Marcus Rashford up for the fight as Boris Johnson rejects Manchester United star’s plea for help in fighting against food poverty among children for a SECOND time Marcus Rashford has smashed through the 100,000 signatures on his petition Rashford, 22, can expect strong cross-party support in the Parliament debate Some Tory MPs are bemused by … Read more
Olivia Culpo is sultry in olive green fleece as she poses for National Period Day geared towards building awareness around ‘period poverty’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 05:34 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 05:34 BST, 11 October 2020 She recently revealed she suffers from endometriosis, which affects between 10 and 20 percent of American … Read more
Poor countries may have greater protection against coronavirus because of their harsh living conditions, scientists have suggested. Experts have been puzzled by why some nations where poverty and disease is rife are not suffering massive outbreaks, describing the phenomenon as a ‘complete enigma’. At the start of the pandemic, it was feared poorer countries, particularly in … Read more
Premier League football star Marcus Rashford has revealed how he is haunted by the memory of his mother crying herself to sleep as she struggled to provide for her family. The Manchester United striker says his mother Melanie would return home after a 14-hour shift, only to be tormented by her struggle to ‘make ends … Read more
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford to spearhead new child food poverty task force with leading supermarkets after he successfully forced the Government into a u-turn on free school meal vouchers Marcus Rashford is continuing his work to stop children in the UK going hungry The Manchester United striker will spearhead a new task force into … Read more
Thousands of hard-up pensioners face food and fuel poverty as their free TV licences are scrapped from today, campaigners warn More than 3million UK households will be asked to pay the £157.50 annual fee 500k pensioners could qualify for a free licence but are unaware, study finds They could be forced to choose between having … Read more
Robert De Niro emerged in his native New York on Wednesday after claiming the coronavirus pandemic has diminished his multi-million-dollar earnings, prompting him to halve his estranged wife’s credit card allowance. Lawyers acting on the 76-year old’s behalf made the claim on Monday during his ongoing court battle with second wife Grace Hightower over the … Read more
Back in 1968 and 1969, the Hong Kong flu hit the world. In the UK, 80,000 people died and the lives of one million were lost worldwide. I was 24 at the time, just starting my career, and while I still vividly remember the Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy’s assassination which were a little earlier, … Read more