Lord Bethell (Image: Humphrey Nemar) When James Bethell was just nine, his mother drowned in the bath. A long-term alcoholic and drug-user, weakened by post-natal depression, she was living alone, divorced from her husband and alienated from her two young boys. To
How cancer can be treated with radiotherapy Britain is in the grip of a cancer crisis. Wait times for 2022 were the worst on record with more than 50,000 patients a month waiting two weeks to see a specialist. Some 25,000 patients
Thousands of people have demanded an end to the scandal of frozen pensions for hundreds of thousands of British expats. Nearly 60,000 have signed a petition calling for changes to the policy which sees UK pensioners living abroad denied yearly increases in
Kate Forbes tonight sparked a row after saying she would have voted against gay marriage. Scotland’s Finance Secretary, a frontrunner to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scottish First Minister, said she would not have backed the legislation at the time
The campaign for this year’s general election in Thailand has not yet officially begun, but aspirants for the prime minister’s job are already angling for auspicious photo ops. If symbolism won elections, one of the main contenders, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan,
Donald Trump remains ‘dominant’ with Republicans says Kelly Nikki Haley is set to announce her presidential candidacy, putting her on a collision course with her former boss Donald Trump. Haley went from critic to steadfast supporter of the former president, and her
A petition has been launched to save an Iranian teenager being executed and to raise awareness to the atrocities committed in Iran after Makan Davari was sentenced following a trial on Christmas Eve 2022. He is currently detained in Iran in prison. The change.org petition has
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s absence from Oprah Winfrey’s recent birthday celebrations signals the Sussexes are “increasingly unpopular in the US”, said Washington-based commentator Nile Gardiner. “They are already pariahs in the UK,” the royal enthusiast wrote, but “their transatlantic campaign of
The Swedish government again sought Friday to discredit claims that Swedish social service agencies kidnap Muslim children, saying Sweden was again seeing a “systematized” and “extensive” disinformation campaign. “This campaign has now gained momentum again,” said Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. “This is
Campaigners have warned a “nasty” campaign to scupper the state pension triple-lock promise is under way, after economists said it was unsustainable. A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says guaranteeing a decent annual rise will take an ever-increasing amount