Travel passes for the over-60s are still in abundance. Should it be, even for the rich? Why not? We don’t get much for free while we’re here on Earth, but I’m not sure if it should be given to everyone. But those who are on a low income should be allowed a free pass. TheContinue reading “Londoners Over 60: Scrap Free Travel?”
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A Dentist Gave NHS Patients An Ultimatum
Patients who queued for hours to get their dental care on the NHS were forced to pay for a hygienist appointment before being allowed to register, a BBC investigation has revealed. Prospective patients said they were handed an ‘ultimatum’, which saw hundreds pay £69 to sign up, despite policies stating that a healthcare provider cannot refuse an NHSContinue reading “A Dentist Gave NHS Patients An Ultimatum”
Jailed Over Russian Bribes
Russia is seeking to bribe Britain’s MPs to undermine our democracy, police warned today, as the former head of the Reform UK party in Wales was jailed for taking cash to back Putin’s allies. Nathan Gill was imprisoned for over 10 years today after receiving tens of thousands of pounds in bribes to give speeches, interviews, andContinue reading “Jailed Over Russian Bribes”
ONE OUT, HUNDREDS IN
Channel people smuggler warns 2,000 asylum seekers could be sent to Britain EVERY DAY using larger vessels in an industry now worth ‘hundreds of millions’ Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘one-in, one-out scheme’ has no likelihood of discouraging Channel migrants unless it is significantly scaled up, it was claimed today. The second migrant was successfully exiled to France as partContinue reading “ONE OUT, HUNDREDS IN”
Tube Strikes Begin Today With Limited Service Ahead Of TOTAL Shutdown At 6 pm
Britain’s largest city has been plunged into transport disarray as Tube employees begin their first full-scale strike since 2023. London Underground staff have begun striking this morning in an RMT-led dispute over pay and conditions, which will see the city’s major method of transport grind to a halt over the coming week. The union had demanded thatContinue reading “Tube Strikes Begin Today With Limited Service Ahead Of TOTAL Shutdown At 6 pm”
Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes
Residents living in the shadow of a cemetery where developers want to construct luxury homes over dead bodies have blamed their council of ‘taking them for fools’ after it emerged a full exhumation did not take place as promised. Calls are mounting to stop the council’s plans to build 20 homes over 11 ‘sacred’ gravestones, includingContinue reading “Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes”
First-Ever NHS Rich List Scandal
Hundreds of NHS executives are earning more than the Prime Minister, according to a report. Despite failing to reduce waiting lists, nearly 1,700 fat-cat bureaucrats at NHS trusts were each given more than £100,000 a year. With record sums already being poured in by taxpayers, the first-ever NHS Rich List found that 512 managers banked salariesContinue reading “First-Ever NHS Rich List Scandal”
Locals Fume After Labour Reopens Migrant Hotel
Locals living in a lush Essex town have been left seething after a migrant hotel reopened. A hotel in Epping will house asylum seekers yet again, as Labour reopened the accommodation site after the last Conservative Government closed it. Two locals who live in the same street as the hotel, alleged that in May 2022,Continue reading “Locals Fume After Labour Reopens Migrant Hotel”
Profitable Migrant Hotels
Two asylum seeker hotels just half a mile apart and majority owned by the same Israeli tycoon are believed to have raked in £100 million from UK taxpayers. The Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza in West Drayton, near London’s Heathrow airport, have accommodated migrants for more than four years, with 1,080 rooms between them. It is thought that asylum seekersContinue reading “Profitable Migrant Hotels”
STRANGER DANGER
There appears to be a number of teenagers who have gone missing in the UK recently. However, there are various reasons why these teenagers have gone missing. One of these reasons is trafficking by gangs, usually for prostitution, which is growing in the UK and other major destinations. One of the issues that is growingContinue reading “STRANGER DANGER”