British Gas owner Centrica’s skyrocketing profits have been branded ‘indefensible’ as UK households continue to encounter high energy bills and cost of living pressures. The energy giant revealed that earnings at its retail supplier business soared by almost 900 per cent as it was handed a price cap boost of about £500 million. Centrica saidContinue reading “Profits Surge Nearly 900 Per Cent At British Gas”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
‘Ghost Children’ Who Quit School After COVID
A think tank study has warned that a ‘tidal wave of youth crime’ will hit Britain if action isn’t taken to reverse a post-COVID surge in school absence. The Centre for Social Justice has identified a generation of ‘ghost children’, those who are set to be persistently absent in their last year of school ifContinue reading “‘Ghost Children’ Who Quit School After COVID”
It Wasn’t Until His Children Were 10 That Sir Keir Starmer Let Them Eat Meat
Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he didn’t let his children eat meat until they were 10 years old. The Labour leader, a pescatarian, said he and his vegetarian wife Victoria didn’t have meat or fish in the house when they were raising their son and daughter. At the age of about 10 years old, theyContinue reading “It Wasn’t Until His Children Were 10 That Sir Keir Starmer Let Them Eat Meat”
RIP Sinead O’Connor, A Fearless And Vulnerable Woman
Those tears, those two tears that ran down her cheeks, signalled the arrival on the world stage, not just of a singer but of an artist, a woman whose whole life experience was funnelled into her songs. We don’t know what or who Sinead O’Connor was thinking of when we watched the video of NothingContinue reading “RIP Sinead O’Connor, A Fearless And Vulnerable Woman”
Are You Paying A Premium For Your Essentials?
It was revealed that supermarkets are charging up to 100 per cent more than competitors for the same item from Mr Kipling cakes to Pizza Express pizzas. Other products found to have large price differences between retailers, such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda, include Nescafe coffee jars and Cadbury mini rolls. The data puts theContinue reading “Are You Paying A Premium For Your Essentials?”
Joanna Toole’s Father Celebrates A Historic Victory Four Years After She And Six Other British Passengers Died On Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
From early childhood, Joanna Toole enjoyed keeping rats in the bedroom of her home in Exmouth, Devon. She said they were extremely intelligent and made good pets. Other animals she kept included hamsters, a rabbit, two giant African land snails and pigeons, which she trained to fly home. At secondary school, she discovered some boysContinue reading “Joanna Toole’s Father Celebrates A Historic Victory Four Years After She And Six Other British Passengers Died On Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302”
A Total Of 600 Burglaries Occur Every Day That Remain Unsolved
It’s been claimed that almost 600 burglaries are going unsolved every day. Analysis of Home Office figures by the Liberal Democrats revealed that some 213,279 police inquiries into break-ins were closed last year without a suspect being identified. According to the Lib Dems, this amounts to 76.8 per cent of all cases across England andContinue reading “A Total Of 600 Burglaries Occur Every Day That Remain Unsolved”
British Banks’ Privacy Policies Provide Them With The Ability To Monitor Customers’ Social Media Activities
The UK’s largest banks were compared to ‘communist China’ after it emerged their privacy policies permit them to monitor customers’ social media. The four biggest high street lenders, NatWest, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC and Barclays have all declined to deny that they keep track of users’ activity. The disclosure came days after leading Brexiteer NigelContinue reading “British Banks’ Privacy Policies Provide Them With The Ability To Monitor Customers’ Social Media Activities”
Massive Multi-Agency Response To 911 Call From Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard Estate
A frantic search has been launched after a paddleboarder went missing in the water off Martha’s Vineyard, near Barack Obama’s sprawling $12 million estate. The man, 43, vanished while he was out on the water in the vicinity of Turkeyland Cove with another paddleboarder, and a joint agency search was underway at Edgartown Great PondContinue reading “Massive Multi-Agency Response To 911 Call From Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard Estate”
Twitter Rebrands As X: Elon Musk Ditches The Bird Logo
Elon Musk has revealed that Twitter has ditched its bird logo and rebranded with the name X in the latest controversial shake-up of the social media company under his ownership. Tweeting the image of the company’s new insignia, a white X on a black background, late Sunday night, Twitter’s new chief executive Linda Yaccarino said:Continue reading “Twitter Rebrands As X: Elon Musk Ditches The Bird Logo”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 