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Published 4 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has written to Boris Johnson to request an "emergency meeting" over the cost of living crisis. Ms Sturgeon has asked that a scheduled meeting with the prime minister should be brought forward due to the "fast deteriorating" situation. She told the PM only the UK government could access resources "on the scale required". The UK government said Scotland had been granted record funding levels. In her letter, Ms Sturgeon said that "many people across the UK simply cannot afford to wait until September for further action to be taken". The Scottish Government Resilience Room will convene this week to discuss what steps can be taken to "urgently ease the burden on households across Scotland, both now and in the future". Cost of living: Why are things so hard for some people? … [Read more...] about Nicola Sturgeon issues cost of living warning to Boris Johnson

Julie Walters says The Secret Garden could be her last film This article contains affiliate links, we may receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Dame Julie has been a staple of British acting on the stage, small, and silver screen since 1983’s Educating Rita earned her a first Academy Award nomination. Two years prior to that had seen the first in a long line of TV series alongside the “darling” late Victoria Wood – from Wood and Walters to the hilarious Dinnerladies. Few actors of the past 30 years can match the sheer breadth of the Edgbaston-born star’s back catalogue, or been privy to such a view of the changing landscape of the entertainment industry in that … [Read more...] about Dame Julie Walters’ quiet life in West Sussex where the average house price is £40,000

Published 28 minutes ago comments Comments Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Tory leadership No 10 has ruled out Boris Johnson introducing immediate measures to help people with rising energy costs. It comes as CBI director-general Tony Danker called for "all hands to the pump", echoing ex-Labour PM Gordon Brown's call for swift intervention in the cost-of-living crisis. And Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, has called for an urgent meeting with the devolved governments. Downing Street said it recognised the public were facing "challenging times". However, Mr Johnson's spokesman argued it would be up to his successor to make any decisions on further help. Mr Johnson is due to leave office in early September, and No 10 said "by convention it is not for this prime minister to make major fiscal interventions during … [Read more...] about Downing Street rules out immediate cost-of-living measures

After lockdown raided the savings of hairdresser and gym instructor Lucie Wilby, a lengthy wait for a hip replacement dealt another blow to her family’s finances. “We’re in a lot of debt because of it and that’s a combination of Covid and obviously surgery [and] waiting times,” the 53-year-old mother from Cornwall says. “If I hadn’t had to wait six months, we’d be nowhere near this issue.” Like many of the 6.6 million people on an NHS waiting list, work had become painful and eventually impossible for Wilby as the backlog in treatment forces people to cut their hours or stop employment altogether. “By the time of the operation, I was barely walking and I’m self employed,” she says. “It took about three years to get diagnosed. That’s one of the major problems – it’s not just the waiting time for the operation once you’re on the list, it’s the waiting time for diagnosis.” While tax cuts and even trans issues may have stolen the limelight in the Tory leadership race, the … [Read more...] about Britain really isn’t working – and the collapsing NHS is to blame

Everton v Chelsea: Pictures SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Chelsea are desperate to sign Leicester centre-back Wesley Fofana this summer but have had a second bid of £70million rejected by the Foxes. The 21-year-old is regarded as one of the best young defenders in Europe, although he missed the majority of the last campaign with a broken leg. Leicester are reportedly holding out for £80m for the youngster, but Chelsea could attempt to sweeten the deal by offering their Premier League counterparts a player exchange. And Express Sport takes a look at four Blues players who could head to the King Power Stadium. Related articles Transfer news LIVE: Sesko to 'accept' offer and De Jong meeting Chelsea … [Read more...] about Chelsea could offer four players in swap deal to get Leicester to sell Wesley Fofana

In the third month of Russia's war against Ukraine, fighting continues in the country's east and south, with Putin's forces struggling to make significant progress. See our blog below for a summary of Sunday's developments. 05.15.2022 09:50 Sunday's key points: NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Ukraine "can win" its war with Russia, and that Moscow's offensive is failing. He was speaking as NATO diplomats met on Sunday in Berlin to discuss anticipated membership bids by Finland and Sweden, as well as providing further support to Ukraine. Finland has confirmed its intention to join NATO, at a joint news conference given by the president and prime minister. Sweden's ruling party also backed membership for its country, paving the way for a joint application with its neighbour. Turkey has reiterated its opposition to the applications, claiming that Finland and Sweden both support Kurdish groups it considers "terrorist" organisations. … [Read more...] about Ukraine ‘can win’ war against Russia, says NATO chief Stoltenberg

People who live in Kenilworth, Southdowns and other pockets of south Baton Rouge grappled Tuesday with wanting to keep their neighborhoods quiet and pedestrian-friendly but also looking to fight fewer traffic jams and find better access to the interstate highways. The conundrum was at the heart of the discussion Tuesday when Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and her staff pitched her proposed Better Transportation and Roads tax to a crowd of more than 50 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council is expected to vote Sept. 13 on whether to place the 5-mill property tax proposal on ballots in November, and Broome is holding public meetings in each Metro Council district until then as she tries to rally support around her first major tax initiative as mayor-president. College and Lee drives — regularly traveled thoroughfares for most in the district — are two of the roads with the highest car wreck tallies in the parish, based on statistics the … [Read more...] about Residents question if proposed Baton Rouge roads tax can improve traffic without ruining quiet neighborhoods

The following is a script from “Fighting Famine,” which aired on March 19, 2017. Scott Pelley reports. Nicole Young, producer. Katie Kerbstat, associate producer. A rare famine emergency has been declared in the youngest nation on Earth. South Sudan, in East Africa, was brought into the world, in 2011, with the help of the United States.  But it’s one of the world’s least developed countries and civil war has left it destitute. Five million people don’t know where their next meal is coming from and of them, 100,000 are facing death. Holding off a catastrophe is the mission of the UN’s World Food Programme . The WFP was an American idea, created in 1961, and the U.S. is still the largest donor. Now WFP has launched one of its largest rescues ever but in South Sudan too many people are fighting for life. Josephine is seven and down to 24 pounds. Hunger left her at the mercy of disease. And now she’s being consumed by tuberculosis. This is why TB used to be called consumption. … [Read more...] about Fighting famine in war-torn South Sudan

Filmmaker Kevin Smith has spoken out against Warner Bros’ cancellation of the Batgirl film. Leslie Grace was set to star as the film’s titular character before it received the chop, much to the shock of fans and those within the industry. Speaking on his YouTube series Hollywood Babble-On, the 52-year-old director and actor said the Latina-led DC movie being axed is ‘an incredibly bad look’. The filmmaker highlighted that the film was to be fronted by Latina actor Leslie, compounding his disappointment and that of fans. ‘It’s an incredibly bad look to cancel the Latina Batgirl movie,’ he began. ‘I don’t give a s**t if the movie was absolute f*****g dog s**t – I guarantee you that it wasn’t.’ The Clerks director and comic book writer is one of many, including James Gunn and Edgar Wright, to condemn the decision by Warner Bros and offer support to the film’s directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah . Kevin praised Adil and Bilall, saying their involvement … [Read more...] about Cancellation of Latina-led Batgirl slammed as ‘a bad look’ by filmmaker Kevin Smith

Downing Street has rejected calls for Boris Johnson to summon an emergency COBRA meeting to deal with the cost of living crisis. Gordon Brown, the former Labour prime minister, has called for Mr Johnson to meet with his two potential successors and thrash out a financial package of measures before energy bills soar in October. He said people will go cold and hungry this winter if urgent action isn't taken now, telling Sky News he was seeing poverty in his hometown in Fife " that I did not expect to see ever again in my lifetime ". Politics Hub: Brown slams 'vacuum' at heart of government A leading business group, the CBI, also urged Mr Johnson to "act now" as they set out four actions the government could take to ease the impact of the crisis. Advertisement But the prime minister's spokesman said that although the government recognises the challenges facing struggling households, "by convention it is not for this prime minister to make major … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson will not intervene in cost of living crisis as that is ‘for future prime minister’