UK

Sexual abuse was rampant at a children’s home in Northern Ireland run by a Catholic order of brothers, a former senior policeman has said. Around a fifth of boys at Rubane House in Co Down […]

From journalist Amelia Abraham via an article on Vice.com:  “This weekend, the Observer published findings from a survey of 1,052 British adults on their sexual attitudes and behaviours. The study found that 16 percent of participants […]

Newly unemployed will have to wait a full week before claiming JSA. Ministers have been accused of pushing nearly 300,000 people into the clutches of payday lenders when changes to benefit rules come into force […]

The UK Government is continuing to ignore a link between welfare cuts and the rising use of food banks, according to the SNP. MSP Joan McAlpine said Westminster is failing to acknowledge the damage caused […]

A senior Church of England bishop has criticised delays created by the controversial appointment of a high-profile lawyer to lead the Government’s historic child abuse inquiry. The Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, who is the […]

Move to prevent European court of human rights overruling UK legal decisions will be in Tory manifesto, says justice secretary. The European court of human rights will be prevented from overruling decisions made by British […]

From The Daily Mail (source link):  The elite medical team that oversaw the Duchess of Cambridge’s first pregnancy will once again be by her side. The Queen’s current surgeon-gynaecologist Alan Farthing is expected to lead […]