Britain is said to have the most closely watched nation in the world when it comes to closed-circuit television systems. In 2013, it was estimated that four to six million CCTV cameras were filming the nation, and in London, the public can expect to be caught up to 300 times a day on camera. We areContinue reading “They’re Watching You!”
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Dressed Up As A Nurse To Sell Drugs During The COVID Pandemic
A Polish crook who pretended to be a nurse to deal drugs during the Covid pandemic has avoided deportation after a judge ruled her offences were not serious enough. Urszula Kareme impersonated an NHS ‘key worker’ to evade detection in her role with an organised crime group that traded large quantities of cocaine, heroin and cannabis in lockdown. When policeContinue reading “Dressed Up As A Nurse To Sell Drugs During The COVID Pandemic”
‘Home Office Doesn’t Know How Many Foreign Workers Work Illegally After Visas Expire’
The Home Office fails to collect ‘basic information’ on foreign workers including whether they carry on working illegally in the UK at the end of their visas, MPs have warned. The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found the department ‘does not know’ how many foreign visa holders leave the country when they are supposed to. A damningContinue reading “‘Home Office Doesn’t Know How Many Foreign Workers Work Illegally After Visas Expire’”
Cuts To PIP Update As Officials Respond To Calls To Exclude Those Who ‘Cannot Work’
Calls for people with disabilities who ‘cannot work’ to be excluded from any benefits cuts have been given a major update after an official response from the Department for Work and Pensions. Millions of people on benefits are living in fear of changes set to come in November 2026. Eligibility requirements would be tightened toContinue reading “Cuts To PIP Update As Officials Respond To Calls To Exclude Those Who ‘Cannot Work’”
Doctor, Who Inspired The ITV Show Starring Joanne Froggatt, Reveals A&E Reality
A top palliative care doctor has revealed how she has to speak to dying patients on trollies without even a curtain for privacy as she lamented the ‘broken’ NHS. Dr Rachel Clarke admitted she ‘can’t really exaggerate how grim and crisis-laden conditions are’ and described conditions in A&E wards in Britain as ‘Dickensian’. Speaking to Andy CoulsonContinue reading “Doctor, Who Inspired The ITV Show Starring Joanne Froggatt, Reveals A&E Reality”
Inadequate NHS Care Revealed
Nurses at an NHS Accident and Emergency Department have been caught on film laughing about how they weren’t hitting targets after they admitted one of their patients had already waited 46 hours for care. A Channel 4 Dispatches reporter went undercover as a trainee healthcare assistant at the A&E department of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital,Continue reading “Inadequate NHS Care Revealed”
The ‘Spiralling’ Benefits Bill Is Unsustainable, Warns Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak unveiled a ‘moral mission’ to get Brits off benefits today as he warned that numbers out of the workforce are ‘unsustainable’ and ‘tragic’. In a major speech drawing dividing lines for the election, the PM pledged to crack down on the country’s ‘sick note culture’, insisting normal ‘life worries’ are not a reason to be signed off. HeContinue reading “The ‘Spiralling’ Benefits Bill Is Unsustainable, Warns Rishi Sunak “
When Stranded In Australia, A Social Housing Tenant Claims His One-Bed Home Was Illegally Sublet
A social housing tenant is suing Clarion Housing Association for £1 million in damages, claiming that one of their housing officers illegally sublet his home when he was stranded in Australia at the start of the pandemic. After returning to his Chelsea, south-west London property, 43-year-old Fillippe Scalora claims he discovered someone had been sleepingContinue reading “When Stranded In Australia, A Social Housing Tenant Claims His One-Bed Home Was Illegally Sublet”
As GCSE Marks Fall by 4.3 Per Cent, Passes Return To Pre-Covid Levels
The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has dropped from last year but is higher than before the pandemic, while students in England were left worse off than those in Wales and Northern Ireland where grade inflation was retained. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers received their GCSE results today in a year when stepsContinue reading “As GCSE Marks Fall by 4.3 Per Cent, Passes Return To Pre-Covid Levels”
NHS Flu Jabs And Boosters To Be Scrapped For 12 Million
Free COVID boosters and flu jabs will be axed for middle-aged Brits this winter. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued its NHS guidance saying that COVID-19 top-up jabs from autumn will no longer be offered to otherwise healthy people aged 50 to 64. Similar advice had already been published for flu, meaningContinue reading “NHS Flu Jabs And Boosters To Be Scrapped For 12 Million”
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