82,000 BT Pension Scheme members could be £34k worse-off

Tens of thousands of Britons with cash in one of the country’s biggest employee pension funds have been warned they face being £34,000 worse-off after the Chancellor’s planned changes to inflation measures. The boss of the BT Pension Scheme, Morten Nilsson, has slammed the rule changes as a ‘massive transfer of wealth’ from pension savers with … Read more

The Pope encourages women to protest against abortion in Argentina

The Pope compares abortion to ‘hiring a hitman’ as he encourages women to protest new law legalising the procedure in Argentina Pope Francis has written to protesters in Argentina opposing legal abortions He told women that ‘the country is proud’ of them, and to keep demonstrating  Francis also compared abortion to ‘hiring a killer to … Read more

How much have property prices risen where you live since 2000?

Long-term homeowners could be sitting on a property goldmine as the average price of a home across Britain’s towns and cities in the last 20 years has soared by nearly 80 per cent, or nearly £100,000, new data reveals. Out of 50 towns and cities, Manchester has seen the biggest jump in prices in the two … Read more

Woman dies under collapsed ceiling moments after saving five children from burning house in Russia

Mother’s ultimate sacrifice: Woman dies under collapsed ceiling moments after saving her five children from burning house in Russia Gulnara Kostelnyuk, 31, died in the fire in Yakutsk, east Russia, on Wednesday The mother-of-five rescued her sleeping children from their burning home She was killed by a falling wooden beam in front of her 14-year-old … Read more