Families will encounter a cost of living double whammy with an energy cap increase adding hundreds of pounds to bills alongside a new hike in interest rates. Energy regulator Ofgem is bringing forward what’s expected to be a crippling rise in gas bills for millions of households from Monday to Thursday. The new level willContinue reading “Families Brace For Rising Costs Of Living”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Pregnant Women Being Asked If They’re Returning To Work Before Maternity Leave IS Discriminatory
And employment tribunal has ruled that asking a pregnant woman whether she’s coming back to work before she goes on maternity leave is discrimination. Laura Jo Duffy, who worked as a PA at Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust in North London, successfully sued the health service after her boss nodded towards herContinue reading “Pregnant Women Being Asked If They’re Returning To Work Before Maternity Leave IS Discriminatory”
A Police Guard Is Assigned To A 34-Year-Old French Journalist
A French reporter has been given police protection after fronting a documentary about the impact of radical Islam on an impoverished town in the north of the country. Ophélie Meunier, 34, has received death threats in the wake of the documentary Zone Interdite, or ‘Restricted Zone – that aired in France on January 23 lookingContinue reading “A Police Guard Is Assigned To A 34-Year-Old French Journalist”
PPE Items Worth £2.7 Billion Ordered To Help NHS Staff Fight COVID Will Be Disposed Of
A minister has revealed that almost five billion items of NHS personal protective equipment worth £2.7 billion will go to waste. Health minister Edward Argar revealed more than 36.4 billion items were ordered by the Government’s PPE programme since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, and he said, of this, about 3.4 billionContinue reading “PPE Items Worth £2.7 Billion Ordered To Help NHS Staff Fight COVID Will Be Disposed Of”
The Family Of A 16-Year-Old Girl Who Committed Suicide After Being Mercilessly Bullied
The family of a 16-year-old girl who killed herself after being mercilessly bullied have launched landmark legal action against her school and the police. Lauren Lelonek died at home in 2016 following years of abuse, including three physical attacks and threats over social media. In a claim submitted to the High Court, her parents accuseContinue reading “The Family Of A 16-Year-Old Girl Who Committed Suicide After Being Mercilessly Bullied”
A Female Gardener Was Reprimanded By Prince Andrew For Wrongly Cutting Trees
Prince Andrew shouted at a female gardener over incorrectly cut trees just days after he was served with a sex case writ from Virginia Roberts. Virginia Roberts claims in a civil suit that she was trafficked by paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and forced to have sex with Andrew, 61, on three occasions when she wasContinue reading “A Female Gardener Was Reprimanded By Prince Andrew For Wrongly Cutting Trees”
A Knifeman Stabs A Boy, 17, And A Man, 21
A 17-year-old man has been arrested after two men were killed and a third injured in a stabbing in Doncaster town centre in the early hours of Saturday morning. South Yorkshire Police were summoned to the location near to a pub called ‘Biscuit Billy’s on Silver Street at 02:39, where a 21-year-old man was pronouncedContinue reading “A Knifeman Stabs A Boy, 17, And A Man, 21”
In The Beginning, There Was Partygate, Now There’s Cakegate
Partygate chaos was exacerbated after Boris Johnson told allies there was no cake at his birthday gathering in No 10, despite ministers earlier acknowledging there had been. Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns was previously mocked for declaring that the Prime Minister had been ambushed with a cake at a surprise birthday celebration in the CabinetContinue reading “In The Beginning, There Was Partygate, Now There’s Cakegate”
Today Is Freedom (From Masks) Day!
Large numbers of shoppers and commuters have continued wearing masks despite a rift of COVID curbs in England including face coverings and vaccine passports being scrapped. Supermarkets and public transport operators are still demanding customers do the right thing and cover their faces despite COVID cases, hospitalisations and deaths all falling in the past 24Continue reading “Today Is Freedom (From Masks) Day!”
Liz Truss Says The United Kingdom May Join The US
Liz Truss today indicated that the United Kingdom could follow the US and hit Vladimir Putin with personal economic embargoes if Russia invades Ukraine as the Foreign Secretary declared she will visit the country next week. US President Joe Biden said that direct action could be taken against Vladimir Putin if he gives the greenContinue reading “Liz Truss Says The United Kingdom May Join The US”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 