Many elderly women lost out on state pension because junior civil servants failed to manually update their individual records during past decades, it has emerged. Well over a 100 government staff are now working to assess and manually correct individual records and more are being assigned to sort out the ‘significant legacy issue’, MPs have … Read more
Scotland should be given more political power within the United Kingdom to help see off the threat of independence, former prime minister Gordon Brown claimed today. The ex-Labour leader said that the House of Lords should be replaced with a a Forum of the Nations and Regions that gives the constituent parts of the union a … Read more
I am a 53 year old man who has worked since leaving school. From 1988 to 2006 I belonged to a company pension which required me to be ‘contracted out’ for 18 years. How will this affect my state pension? SCROLL DOWN TO FIND OUT HOW TO ASK STEVE YOUR PENSION QUESTION Payments reduced: How … Read more
A £50 wristband created by a British health technology firm is helping people track the wellbeing of their friends, family and employees in lockdown. Moodbeam features two buttons that the wearer simply has to press throughout the day depending on their mood – yellow for happy and blue for unhappy. This is logged alongside both … Read more
Jill Biden subtly paid tribute to every U.S. state and territory during Wednesday night’s virtual inaugural concert with her custom outfit by Uruguayan-American designer Gabriela Hearst. The First Lady, 69, attended her husband’s inauguration in an ocean blue tweed coat and dress by New York-based designer Alexandra O’Neill, the founder and creative director of Markarian, but she later changed … Read more
PICTURED: Trump’s mothballed private Boeing 737 lies on tarmac in upstate New York with covers over the engines because he didn’t think he would need it until 2025 (but he still has a Cessna and a helicopter) Donald Trump’s $100 million Boeing 757 is sitting at Stewart Airport in New York The plane has not … Read more
California on Wednesday became the first state to record more than three million known coronavirus infections, according to state health department data. As the largest state in the union with 40 million residents, it’s not entirely surprising, but the speed at which infections have surged is stunning. The first coronavirus case in California was confirmed … Read more
China’s third aircraft carrier is expected to be launched in 2021 and enter naval service around 2025, according to state media. The vessel, known as the Type 003, is being assembled at a shipyard in Shanghai and could be ‘only a few months’ away from its launch, official outlets revealed last week. The news comes … Read more
Google Stadia is gaining thrust with every passing week, and gamers are simply loving it. In a new exciting reveal, Stadia has got a new feature called State Share that will be available for the HITMAN 3 and HITMAN – World of Assassination trilogy at launch on January 20. It has to be said, this … Read more
Armed supporters of President Trump descended on state capitals nationwide on Sunday as members of the anti-government Boogaloo Boys brandished semi-automatic weapons near the Michigan State Capitol while Washington, DC, was turned into a fortress. The nation’s capital looks like a military zone with National Guard and local police setting up checkpoints and a huge … Read more