‘There are a number of people participating in survival sex so they can feed their families or prevent loan sharks with baseball bats coming round to enforce debts,’ says Frank Field Via: Women doing sex work to survive due to roll-out of universal credit, MPs fear
At its best, social work can break cycles of crisis, and help people change their lives and communitiesGuardian Jobs: see the latest vacancies in social care Too often, social services are designed as rotating doors. They focus on individuals in crisis who, when the symptoms of the emergency have eased, Read more
Study says women aged 50-69 most likely to benefit, while those aged 70-79 will gain leastDeath rates from breast cancer are falling faster in Britain than in any other of the six most populous countries in Europe, research shows.The rate of death from the disease has fallen by 17.7% since Read more
UK ‘risks losing some of our brightest minds to other countries’, campaigners say Via: Academics doing 'life-changing' research could lose EU funding in no-deal Brexit, universities warn
Bill Giles calls on broadcasters to add slot explaining humans’ impact on climateThe veteran weatherman Bill Giles is calling on the BBC and other major broadcasters to radically overhaul their forecasts to incorporate information about climate change.The former head of BBC weather presenters has said more needs to be done Read more
Committee’s report on live music industry also criticises Google for promoting websiteA committee of MPs has taken the highly unusual step of urging consumers to boycott the ticket resale firm Viagogo, criticising Google for promoting the website and calling for a review of laws against ticket touting.In a report on Read more
Kyle Catmull, 21, was confronted by a member of ‘TRAP’ when he went to meet what he thought was a girl, aged 15, for sex in Fareham, Hampshire. Via: Royal Navy sailor, 21, caught out by paedophile hunters
The 10.5-inch iPad Air and 7.9-inch iPad mini 5 are now available to pre-order for £399 and £479, respectively. It comes after the firm’s store crashed. Via: Apple unveils a 10.5-inch iPad Air and a iPad mini 5
A pigeon was seen inside Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow last Thursday. A 10-year-old boy and 73-year-old woman died at the hospital after contracting infections. Via: Pregnant mother films PIGEON flying inside maternity ward at scandal-hit £1bn 'super-hospital'
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Paul McGregor, 55, suffered injuries to his face and body and needed dozens of stitches, after he was attacked at his home Glasgow, Scotland. Via: Vulnerable man who 'wouldn't hurt a fly' refuses to return to home where he was knife attack victim