Новости за 22.06.2015

Families with two children could lose up to £1,690 if the Government implements deep cuts to tax credits in its drive to slash spending on welfare by £12bn a year, ministers have been warned.

Families with two children could lose up to £1,690 if the Government implements deep cuts to tax credits in its drive to slash spending on welfare by £12bn a year, ministers have been warned.

For a man who has just signed off on a deal with George Osborne to cut £12bn from the welfare budget, Iain Duncan Smith seemed ominously vague about how. Labour’s Stephen Timms wanted to know whether those on lower or average incomes would be better or worse off after the cuts. The Work and Pensions Secretary’s answer was a classic of the “That’s for me to know and you to find out” variety. “We are looking at welfare, and at how to reform it. When we are ready, I will come forward with an announcement.”

The gloves came off in the fight to be Labour’s candidate in next year’s election to be London Mayor as opponents of Dame Tessa Jowell claimed  she could not win the contest because she supports the expansion of Heathrow Airport.

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos has been hit by an angry backlash to the state of open warfare he has provoked with the club, which could enhance Manchester United’s attempts to sign him.

Robin van Persie is understood to believe that his career and settled family life in England are worth fighting for at the club.

Robin van Persie is understood to believe that his career and settled family life in England are worth fighting for at the club.

Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos was been hit by an angry backlash to the state of open warfare he has provoked with the club, which could enhance Manchester United’s attempts to sign him.

When certain Labour MPs nominated Jeremy Corbyn to be the party’s next leader – ostensibly to “ensure a broad debate” – it was in the confident expectation that he would lose, and lose very heavily. 

Children fleeing the horrors of warzones such as Syria and Afghanistan are being routinely misclassified as over-18 and locked up in adult detention centres in breach of Government policies and legal guidelines, an investigation has discovered.

An elderly woman was beheaded by a paranoid schizophrenic armed with a machete and a wooden pole who went on a 45-minute rampage through a residential area, a court has heard.

With only a few days before the gates open on the Glastonbury festival, Emily Eavis is pleased to see that the fields and hedgerows of her little corner of Somerset have been bathing in sunshine. The sky is deep, clear blue and the woman who holds the power at Worthy Farm can feel the excitement building. But with most of the setting up on the vast 1,000-acre site complete, Worthy Farm looks oddly naked. The 1,300 eco-friendly composting lavatories and the dozens of temporary stages are all in place... Читать дальше...

With only a few days before the gates open on the Glastonbury festival, Emily Eavis is pleased to see that the fields and hedgerows of her little corner of Somerset have been bathing in sunshine. The sky is deep, clear blue and the woman who holds the power at Worthy Farm can feel the excitement building. But with most of the setting up on the vast 1,000-acre site complete, Worthy Farm looks oddly naked. The 1,300 eco-friendly composting lavatories and the dozens of temporary stages are all in place... Читать дальше...

With only a few days before the gates open on the Glastonbury festival, Emily Eavis is pleased to see that the fields and hedgerows of her little corner of Somerset have been bathing in sunshine. The sky is deep, clear blue and the woman who holds the power at Worthy Farm can feel the excitement building. But with most of the setting up on the vast 1,000-acre site complete, Worthy Farm looks oddly naked. The 1,300 eco-friendly composting lavatories and the dozens of temporary stages are all in place... Читать дальше...

A ruling which dashed the hopes of former residents of the Chagos Islands to return to the British colony should be quashed after the Government failed for nearly a decade to disclose crucial documents, Britain’s highest court has heard.

A ruling which dashed the hopes of former residents of the Chagos Islands to return to the British colony should be quashed after the Government failed for nearly a decade to disclose crucial documents, Britain’s highest court has heard.

Florence + The Machine

What is it with leg injuries at the moment? After the Foos pulled out due to Dave Grohl's broken leg last week, Florence Welch (left) and her broken foot got upgraded to the prime slot. True, the "Dog Days" singer might be doing a bit more sitting down than we're accustomed to, but she managed to hike up some scaffolding at Bestival, so she's definitely on the mend. Last week on Instagram she wrote: "We hope we will be able to give you as good a Friday night as the Foo's would have." So do we... Читать дальше...

Genoa have accepted a £7million club-record bid by newly-promoted Premier League club Watford for Argentina winger Diego Perotti, according to the BBC.

Genoa have accepted a £7million club-record bid by newly-promoted Premier League club Watford for Argentina winger Diego Perotti, according to the BBC.

If 50-over cricket is now an elongated Twenty20 on speed, what does that make the original short form game? That is probably imponderable but equally something of an answer may be offered today at Old Trafford when England meet New Zealand in a solitary match.

There is no evidence linking soaring food bank use to the DWP’s strict regime of benefit sanctions, a Government minister has claimed.

Controversial former DWP minister Esther McVey losing her seat at the election was one of the few good results for Labour at the election, one the party’s frontbenchers has said.

A senior police officer has questioned the way in which violent crimes are recorded in Norfolk, after a man being hit with a biscuit was described as Actual Bodily Harm (ABH). 

Ed Sheeran's hit single "Thinking Out Loud" has become the first to spend a whole year inside the UK's Top 40, proving that the singer-songwriter certainly has staying power despite his critics.

Team Alvimedica, the Turkish/American entry skippered by Charlie Enright, won the final leg of the Volvo round the race from Lorient to Gothenberg, but the overall winner, with a leg to spare, was British double Olympic silver medallist Ian Walker and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.