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A fisherman who went missing with his boat over the weekend has been found still in his bunk. Two fishermen disappeared when their vessel capsized on Saturday morning, police said. Officers have confirmed the body of Adam Harper, 26, has been recovered by divers searching the wreckage. Adam, of Brixham, Devon, was found still in […]

A man says he was left “disgusted” after finding a cockroach in his McDonalds takeaway meal. Ciaron Kelly returned to the branch with two half-eaten meals after his wife apparently found the bug in her McChicken sandwich. He was refunded the £11.47 cost of the McChicken meal and a Chicken Legend meal. Now McDonald’s has […]

A “crisp shortage” could be on the cards for Christmas ahead of potential strike action in UK supermarkets, a trade union has claimed. Unite has warned that a pay dispute between lorry drivers and management at haulage firm Eddie Stobart is likely to result in industrial action. The row has broken out at the firm’s […]

Here, Dr Gill Main, associate professor of Leeds University and co-editor of the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, and Brid Featherstone, author and professor of social care at Huddersfield University, answer these and other questions about the issue that is blighting Britain. What is child poverty?The most commonly reported measure of child poverty is […]

A pair of thugs in balaclavas tried to bundle a mum into a car as she pushed a pram along the street during a terrifying kidnap attempt, police have said. The victim had been walking along Yarningdale Road in Coventry when a small dark car stopped behind her at around 11.10pm on Friday. Two men […]

Long queues were formed on the M20 in Kent because of Brexit control tests at the Channel Tunnel. Lorry drivers were left queuing while French authorities conducted tests for border checking procedures. It comes ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period, scheduled for December 31. Highways England said it had closed the entry […]

Angry parents have blasted the meagre meals served out to students at a local secondary secondary Wendy Murray created a furore when she shared a picture of the ham and cheese toastie her son was given at Looe Community Academy in Cornwall. Other parents got in touch with the mum to express the same concerns […]