Hundreds of thousands of households across Britain experiencing acute forms of homelessness, in what critics have described as a 'national scandal' Via: Homelessness set to rise by three-quarters in next decade amid soaring levels of rough sleeping
'They knew we had nowhere to go. I asked where are we going to sleep? I felt like I had done something wrong,' says destitute mother-of-three Via: 'I felt like my life was being taken away': Homeless mother threatened with having children removed
Pyongyang says it will launch four missiles into waters ‘30-40km’ off US territory in clear attempt to goad the US presidentNorth Korea has defied threats of “fire and fury” from Donald Trump, deriding his warning as a “load of nonsense” and announcing a detailed plan to launch missiles aimed at Read more…
• American unlikely winner after Miller-Uibo pulls up on the home straight• Miller-Uibo looked to have strained a muscle in her right legShaunae Miller-Uibo has a propensity for producing dramatic finishes to 400m finals. At the Rio Olympics it was a controversial dive over the line to take gold and Read more…
A new trade analysis reveals the scale of Britain’s role in the international ivory tradeBritain was the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory between 2010 and 2015, a breakdown of records held by the Convention on international trade in endangered species (Cites) has revealed.Not only did the UK export more Read more…
Sutton Trust poll reveals increasing numbers of young people say they are not interested in going on to higher education, fuelling concerns over rising costs and a decline in social mobility Via: Number of young people planning to go to university falls to lowest level in eight years
Between 2010 and 2015 more than 36,000 legal ivory items were exported from the UK Via: The UK is world's largest legal ivory exporter, experts warn
Measures to ‘make tourism more sustainable’ include the mandatory obtention of a licence to run an Airbnb from your homeBritish tourists are set to find trips to Mallorca and Ibiza more expensive as a law placing a cap on the number of hotel beds and stricter rules governing holiday rentals Read more…
The amount of land up for disposal has doubled – triggering Labour accusations of desperate measures to plug a big hole in NHS finances Via: Tories accused of secret 'fire sale' of hospital land to bail out cash-strapped NHS
Police paid a convicted child rapist almost £10,000 to spy on "sex parties" as part of an investigation into a grooming gang in north-east England, it has emerged. Via: Police paid convicted child rapist almost £10,000 to spy on 'sex parties' as part of grooming investigation