1) “If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.” Tony Benn was interviewed in Sicko, Michael Moore’s documentary film about the health industry in the US. Explaining the post-war creation of the welfare state, he said the popular mood of the 1945 election was: “If you can have full employment by killing Germans, why can’t we have full employment by building hospitals, building schools?” … [Read more...] about 10 of the best Tony Benn quotes – as picked by our readers
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Mother wins award for making jams and chutneys from fruit and veg rejected by supermarkets for being ‘overripe’ or too large for shelves
intactsound (for example, not rotten, severely bruised or severely damaged)cleanfresh in appearancepractically free from pestspractically free from damage caused by pests affecting the fleshfree of abnormal external moisturefree of foreign smell or tastesufficiently developed/ripe, but not overdeveloped/overripeThe produce must also be graded into one of these quality classes: … [Read more...] about Mother wins award for making jams and chutneys from fruit and veg rejected by supermarkets for being ‘overripe’ or too large for shelves
Holidaymakers slam Portugal ‘shambles’ as furious Welsh family who stayed abroad WILL have to quarantine on return – while mother-of-three pays £900 for emergency flight home only to learn it WON’T be added to England’s red list
Rory Boland, editor of Which? Travel, said: 'Days of speculation around this announcement meant many people rushed to pay extortionate prices for flights back to England to avoid having to quarantine on their return - only to now find out there was no need. … [Read more...] about Holidaymakers slam Portugal ‘shambles’ as furious Welsh family who stayed abroad WILL have to quarantine on return – while mother-of-three pays £900 for emergency flight home only to learn it WON’T be added to England’s red list
Millie Mackintosh shares sweet video of baby daughter Sienna’s first-ever snow day after detailing her ’emotional and physical’ breastfeeding struggles
‘Luckily Sienna liked the taste of the formula we were prescribed for her reflux and didn’t refuse to drink it. We gave her a bottle of my expressed milk every day from early on so she would be able to use it and I think that helped.’ … [Read more...] about Millie Mackintosh shares sweet video of baby daughter Sienna’s first-ever snow day after detailing her ’emotional and physical’ breastfeeding struggles
Shocking moment man, 26, suffering a manic episode fatally stabs his mother, 48, in a Texas convenience store
'He thought people were reading his mind or his thoughts. I've seen him in front of a TV — he thought the actors on a TV show were reading his thoughts; that's how we knew he was in a manic state.' … [Read more...] about Shocking moment man, 26, suffering a manic episode fatally stabs his mother, 48, in a Texas convenience store
