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A wheel-chair bound ex-dancer left crippled by bone and joint problems has said her benefits have been axed and she has been told go back to work. Jayde Chambers' promising dance career dramatically ended after she was diagnosed with multiple debilitating joint problems leaving her unable to move without a wheelchair and high doses of morphine. Jayde Chambers, 21. The 21-year-old suffers from multiple debilitating joint problems including hip dysplasia, twisted pelvis and thigh bones, torn cartilage in both of...

Animal rights activists in chicken masks cage themselves in supermarket trolleys Animal rights activists donned chicken masks and caged themselves in ASDA supermarket trolleys today to protest Noble Foods’ use of cages for hens. Oxford-based Noble Foods, the UK’s biggest egg company, produces over 60 million eggs a week and owns well-known brands such as The Happy Egg Co. and Big and Fresh. Drawing attention to the plight of these sensitive, intelligent animals, The Humane League UK staff and volunteers...

There's been a huge swing in Brexit sentiment over the past few months, a referendum tracker has revealed. The number of people who think we were wrong for voting for Brexit has jumped significantly while the number of people thinking the opposite has plummeted. Just 42 per cent now think we were right to leave the European Union, with 47 per cent saying we were wrong. That marks a 5 point split - the biggest gulf there has ever been....

Liam Fox has announced a new board of trade with just one member - himself. Announcing the board today the Department for International Trade said it would “ensure the benefits of free trade are spread throughout the UK”, naming more than a dozen advisers to the body including former ministers and business leaders. However, the Secretary of State for International Trade is the only official member of the board and would be its chair. To put that into context, a...

The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, head of the recently released Inquiry into Racial Disproportionality and the Criminal Justice System, was among leading speakers at the ‘Ubuntu* Police and Youth Engagement Symposium,’ hosted by the Tutu Foundation UK at the House of Lords on Tuesday 10th October. The event reviewed the interim findings of an external evaluation of the ‘Ubuntu* Police Youth Roundtable Project,’ an initiative aiming to diffuse tensions in high crime areas by encouraging positive dialogue between the...

A super headteacher of one of the best schools in the country says there are not enough top schools in deprived areas. Simon Elliott leads Forest Gate Community School in Forest Gate, Newham, an area with high levels of poverty and gang violence, which was today ranked the sixth best in the country. Last month, 14 year-old Corey Junior Davis was gunned down in broad daylight in what is thought to have been a gang related attack less than 50...

A controversial event to debate the idea of a 'Minister for Men' in Westminster flopped - after just SIX people showed up. Posters invited people to attend a meeting in Bath, Somerset, to discuss the notion that "men and boys have become second-class citizens". Organiser Swayne O'Pie switched the event from public to invite-only after the posters were defaced, sparking fears of angry protests. A hoax sign outside the meeting for the "Society to establish a Minister for Men" in...

Theresa May is clinging to power because she's the best of a bad bunch, it would seem. According to the latest odds Boris Johnson remains the favourite to replace the Prime Minister, leading the market in terms of bets placed accounting for 21.3 per cent of bets. Ruth Davidson, despite being 16/1, comes next in the market in terms of bets placed, accounting for 9.8 per cent of bets. Brexit Secretary David Davis is 5/1 and Home Secretary Amber Rudd is priced at 8/1, with...

A tiny planet that orbits the Sun beyond Neptune has a Saturn-style ring, it has been revealed. Astronomers say the discovery suggests the stunning bands made up of dust, rocks and ice are not as rare in our solar system as previously thought. They used observations from 12 ground-based telescopes across Europe to measure Haumea's size, shape and density with unprecedented accuracy. The mysterious icy world was only discovered in 2004. It's the first time a ring has been spotted...