The world's oldest Jewish person, Evelyn Kozak, whose family fled Russia to escape anti-Semitism, died at the age of 113 on 10 June the day after suffering a heart attack. She was also the world's seventh-oldest person. The world's oldest person, Misao Okawa of Japan, is 115; her compatriot, Jiroemon Kimura, died at the age of 116 two days after Kozak.
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Theatre review: The Birthday Party, Manchester Royal Exchange
Tuesday 11 June 2013
An evening spent inhabiting Harold Pinter’s tensely disconcerting world is never going to be a sunlit stroll through the daisies.
Three men arrested after Oxford guest house raided in child sex abuse investigation
Monday 10 June 2013
Police investigating the sexual abuse of children in Oxford have arrested three men after raiding a guest house used regularly by a paedophile ring operating in the city.
‘Travelodge families’: The new face of the housing crisis
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Benefit changes, rising private rents, and depleted social housing all force councils to spend billions at Travelodge and Premier Inn in stop-gap measures to help evicted families
Abuse victims 'trafficked abroad'
Sunday 03 February 2013
Seventies paedophile ring in Barnes extended to Amsterdam, say two men who claim they were abused in brothels
Yorkshire golf and spa resort Rudding Park trumps 5-star palaces as it is voted fourth best hotel in the world
Tuesday 15 January 2013
The Harrogate-based establishment is the number one hotel in the UK and the second top hotel in Europe according to TripAdvisor
Nick Griffin’s home address shared on Facebook after BNP leader’s tweets address of gay couple who won landmark discrimination trial and calls for 'a bit of drama' outside their home
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Nick Griffin’s home address has been shared on Facebook less than a week after the BNP leader tweeted the address of a gay couple at the centre of a landmark discrimination trial and called for “a bit of drama” outside their home.
Griffin probed for tweeting address of gay B&B couple
Friday 19 October 2012
Police launched an investigation into Nick Griffin last night after the BNP leader published the address of a gay couple on Twitter and urged activists to demonstrate outside their home.
Police investigate Griffin after BNP leader reveals gay couple's address
Thursday 18 October 2012
Police launched an investigation into Nick Griffin last night after the BNP leader published the address of a gay couple on Twitter and urged activists to demonstrate outside their home.
Should the law try and correct society's prejudices?
Thursday 18 October 2012
While the 2010 Equality Act seems to be discouraging prejudice, it has also come under attack for limiting freedom
Gay couple Michael Black and John Morgan win B&B battle
Thursday 18 October 2012
A gay couple have won their legal case against the owner of bed and breakfast accommodation who refused to let them stay in a double room because of her religious views, according to human rights pressure group Liberty.
Deals of the week: Sri Lanka, Lake Garda, New Forest
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Less than £200... The Blue Water is a luxury hotel in the resort of Wadduwa, Sri Lanka. Trailfinders has a package, departing from Heathrow between 19 and 24 October, which includes transfers and a week-long stay at the hotel with breakfast for £829 per person. trailfinders.com
Number of homeless households in England rises sharply
Thursday 14 June 2012
The number of homeless households in England has risen sharply over the last year, official figures revealed today.
Hunt for double murder suspect spreads south
Sunday 29 April 2012
Police issue new CCTV footage of man wanted for killings in Whitby and Middlesbrough
Five terror suspects killed in Bali
Monday 19 March 2012
Police have shot dead five men who were allegedly planning to rob money changers, jewellers and other targets on Indonesia's resort island of Bali in a suspected bid to fund terrorist attacks, officials said today.
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- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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