ensure that elderly people are given the dignity they deserve, in their final years, through increased funding. The Government is now allowing local authorities to increase council tax fees to...

The United States of America is now a little over a month away from Day One of its tangoed, toupee’d era under the man known as “The Donald”. Whether Donald Trump performs a volte-face on his more controversial pledges to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country, build that “wall” on the border with Mexico and deport millions of illegal immigrants remains to be established. How good or bad he will be as leader of the free world is to...

A knifeman reportedly shouted 'I want to kill a Muslim' before stabbing a fellow passenger on a train, it was claimed today. Terrified passengers fled as the attacker 'screamed' at other travellers asking them if they were Muslim before knifing his victim. He then reportedly chased onlookers around Forest Hill station, south east London, before fleeing the scene, but was caught by police soon after. Eyewitness Kastrati Met said: "The attacker all of suddenly started shouting 'who is Muslim, I...

FinTech brand Imperial FX have moved into the business sector and secured the number one position for sending money to the Middle East and South America. After merging with Brazilian brand BR Money in 2015 to become Imperial FX, they have re-branded and expanded their expertise internationally to offer some of the best business exchange rates on the market. Since growing their services globally and entering new regions, they have collated a team of professional, service-orientated money experts who have...

Figures show immigration is at a record high in the UK, but what do the numbers really show? The latest set of immigration statistics showed that 650,000 people came to Britain in the year to June, a record number for a 12-month period. That headline figure earned lots of attention across media outlets – but when you inspect the data further, what do the numbers actually show?   The UK immigration numbers broken down The 650,000 figure was made up...

Donald Trump is responsible for "election dysfunction" according to one sex worker who is blaming a droop in trade on the president elect and Brexit. Jasmine, 20, who charges £140 an hour to help fund her university degree, said she has seen around 300 clients since starting two years ago. But she says that has shrunk by two thirds to just one a week and she reckons the turn-off is due to the political turmoil of the past six months. Jasmine,...

A woman has been publicly shamed by a nightclub after her "racist" 3am Facebook rant about being barred by an 'olive-skinned' doorman backfired. Foul-mouthed Deborah Smith, 44, penned her abusive tirade after being refused entry to The Loft for being drunk. But instead of apologising the club, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, declared she was permanently barred with a caustic takedown. They described her as 'a dim racist' and shamed her further by asking if she would only be satisfied if they...

Blockbuster profits for squalid working conditions; that is the face of modern capitalism after pictures emerged of Amazon staff living in tents in freezing conditions close to one of its distribution centres. How is it, I ask, that a multi-billion pound company who pay a pitiful amount of tax are able to get away with also paying wages so low that people struggle to cover basic living costs? With in-work poverty becoming rife and social care being cut back at a dramatic rate...