55 m. ago Reason benefit cheat mum dodged jail despite lying to DWP about being single parent

Jemma Forsythe was caught out after she and husband Alan posted pictures of themselves on holiday - and so the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) discovered her deceit

Society

15 h. ago The holiday photo that unravelled married couple's £50,000 single parent con

Alan Forsythe, 37, and wife Jemma, 36, created an elaborate scheme in which they ripped off the British taxpayers out of thousands of pounds.

Economics

16 h. ago Married couple caught in £50,000 benefits scam after posting holiday photos online

The pair claimed they were single parents between 2019 and 2023 before their snaps went on social media

Economics

18 h. ago DWP were told married couple had split up, then they saw their holiday pictures

The married couple conned their way to more than £50,000 in DWP benefits they weren't entitled to

Politics

1 week ago Kat Sadler on tackling mental illness in Such Brave Girls: ‘I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable’

The self-deprecating writer and star of BBC Three’s darkest comedy talks to Isobel Lewis about how the single-parent family at the centre of her Bafta-winning show is inspired by life with her own sister and mum – and why she wanted to show serious mental health issues on screen, ‘bones and all’

Politics

4 w. ago A bold image of motherhood – using a prosthetic belly: Gabriel Moses’ best photograph

‘My sister used to have all these fashion posters in her bedroom – Nick Wright photographs, pictures of Naomi Campbell. Those references have become important in my work’I was raised in a single-parent household by my mum and we’re very close. She is a nurse, but she also did a lot of flower-arranging. I would often go to hang around the florists with her and her arrangements were always around the house. When I was a kid she was also a Sunday school teacher and would run arts and crafts workshops at church. I think I began to appreciate colour, how to match things, and develop taste, from there. My sister also studied fashion – and I was always in her bedroom as that’s where I would go to watch TV. She would have all these posters from Dazed and Vogue, Nick Knight photographs, pictures of Naomi Campbell. I thought it was rubbish at the time, but in hindsight I can understand how those references have become important.This image was the cover of my book, Regina, which was a massive ...

Culture