15 h. ago Young woman turning £15,000 'sunk' narrowboat into dream home to avoid 'mad' housing market

El Sutcliffe, a 27-year-old firefighter, was left with £15,000 after selling the home she bought with her ex-partner - but instead of buying a flat, she decided to buy a narrowboat

Economics

15 h. ago Woman wins £30,000 compensation for being compared to Darth Vader

Croydon employment tribunal rules NHS worker Lorna Rooke suffered workplace ‘detriment’Comparing someone at work to the Star Wars villain Darth Vader is “insulting” and “upsetting”, an employment tribunal has ruled.A judge concluded that being told you have the same personality type as the infamous sci-fi baddie is a workplace “detriment” – a legal term meaning harm or negative impact experienced by a person. Continue reading...

Economics

19 h. ago 'I escaped the mad housing market by turning a £15,000 sunken narrowboat into my home'

El, 27, says 'I could never afford to live where I do if I didn't live on a boat'

Economics

1 week ago Doctors who have travelled to over 41 countries reveal how to avoid getting diarrhoea on holiday while still eating local food

Dr Méabh and Dr Danny, a couple who live in Australia, have shared expert advice to help holidaymakers avoid a common illness capable of ruining a dream trip: traveller's diarrhoea. 

Society

1 week ago Real Housewives' Tanya Bardsley lays bare struggles and says 'not for fainthearted'

Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley has revealed her footy-mad kids' hobbies are like a 'full-time job' for her, as her sons follow in their footballer dad's footsteps

Politics

3 w. ago Woman who spent £20,000 on surgery in Turkey left in 'world of pain' after horror results

'It could've taken my life. But it doesn't stop me from wanting to get more work done in the future'

Economics

3 w. ago Bloodthirsty migrant gang's evil power drill torture of terrified woman 2,000 miles from the border shows no American is safe

Two men charged with the victim's kidnapping and attempted murder used the power drill on the woman's hand to force her to turn over financial information, authorities in the Seattle area allege.

Events

3 w. ago Mad House: new book exposes Capitol Hill’s absurdity and dysfunction

Reporters Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater shine a jaundiced spotlight on the foibles and foolishness of the US political classAnnie Karni, once of Politico, covers Congress for the New York Times. Her colleague Luke Broadwater, once a Pulitzer prize winner for the Baltimore Sun, makes the Trump administration his beat.As co-authors, at book length of Mad House, they deliver a sharp and wit-filled portrait of Capitol Hill dysfunction. Generally unflattering, Karni and Broadwater dedicate their book on modern US politics to “the leakers, gossips, and busybodies who populate the halls of Congress”. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Woman robbed her gran of £49,000 while she lay ill in hospital

She went into her bank to check on her finances after her spell in hospital she was told her accounts had been closed.

Economics