NEWS w/e 25/05/2025
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'Disrespectful, insulting': MPs criticise terminally ill Esther Rantzen's assisted dying intervention
The broadcaster and Childline founder wrote to all MPs ahead of Friday's Commons' debate urging them to vote for what she called a "crucial reform".
Death of Britain's best high street: Locals accuse council of 'squeezing the life' out of town
Affectionately known as Bishy Road, the street had defied the malaise endured in towns across the country - with its traditional butchridays and Saturdays.READ MORE HERE
A two-hour stay now costs customers £9.70 - up from just £1.60, and rising to £10.60 on Fridays and Saturdays. Butchers, bakers, and greengrocers still to succumb to the scourge of vape shops and Turkish barbers ( often seen as venues designed to launder illegal drug money )
That was until officials at Labour-run City of York Council last month sanctioned a sweeping rise in parking charges - with the cost of an hour's parking hiked 506 per cent from 80p to £4.85, and £5.30 on Friday and Saturdays.
How the Royal Navy’s flagship £3.5bn aircraft carrier turned into a farce
With a deck the size of three football pitches, HMS Queen Elizabeth is Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier – a 65,000-ton floating airport designed to wage war anywhere on the planet. On its maiden world tour in 2021, when it cruised the Middle East and prowled the South China Sea, Whitehall hailed it as a new symbol of “Global Britain”
King is now twice as rich as his late mother
The King is now richer than Elizabeth II, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
The latest rankings of the 350 wealthiest people in the UK show the King’s personal fortune has grown by £30 million to £640 million – increasing his ranking by 20 places since last year, to 258th overall.
The rise of the 20pc restaurant tip – and why you should pay it
A double whammy of government policies have brought a struggling hospitality industry to its knees, and consumers will pay the price in the form of American-style tipping.
US-style tipping culture has crept into establishments where tips were never historically paid, such as cafes and pubs, while restaurants now routinely ask for tips of 20pc on top of a cover charge.
The seaside spot named Britain’s most obese town
Obesity. An epidemic. A modern scourge. A complex, painful subject wrapped in layers of shame, judgment and defensiveness. So how does it feel to live in Hartlepool, the town with the highest proportion of adults and children who are so overweight their health is at risk?
USA Far-right judges rules that it’s totally legal to harass LGBTQ+ employees
It's just the judge's latest ruling against LGBTQ+ rights.
Anti-LGBTQ+ federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act doesn’t protect LGBTQ+ people from workplace discrimination — it only protects them from discriminatory termination. Kacsmaryk’s ruling contradicts the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, a case that classified anti-LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination as a form of sex-based harassment prohibited by Title VII.
Elvis Presley’s Legendary Car Collection
When Elvis landed his first record deal, one of the first things he bought was a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. As his success skyrocketed, the King of Rock and Roll continued to indulge in his love of all motorized vehicles, amassing an impressive collection over his lifetime.
Melania Trump statue removed from her hometown for second time
Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of first lady Melania Trump.
The life-size sculpture was sawed off and carried away from her hometown on Tuesday.
Unveiled in 2020 during president Donald Trump’s first term in office, the statue was placed near Sevnica in central Slovenia where Melanija Knavs was born in 1970.
'Been in the works for years': Trump busted over taking credit for deals that aren't his
The Washington Post reports White House claims of “the dealmaker in chief” securing more than $2 trillion in investment agreements during his Middle East tour this week appears exaggerated. Possibly, by a lot.
The administration announced $8.5 billion in projects involving Texas energy company McDermott, with one focused on Qatar’s liquefied natural gas expansion, for example. But the paper reports McDermott had already announced contracts for that initiative during former President Joe Biden’s administration as far back as 2023.
I took a flight from Heathrow to Madrid but British Airways claimed I was never on the plane
A BBC journalist has revealed how she unwittingly flew from Heathrow to Madrid under the wrong identity - and British Airways did not clock the mistake.
Catherine Snowdon said the airline insisted she had never boarded the plane to the Spanish capital on April 23, which created a 'potential security risk'.
Trump erupts at ‘obnoxious’ Bruce Springsteen with threats and insults after the Boss criticized him at gig in UK: ‘Dried out prune of a rocker’
Donald Trump has lashed out after Bruce Springsteen branded his administration “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous.”
Springsteen, 75, was performing at Co-op Live in Manchester, England earlier this week when he delivered several monologues railing against the Trump administration, DOGE cuts and ICE deportations.
My husband has Alzheimer’s. I’m an unpaid carer, but the NHS treats me like a benefit cheat
If you saw this job description:
“You will be on call round the clock, have little sleep. You’ll get no thanks, it’s unpaid and if you want time off, you have to pay for it yourself.”
Would you apply? I’ve been doing that job for seven years. My husband has Alzheimer’s and prostate cancer, and last year I wrote about my life as his carer.
Ruby Bridges: the six-year-old who defied a mob and desegregated her school
In 1960, she walked past hateful protesters to become the first Black child at a Louisiana school – and was then taught alone for a year. She discusses fear, forbearance and her fight for a better future
By Steve Rose
Imagine being branded a criminal for simply marching for love. That's the chilling reality facing Budapest Pride and Hungary's entire LGBT+ community right now.
In the last few days, things have only gotten worse. Right now, Hungary's government is pushing through a new law that puts LGBT+ organisations directly in the firing line. This bill gives the authorities the power to blacklist groups that receive support from abroad – even from the EU – just by calling them 'threats to sovereignty.'
Groups that make life safer for LGBT+ people could lose crucial funding overnight. Leaders will be forced to hand over personal information, face relentless investigations, and could be bankrupted with impossible fines. Even offering a safe space or basic support could be branded 'dangerous' under these new rules.
On 16 May, I joined Viktória Radványi from Budapest Pride in Brussels to sound the alarm directly to EU officials, but time is running out and we need your help – urgently! The registration deadline for Pride is 27 May. If the EU doesn't act now, Budapest Pride's 30th anniversary could become a crime scene. Pride organisers, volunteers, even supporters risk prosecution – not for harming anyone, but simply for gathering in public.
More than 18,000 people have already spoken out. Thank you! But we urgently need more voices before 27 May.
Time is running out. Don't wait.
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