The local council has prohibited a bar owner who gave patrons rides home in his black taxi from continuing to do so. Paul Hartfield, who owns the Flying Horse in Smarden in Ashford, Kent, has raised hundreds of pounds for charity by inviting customers to make small donations to the Motor Neurone Disease Association forContinue reading “Taxi Driver Dropping Off Merry Punters For Donations”
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Britain Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Asylum Seekers
Huddled inside their cramped three-bed terrace, Gemma Grafton and Lee Stevenson are battling a silent fight that millions of struggling British families will identify with. Lee, 46, works whenever he can, scraping by on a minimum-wage handyman job with hours that rise and fall without notice. Mother-of-three Gemma, 41, wants to work too – sheContinue reading “Britain Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Asylum Seekers”
Families Brace For Rising Costs Of Living
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”