Birmingham City Council is out of cash and they’ve just shared their budget plans – with £150million in cuts this year and the same next year. They’re going to stop picking up bins every week soon. They want to try collecting them
Immigration centres in the UK have been slammed as “prison-like” in a scathing report by the European Union, urging authorities to make improvements. However, the UK government has since blasted the report, saying it did not “recognise much” of its content. The
John Lewis’ unconventional Christmas ad has led to a surge in demand for venus flytraps – with some garden centres unable to cope. The off-the-wall advert – clearly inspired by Little Shop of Horrors – entitled Snapper: The Perfect Tree, depicts a
More than £300million is to be spent on new detention centres for 1,000 Channel migrants. The Home Office is seeking contractors to operate three new immigration removal centres (IRCs). The contracts are valued at £306million and will run for up to six
Anger mounted yesterday over a refusal by health chiefs to use three mothballed cancer centres. The units, set up by world-leading oncologist Professor Karol Sikora, are now in the hands of a private equity firm after going bust last year. But experts
Spring’s a big deal at Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, where there’s everything to get your garden looking its best this season. Plus, we have an offer in your local paper for £5 off £25 when you shop in-store. May is
Two new immigration centres as part of Rishi Sunak’s “stop the boats” pledge will not be ready until at least early next year. The sites in Hampshire and Oxfordshire would boost the UK’s capacity to detain migrants by 1,000. But the two
More needs to be done to beef up the UK’s migrant detention centres to deal with people coming here illegally, said Home Secretary Suella Braverman. She added: “We’ve got several thousand places already that we use, we’ve got capacity there, and we