[ This traditional seaside town dates to 1792 and, by the early 1800s, it was a fashionable resort. There are reminders of its 19th century heyday, including its iron pier (which has been closed since 2022, following extreme weather), the second-longest in Britain, the Grade II listed Wayfarers Arcade and the Victoria Baths building on … Read more
[ Ministers have still not met the author of the damning report into Waspi state pensions, six weeks after it was published, it has emerged. A report by the Parliamentary and Health Service ombudsman in March found that the Department for Work and Pensions was guilty of maladministration by failing to inform women born in … Read more
[ Ministers are considering replacing Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) with a new six-tier system of disability benefits that would see many recipients receiving less money than now. A Government green paper on replacing PIPs proposes offering benefits to people according to their individual condition and specific needs. The tier system would be based on a … Read more
[ A major rescue operation took place after a small boat believed to be carrying around 50 refugees ran aground on a sandbank in the English Channel off the Kent coast. Coastguard helicopter rescue teams and RNLI lifeboats were involved in the rescue mission which unfolded on Goodwin Sands off the Deal coast. The rescuers … Read more
[ GUA MUSANG: English proficiency among pupils, including the Orang Asli, is at a satisfactory level, and will be further improved through digital reading materials, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek. The Enhancing Reading Through Digital Text (ERDT) materials under the Literacy For Orang Asli and Native Students programme, will further strengthen their English proficiency, she … Read more
[ Women angry over major changes to the state pension age have warned Britain’s politicians that they are ready to make compensation one of the single biggest issues at the general election. The Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaign has vowed to put pressure on every single election candidate to commit to an “adequate” … Read more
[ Private schools are making a comeback, particularly in bigger towns. The trend of affluent parents sending their children to such schools has now caught on with the middle class. Those who cannot afford to send their children to international schools are sending them to private schools as they are more affordable. The main reason … Read more
[ Senior MPs have urged the Government to hold an urgent vote on compensation for women who say they lost out financially because of changes to the state pension. Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaigners are furious that both the Conservatives and Labour have refused to commit to compensation, despite last month’s damning report … Read more
[ Biba was much more than a department store: it was a cultural phenomenon. Started by fashion illustrator-turned-designer Barbara Hulanicki and her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon, between 1963 and 1974 Biba rose from cheap and cheerful mail order to become a glamorous multi-storey concept store selling everything from bikinis to baked beans. Anyone with a passing … Read more
[ Michael Ball performs at Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo in March 2024 (Photo by Robin Little/Redferns) Michael Ball has just been announced as the new host of Radio 2’s Sunday Love Songs programme, and that sound that the more attuned amongst us might have picked up on over these last couple of hours is likely to … Read more
