More than half a MILLION Britons are waiting for a passport

More than half a MILLION Britons are waiting for a passport: 50,000 people have been waiting for over 10 weeks for a visa amid vast Covid backlog Thomas Greig said there were still 550,000 passport applications outstanding Some 50,000 of them have been…

Children in care being illegally housed in caravans and narrowboats

Children in care are being illegally housed in caravans and narrowboats: Damning report finds 12-year-old boy who was sent to a campsite for weeks is among vulnerable youngsters Councils are breaking the law by placing under-16s in unregistered care homes At least…

Mother stages NAKED protest about overgrown hedge on A358

‘I’ve trimmed my bush, now trim YOURS’: Mother forces council to take action by staging NAKED protest on A358 where ‘dangerously overgrown’ hedge has blocked her disabled daughter’s wheelchair for two years Jill White staged naked protest over ‘dangerously overgrown’ hedge on…

M3 crash: Man and woman dead and motorway closed in one direction at M25 junction after horror accident | The Sun

TWO people have died in a motorway horror smash after their car hit the central reservation. Emergency crews were scrambled to the M3 in Surrey at around 12.45am. The driver, 69, and his 67-year-old female passenger were sadly declared dead at the…

When pecuniary interest outweighs that of nature

Andrew DysonCredit:. It seems that, just as there are climate-change deniers who refuse to accept climate science regardless of its exhaustive research and peer review, there are those who refuse to accept science of similar veracity, from world-renowned authorities, on the dangers…

'Freelancing' politicians accused of lending votes in Tory leadership

What ARE Tory MPs doing? Truss lashes out at supporters of other would-be PMs as ‘freelancing’ politicians are accused of switching sides and campaigns of ‘lending’ votes to benefit weak opponents Conservative MPs will today choose final two candidates for Prime Minister …

British carer, 34, dies after falling from balcony in Turkey

British carer, 34, ‘with a heart of gold’ dies after falling from seventh-floor balcony while on holiday in Turkey Jenna Smith, 34, had been on holiday in Turkey for three weeks with friends She was looking to return home to the UK…