A day at the baby bank: ‘I feel at ease here, because I’m not the only one struggling’
Briony Shennan has learned, over the years, to make herself look busy at dinnertime. The 33-year-old, who has three young children and another due any …
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‘Had to use bins as toilets’: passengers tell of rail journeys from hell
When hundreds of passengers were left stranded on dark, cold trains for several hours near Paddington in west London earlier this month, one of those …
Four in five UK women say workplace support for menopause lacking – survey
More than 80% of women in the UK say their employers provide no support at work for those with menopause symptoms, polling has found. A …
Grayson Perry challenges electricity bill rise from £300 to £39,000 a month
One is a Turner prize-winning artist, the other is a well-known journalist and broadcaster but both have been brought together by a seemingly evergreen gripe …
UK telecoms firms told to safeguard at-risk customers in switch to digital landlines
Telecoms providers have been forced to pause plans to impose digital phone lines on vulnerable customers after reports of pensioners left unable to call for …
Water firms use up to 28% of bill payments to service debt in areas of England
More than a quarter of water bills in London and parts of the south of England have been spent paying interest on the debt held …