‘The loneliness of not being able to go see people and having a chronic illness is very overwhelming. It’s not just the physical pain – it’s psychological and emotional’ Via: 'I didn't want to live': Disabled woman reveals physical and mental struggle of living without a wheelchair
‘Nobody in Britain voted for the return to a golden age of smuggling’ Via: Brexit: Smugglers could dodge up to £1bn in import tariffs under Theresa May's plans, campaigners warn
Ministers have been accused of slipping an eight-week consultation on dramatic reforms ‘through the back door’ Via: Private probation companies given extra £170m as government scraps 'catastrophic' contracts
People diagnosed with terminal illness or recovering from surgery or injury are becoming isolated or confined to homes due to lack of mobility aid provision, report warns Via: Millions of injured and unwell may be 'trapped in their homes' because they cannot get a wheelchair, says Red Cross
Bailout totalling £500m criticised as justice secretary consults on new schemeThe monitoring of offenders in the community faces another shake-up after disastrous reforms introduced by Chris Grayling forced the government to bail out failing private probation companies by more than half a billion pounds.David Gauke, the justice secretary, has announced Read more
Take back control, urges public health body, as it encourages people to abstain or cut downWe’ve got Dry January for anyone tempted to try alcohol abstinence and Stoptober for smokers who want to quit. Now, Scroll Free September will target the use of social media.The Royal Society for Public Health, Read more
Research by the British Red Cross suggests 4 million people miss out due to UK-wide shortagesMore than 4 million people a year have been denied the use of a wheelchair despite needing one after breaking a leg or having surgery, the British Red Cross has claimed.While those who needed a Read more
Shares climb following results that were twice what analysts expected, as revenue grows 39% to $53bnAmazon posted a record profit of $2.5bn in the second quarter of 2018, thanks to strong performance by the retail giant’s non-retail divisions – advertising and cloud-computing, the company announced Thursday, The favorable profit results, Read more
Sajid Javid had initially decided to waive Britain’s usual position of demanding assurances that capital punishment would not be applied Via: Home Office suspends cooperation with US over two Isis 'Beatles' who could face death penalty
Zuckerberg’s net worth went from $82.4billion to $63.6billion on Wednesday. The Facebook CEO woke up as the fourth richest person in the world, but is now only the eighth. Via: Mark Zuckerberg loses .8 billion as Facebook shares plummet