Pig farmer calls for a ‘rural revolution,’ as Greggs and Costa Coffee warn of low welfare US imports

Hard at work on his father’s chicken farm one day a young Peter Greig had an unsettling realisation.  Though he respected what his father had built – a chicken farm with hundreds of thousands of birds – he suddenly knew he could no longer have anything to do with it. Appalled by the poor conditions … Read more

Pig farmer calls for a ‘rural revolution,’ as Greggs and Costa Coffee warn of low welfare US imports

Hard at work on his father’s chicken farm one day a young Peter Greig had an unsettling realisation.  Though he respected what his father had built – a chicken farm with hundreds of thousands of birds – he suddenly knew he could no longer have anything to do with it. Appalled by the poor conditions … Read more

Dog welfare: Lockdown sparks 650 per cent surge in number of people searching for puppies to buy

Lockdown sparks 650 per cent surge in number of people searching for puppies to buy online as RSPCA warns of looming dog welfare crisis Google searches for ‘puppies near me’ hit 15,000 at the height of lockdown  This compares to around 2,000 in January and 3,000 at the same time in 2019 The animal welfare charity … Read more

Police ‘increasingly concerned’ for welfare of missing schoolgirl, 16, who went missing two days ago

Police are ‘increasingly concerned’ for welfare of missing schoolgirl, 16, who went missing two days ago Keyleigh Muir has not been seen since disappearing on the evening of August 26 16-year-old was last seen wearing a grey top, light grey jeans and white trainers Keyleigh has connections in both Newcastle-under-Lyme and Hanley, Staffs Contact the … Read more

High Court judge removed from child welfare case after ‘pejorative comments’ about the mother

A High Court judge has been removed from a child welfare case after she was caught saying the mother was trying ‘every trick in the book’ to avoid answering difficult questions.  Mrs Justice Judd made the comments during a private telephone conversation with her clerk that was accidentally broadcast to people taking part in the … Read more

Payments to benefit cheats and welfare errors cost £4.5BILLION

Payments to benefit cheats and state welfare paid in error soars to a record £4.5BILLION in a 20 percent rise on the previous year National Audit Office said one pound in every ten claimed in Universal Credit shouldn’t have been paid £1.4billion was overpayed to claimants who under-declared their income Between March and May the … Read more

Video: Canadian Mountie drags semi-conscious student nurse face-first down hall during welfare check

A nursing student alleges she was kicked and punched at the hands of an Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer after her boyfriend called emergency services to request a health check. Lacey Browning is seen on surveillance footage dragging Mona Wang down a carpeted hallway of her apartment building in British Columbia, Canada on January 20 … Read more

Corbynistas rage at ‘treachery’ of Keir Starmer’s new welfare chief

Corbynistas rage at ‘treachery’ of Keir Starmer’s new welfare chief after he suggested benefits should be linked to contributions MPs faithful to Crobyn reacted in fury after Jonathan Reynolds MP’s remarks Mr Reynolds is Sir Keir’s new Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary He appeared to suggest benefits should be based on what people paid in … Read more

Meghan Markle has been secretly helping animal welfare charity during the coronavirus pandemic

Meghan Markle has been secretly working with her patronage Mayhew as it ‘desperately’ struggles with funding amid the coronavirus crisis, the London animal charity reveals Meghan Markle, 38, has been secretly working with an animal welfare charity  Mayhew, which is one of the royal’s patronages, is struggling in the pandemic Charity’s media officer charity said … Read more

Plans to reopen primary schools are driven by welfare concerns

Plans to reopen primary schools are driven by welfare concerns not evidence younger year groups are less vulnerable to the virus, Sage source reveals PM wants children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 to go back to class on June 1  Decision was based on welfare not evidence younger pupils are less prone to … Read more