British Isles
Thursday, 07 March 2013 18:53
Payday lenders told to improve by OFT
Payday loan firms have been told to change their behaviour after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) found evidence of ‘widespread irresponsible lending’. The OFT is giving the biggest 50 firms 12 weeks to change their…
Thursday, 07 March 2013 18:49
Child sex abuse: New policy and new inquiry
An overhaul of how police and prosecutors in England and Wales deal with alleged sexual offences against children is expected to be announced in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. Director of Public Prosecutions Keir…
Thursday, 07 March 2013 18:46
UK 'fares badly in European health league table'
The UK is lagging behind progress by similar countries on many indicators for ill-health, research suggests. Health data over 20 years was compared with figures from 18 other countries in the research published in the Lancet.…
Monday, 04 March 2013 15:57
A quarter of Brits don’t know their neighbour’s name
Perhaps the Queen had an inkling of how bad things were when she used her historic speech to Parliament last month to call on the nation to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee by being a good neighbour.…
Monday, 04 March 2013 15:54
NHS watchdog to tackle malnutrition in hospitals
The Department of Health is acting after reports that over 1,000 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals in past four years. The Sunday Express said figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that…
Monday, 04 March 2013 10:47
Police chaplain 'forced out after criticising gay marriage'
A police chaplain says he was forced out of his post after criticising the Government’s plans for gay marriage on his personal website, MPs have been told. Rev Brian Ross said he was summoned to a…