Angela Lloyd

Slave For 25 Years

A vulnerable woman kept as a house slave for 25 years by a mother-of-ten was failed by social services, a neighbour has said today. A woman living next to Amanda Wixon, who yesterday was convicted of a ‘Dickensian’ decades-long campaign of abuse and false imprisonment, said she repeatedly rang authorities over concerns for the malnourishedContinue reading “Slave For 25 Years”

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Emma Thompson Says School Meals Are Unhealthy

Dame Emma Thompson has sparked a backlash after hitting out at ‘unhealthy’ school dinners in a new campaign video. The Love Actually star, 66, has narrated a new film criticising heads and the Government over ‘ultra-processed food’ (UPF) in schools. Dame Emma’s intervention comes 20 years after chef Jamie Oliver launched his own crusade against ‘Turkey Twizzlers’ and other processed foodContinue reading “Emma Thompson Says School Meals Are Unhealthy”

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‘Animalistic’ Rape By Failed Asylum Seeker

A failed asylum seeker who raped a woman in her own home while he was staying at a taxpayer-funded hotel has been imprisoned for seven years. Chret Callender, 28, turned up intoxicated at the victim’s residence and forced himself on her and ‘carried on regardless’ when she told him no. The young woman was wise enough toContinue reading “‘Animalistic’ Rape By Failed Asylum Seeker”

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One In Four School Starters Is Still In Nappies Due To Parents Who Think Toilet Training Is Not Their Job

One in four children starting reception are not toilet trained, and the same proportion cannot eat independently, a new survey suggests. An annual poll of 1,000 primary school teachers saw a rise in children failing to learn the fundamental skills they need for school. On average, teachers spend an hour and a half every dayContinue reading “One In Four School Starters Is Still In Nappies Due To Parents Who Think Toilet Training Is Not Their Job”

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Absolutely Furious

The housing crisis in Britain is very personal to Roger Lucas, who owns a vintage scooter business in Margate. The businessman’s sister has been stuck on a council housing waiting list for more than two years. So when he heard of a plan to use taxpayer funds to convert local properties into temporary accommodation for asylumContinue reading “Absolutely Furious”

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Cannabis Is Being Used To Treat Depression And Anxiety

Thousands of Britons are being prescribed super-strength cannabis for anxiety and depression. Despite experts warning of the dangers, private clinics are giving it out after only one video consultation and boast the powerful drug can be ‘delivered directly to the patient’s door via a next-day service’. Amid an epidemic of cannabis use on our streets, aContinue reading “Cannabis Is Being Used To Treat Depression And Anxiety”

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First Boat Strike Has Been Reported

Pentagon ‘used top-secret disguised plane’ to attack drug boat… but its appearance means America may have committed a ‘war crime’, retired major general claims The first deadly US strike on an alleged narcoterrorist boat in the Caribbean was reportedly launched by a military plane disguised as a civilian aircraft in what one expert labelled a ‘war crime.’Continue reading “First Boat Strike Has Been Reported”

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Suspect In Connection With Synagogue Fire

Surveillance footage has been released of the moments before a man set Mississippi’s largest synagogue ablaze in an antisemitic attack. Stephen Pittman, 19, was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive. In footage shot in the middle of the night, Pittman can be seen emptying a can of gasoline allContinue reading “Suspect In Connection With Synagogue Fire”

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A Question Disabled People Dread On Dates

As a disabled person myself, I no longer go on dates because I just know what I will ultimately get asked, and not only do I get asked, men are so blunt about it when they do ask, and this is the most common question asked. My stomach used to roll because I knew thatContinue reading “A Question Disabled People Dread On Dates”

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The UK Is Developing 200kg Nightfall Missiles For Ukraine

Britain is set to ‘put leading-edge weapons into the hands of Ukrainians’ with powerful long-range ballistic rockets that can destroy Russian targets more than 300 miles away. Nightfall rockets – which are packed with 200kg warheads, can be fired in rapid succession and reach as far as Moscow – could prove a valuable asset in Volodymyr Zelensky’s continued fightContinue reading “The UK Is Developing 200kg Nightfall Missiles For Ukraine”