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Poverty-stricken residents near the Dad's Army town are evoking the Blitz Spirit by donating tins of food to help their neighbours - because so many rely on food banks. Demand for food bank provisions on the south coast where the fictional town of Walmington-on-sea was set has seen a massive rise since last year. Food banks along the south coast have seen an 82 per cent increase in needy people coming through the doors since December. Charity Hastings Foodbank in...

The Office for National Statistics today released new zero hours contracts data. The data shows that women and young people are most affected by the contracts that do not guarantee any hours in a given week Women make up 58 per cent of those on zero hours contracts and 34 per cent of workers with no guaranteed hours are aged 16 to 24 – the largest age group However, the number of people on zero-hours contracts in the UK has fallen...

This is the moment police arrested and pinned a Parsons Green 'bucket bomb' suspect against the wall - after pretending to wait for a BUS. Onlookers said undercover counter-terrorism officers pretended to be waiting for a bus while the 21-year-old suspect walked past them in Hounslow, West London. They turned around, pounced and pinned him to the ground while an apparently confused friend he was with screamed it was "all a huge mix up". Footage shows him pinned to the...

African farmers from a remote village in northern Zambia have teamed up with the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to send a giant message to world leaders gathering in New York this week – invest more in agriculture if you want to end poverty and hunger by 2030. And to get their message the attention it deserves, the 16 farmers from Kasama, Zambia carved their case for investment into the very soil they farm, producing a giant “Field...

Currency is known to be one of the most volatile assets in the world, and many businesses must deal with the fluctuations of various exchange rates on a daily basis. These fluctuations can be significant, making it very difficult to predict how any given currency pairing will behave on any given day. Whilst those trading forex seek to take advantage of these fluctuations, they can present a variety of risks/challenges to businesses of all types, especially those which have dealings...

Staying up to date on the latest anti money laundering laws and processes is extremely important for any Finance or Banking professional. Anti Money Laundering Training can provide a cost effective and informative way of becoming an expert in these laws. Avoiding being involved in money laundering can save a business time, money, as well as any legal action. Learn From Industry Experts While the information for anti money laundering techniques does exist online, it can be very technical and...

The recent skyrocket in Bitcoin’s market value has caused there to be a great deal of speculation about how long lasting this success will be and whether it is just a matter of time before it sees a significant crash (as was the case on previous occasions). As Bitcoin is decentralised by nature, it is possible that it will perform differently than other currencies as it is not controlled by any company, government or a particular organisation. Bitcoin, the very...

Scotland is set to lose its longest-lasting patch of snow this weekend for the first time in over a decade -- an event which has happened only six times in the past 300 years. The patch at Garbh Choire Mor on Braeriach in the Cairngorms, nicknamed the Sphinx, may be gone as soon as this weekend. Iain Cameron, 44, monitors snow patches across Britain as a hobby and his findings are published by the Royal Meteorological Society. The last snow...

Britain's biggest fatberg weighing a whopping 130-tonnes is to be transformed into eco-friendly fuel - powering 350 double-decker buses for a entire day. The 250 metre-long congealed mass of fat, oil, gress wet wipes and nappies has been slowly been plugging Victorian sewers for years. Britain's biggest fatberg, which is more than twice the length of two football pitches, took an eight-strong crew using high-powered jet hoses to break up and dislodge the mass. The team has now transferred the...