If you are looking for a demonstration of just how easily the British benefits system is open to exploitation, then consider the Motability scheme. Designed to let people with major disabilities remain mobile and independent, this scheme allows claimants to exchange their £75.75-a-week mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment for the hire-purchase of a brand-new vehicle. Principally, it is a lifeline for mobility-impaired people who require a vehicle to make simple tasks such as hospital visits, shopping, or staying socially connected.

My route home from London every couple of weeks takes me along the M4, I usually stop at Membury Services which is about 9 miles from the Junction 15 turnoff, where I join the A417. Now obviously post-break and with only 9 miles to go, the lane I'd like to be sitting in is the inside lane, HOWEVER, for the last SEVERAL journeys the condition of this lane has been SO BAD I've had to opt for lane 2, to the chagrin of any tosser that wants to overtake me.

Is the world's best democracy "sliding towards autocracy"? It certainly seems so....Since embarking on his second term less than three months ago, President Trump has been working hard to defy conventions and remove restrictions on his authority. So far his administration has

The recent fire at the North Hyde electrical substation in Hayes, which led to a complete shutdown of Heathrow Airport on March 21, 2025, ignited a comprehensive debate regarding the resilience and preparedness of critical national infrastructure. This incident, affecting over 1,300 flights and hundreds of thousands of passengers, underscores significant vulnerabilities in the airport's operational framework.​

OK Maybe I am paying a little too much attention to Splinterlands LAND ATM, but it's still fun tweaking and jiggling. That's the whole point of a buildy game after all, right..?!?The joys of this is that I am, well, tweaking and jiggling and stacking a little more...

Between 1999 and 2002, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown approved the sale of approximately 395 tonnes of the United Kingdom's gold reserves, which represented about half of the nation's total. The sales were conducted in a series of 17 auctions, earning an average price of about $275 per ounce and netting about $3.5 billion total. ​