1 week ago Families of men 'cooked to death' in giant oven reveal compensation sum 27 years later

David Mayes, 47, and Ian Erickson, 44, died after entering an industrial oven with temperatures of 100C to carry out repairs at the Harvestime factory, Leicester, in 1998

Society

1 week ago Families of two workmen who were 'cooked to death' in a bread oven reveal heartbreaking aftermath of tragedy and how much compensation they were given by bakery

The tragedy at Fresha Bakeries in Thurmaston, Leicestershire sent shockwaves through the local community and beyond when the full horror of their gruesome deaths emerged in court.

Society

2 w. ago British taxpayers are spending £99million teaching families in Africa and Asia to cook using electricity

More than £55million has already been paid out under the aid programme that aims to improve the environment by persuading countries to move from polluting firewood and charcoal.

Economics

3 w. ago ‘Baby jails’ and first steps behind bars: Trump’s immigration agenda embraces family detention again

As the US ramps up enforcement, scenes of family separation and despair from Trump’s first term are repeatedThe United States has resumed placing immigrant families in detention, re-embracing harrowing operations where scenes unfold such as toddlers learning to walk under the supervision of private prison corporations and children marking their birthdays at government facilities they can’t leave.If the Obama and first Trump administrations are anything to go by, parents will have to watch their little ones go hungry without familiar foods, the kinds families cook if their children aren’t stuck in so-called “baby jails”. Continue reading...

Politics

last month Stunned family comes within inches of certain death when giant tree crashes down seconds after they walked by it

Ben and Shelly Kerstein, who were walking with a relative in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, branded their escape a miracle after they managed to dodge the tumbling tree.

Events

last month Miraculous moment family comes within inches of certain death when giant tree comes crashing down seconds after they walked by it

Ben and Shelly Kerstein, who were walking with a relative in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, branded their escape a miracle after they managed to dodge the tumbling tree.

Events