Новости за 17.12.2018

Contract staff in the government’s business department have voted to strike over pay and conditions – on the same day ministers promoted a new drive to protect workers’ rights.

It’s been a turbulent day (okay, month) in the House of Commons.

In her long-running battle to get her draft Brexit agreement through parliament, Theresa May has faced many an uphill struggle – including a delayed vote and a leadership challenge.

The latest hurdle she must overcome comes from the opposition benches, after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tabled a motion of no confidence in her premiership following a somewhat confusing day in Westminster.

So, what does it all mean, and what is likely to happen next? Читать дальше...

Of course, everyone’s different. Perhaps especially when they’re dying. But the fact that there’s no one simple right answer gives the biggest and best clue.

“Go on just one. I want to see you up on that karaoke. Come on, Christmas parties are all about making a twat of yourself. Don’t be boring.”

However you do Christmas, everyone’s welcome at Tesco. That’s the message of Tesco’s Christmas advert this year – and it’s an important one in a time of division in the country.

December 17 marks International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers, a yearly day to commemorate those sex workers we have lost over the course of the year. This year, reports suggest that across the globe we have lost more than 219 sex workers to violence – but this number is likely to be higher due to the number of sex workers whose deaths simply are not reported. Across the UK since 1990 we have lost a reported 182 sex workers to violence. International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers... Читать дальше...

A Tory MP has been blasted for the “patronising” moment he pulled his phone out in the middle of a live debate with a Labour MP on Sky News.

A London secondary school has taken ‘disciplinary action’ against a student for allegedly using a racist slur on social media.

On 1 January 2019, I won’t have eaten meat for exactly three years. No sausages, no bacon, no fish, no gelatin-based sweets, no cheeses containing animal rennet and no beers containing isinglass. Frankly, it’s been miserable.

A driver who was on his mobile phone minutes before a crash has admitted causing the death of the mother of Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman.

I have a confession.

I think the whole idea of “living your best life” is bullshit. Because there is no “best life”.

Life’s too big to be summed as being the “best” one you can have. Life is made of tiny moments; infinite decisions; happiness and sadness; excitement and tedium. Life is full of seizing-the-moment but also regretting poor decisions; time with friends but also times of loneliness; making opportunities but also not being arsed to load the dishwasher.

Just think about... Читать дальше...

Anyone with half a brain and a modicum of common sense (which might possibly discount a majority of the cabinet, a good proportion of MPs and practically every member of the House of Lords) could have told you that this is how it was going to end up.

It’s a beautiful time to be a woman. The solidarity among women this year at the events I have attended and hosted has been awe-inspiring. But there is also an elephant in the room: the women who are busy tearing down other women.

With Christmas just around the corner, everyone has already started thinking about how they are going to fill the time off they have over the coming days – but fear not, there is plenty on the TV to keep us all entertained. 

Almost half of babies breastfed at birth are supplemented with formula milk in hospital. Supplementation can sometimes be vital, but many babies end up having supplements for non medical reasons, with those who are supplemented with formula less likely to go home breastfed. Early supplementation can interfere with milk supply and decrease maternal confidence.

Much like virtual reality headsets, 3D cinema, face-recognition phones and self-driving cars, the dating norm has transgressed linearly to technology. Dating has never been easier, which has made flirting just as accessible. We are a generation of chronic swipers as opposed to old-fashioned romantics. This in itself is not an issue, it is simply the product of an ever-changing dating landscape in which you either learn to accept or drag your feet behind in the wilderness. But the issue lies far deeper... Читать дальше...

A coroner has described the deaths of two elderly patients who were beaten with a walking stick by another pensioner on a hospital ward as a “monstrous outrage.”

A woman who drowned and burned her four-year-old daughter in a “sacrifice” has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

Theresa May has revealed MPs will vote on her Brexit deal in the week beginning 14 January.

Jeremy Corbyn abandoned a threat to oust Theresa May less than an hour after making it as the prime minister announced that MPs would vote on her Brexit deal next month.

Theresa May has given up on selling her deal. As politicians from across the political spectrum denounce her proposals and calls for a People’s Vote - led by young people and students - grow louder and louder, the Prime Minister is going on the attack. She will tell MPs today that giving the public a final say on Brexit will ‘break faith with the British people’ and ‘damage the integrity of our politics’.

This week, the CEO of Tumblr Jeff D’Ontorio announced that the site will no longer allow adult content to be published, in a move which has angered many users.

In a wicked twist, David Cameron, who quit after triggering this entire Brexit chaos when he called the EU referendum in 2015, is reportedly advising Theresa May on the current deadlock.

Theresa May faces fresh mutiny from her backbenchers after 19 Tory MPs signed a cross-party demand for the prime minister to rule out a no-deal Brexit.