Shops Open, Wallets Shut: Sutton High Street in Decline post Inflation – Part III (Video Report)
Video Report On Sutton High Street, shoppers still show up, but they’re spending less, watching prices, and walking farther to save a few pounds. In this short report, Saadi Awan…
Shops Open, Wallets Shut: Sutton High Street in Decline post Inflation – Part II (Audio Report)
On paper, inflation is falling. But at street level, things feel very different. In Sutton, one shopper explains how rising prices on milk and meat have turned a local habit…
Child Poverty and Cold Homes: Labour’s Welfare Dilemma
Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced sharp questioning in the House of Commons on Wednesday 4th of June from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch over two contentious welfare policies: the two-child benefit…
Forget Swiss watches. Think Swiss witches
In the Oscar winning film The Third Man, made in 1949, actor Orson Welles was playing the leading role of the baddie, Harry Lime. At the end of the film,…
Important piece of London’s Roman History Found
Our understanding of London’s evolution under the Romans has taken a major leap forwards after a major discovery underneath the basement of an office block near Bank Station. It has…
I find witches appealing
I hasten to add I do not find them appealing in the biblical sense, not that witches are necessarily biblical at all, but in the legal way. There are two…
The Open Prison Dilemma: A Tale of Two Systems
Should more prisoners in the UK be sent to open prisons? David Gauke, former justice secretary, thinks so. He believes that expanding open prisons could help tackle overcrowding and reduce…
Trap (Clay Pigeon) Shooting on Cator Annual Private Family Shoot on Cator estate at Woodbastwick, Norfolk
Yesterday’s Cator Annual Private Family Shoot on their estate at Woodbastwick, Norfolk was one of excitement and trepidation. Harriet Cator (47 years), took on her uncle Albemarle Cator (71 years)…