Military charities say they are not coping with the increased demand for mental health support. Campaigners estimate that last year, at least 58 veterans took their own lives. The Ministry of Defence spends £22 million…
Image copyright Getty Images The UK food industry has threatened to stop co-operating with government policy consultations, saying it is busy trying to stave off the “catastrophic impact” of a no-deal Brexit. The warning came…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Moving in or moving out? A million more young adults in the UK are living with their parents than were two decades ago, research suggests. A quarter of 20-…
Image caption Under Northamptonshire County Council’s draft budget proposals for 2019-20, the authority will continue to manage 14 libraries and support five, but the remaining 17 will be community-led following protests at plans to close…
Image copyright Tictoc Image caption The US-style bar-shaped version of the drug is the form that is most commonly traded among teenagers – like this group, there are many counterfeit versions The coroner for Northern…
Pay for workers in their 30s is still 7% below the level at which it peaked before the 2008 banking crisis, research has suggested. The Resolution Foundation think tank said people who were in their…
Despite gloomy forecasts thousands of high street shops could close in 2019, Tony Wortley decided to start a French-style delicatessen in Wolverhampton. Since opening in September 2018, the 55-year-old former IT worker was filmed over…
More than two million people have left Venezuela since 2014, as political instability, food and medicine shortages, and hyper-inflation have made life increasingly difficult in the country. Now the UK may follow the US in…
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Image copyright Alamy So many people have experienced the annoyance of the little card on the doormat, saying: “Sorry we missed you.” According to consumer group Which?, 60% of those who ordered Christmas presents online…