Sep 29, 2024 · Adam Pearson is an actor, documentary maker and disability rights campaigner. He was born in Croydon in 1985, and at the age of five was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, …

Jan 23, 2024 · This includes 4.2 million children, which is almost one in three (29%).There are also 8.1 million working-age adults and 2.1 million pensioners living in poverty. Around two in …

Beat the Streets has raised more than £500,000 to help charity Framework fight homelessness in Nottingham since 2018. The unique festival brings together the entertainment and hospitality …

Nov 18, 2024 · As recently as 4 November, the DWP was sending letters to pensioners advising them to apply for pension credit if they are eligible. Based on the most recent figures, …

Oct 30, 2024 · Hundreds of thousands of people with health conditions could miss out on financial support after the chancellor confirmed plans to tighten the disability benefits system.. In her …

Dec 8, 2024 · Steven Frayne was born in December 1982 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He was given his stage name, Dynamo, while performing at Houdini’s centenary celebrations in 2001.

Nov 28, 2024 · But I was quite surprised by just how generous.There were these massive three or four minute standing ovations when we were playing in America, at almost every show that …

Dec 24, 2024 · Christmas is “a little bit lonelier and less joyous or magical” than it was 55 years ago, according to new research. One in nine people in the UK have said they will spend …

Nov 28, 2023 · (From left to right) Daisy Hampson, Big Issue frontline worker, Jon Gregg, Big Issue vendor, Lord John Bird, founder of the Big Issue, Kelvin Gregory, Big Issue vendor, …

Dec 26, 2024 · This year, investigative reporter and presenter Philomena Cunk continued her series of landmark documentaries, with Cunk on Life airing on the BBC on 30 December. She …