The National Children’s Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents among youngsters in… Continue reading
Hundreds of endangered monkeys are being taken from the African bush and sent to a “secretive” laboratory in Iran for scientific experiments.
An undercover inquiry by The Sunday Times has revealed that wild monkeys… Continue reading
A Down’s syndrome man and Special Olympics champion who has been working for free for years is now being charged a fee to wash councillors’ dishes.
Virgil Taylor has been helping to wash up… Continue reading
The average price for diesel will top £6 a gallon this weekend, it is feared.
As oil prices on international markets rose again, motoring groups issued a fresh warning over the cost of… Continue reading
Fuel rationing has been introduced in parts of Britain as the impact of the Shell tankers drivers’ strike intensifies.
The slums of Jakarta, Indonesia’s giant, sprawling capital, are among the largest in Asia. In their shacks clustered around teeming alleys, millions of people endure grinding hardship of a kind that few in the rich… Continue reading
Petrol pumps began running dry within hours of the start of the tanker drivers’ strike - and up to 1,000 filling stations could be without fuel by next week, experts have warned.
‘Sold out’… Continue reading
Crucial talks aimed at averting a strike by hundreds of tanker drivers were held today amid signs some drivers were panic-buying petrol.
As long trails of cars formed on garage forecourts, industry insiders predicted… Continue reading
They’re hardly the most attractive or classy addition to the exterior of a home.
So designers have come up with a satellite dish that’s less likely to incur the disapproving glances of the neighbours.… Continue reading
The oil giant ExxonMobil has admitted that its support for lobby groups that question the science of climate change may have hindered action to tackle global warming. In its corporate citizenship report, released last week… Continue reading
Families are furious about plans by a council’s bin police to question them about their medical history.
Officials in Plymouth, Devon, are to send a questionnaire to every household asking them to give intimate… Continue reading
A businessman who was almost beaten to death by three crowbar-wielding burglars claims police haven’t carried out DNA tests to identify his attackers – because they can’t afford to pay for them.
IT… Continue reading
Households are being overcharged by more than £400 a year for gas and electricity because power companies are fixing prices, it is claimed.
The official consumer body Energywatch says the power supply industry in Britain and… Continue reading