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Disabled paying up to £130 to appeal fitness for work 27 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
If you're disabled there's a chance your NHS GP may charge you up to £130 to appeal a decision about your fitness for work. New evidence from the Citizens Advice Bureau claims some GPs will only help ...
Was mystery $5,000 tipper Richard Branson? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:29 pm
The rumour mill has been working overtime ever since a mystery man visited Ogden, Utah, and left three enormous tips for serving staff - including $5,000 on a $214 bill. He left tips totalling $7,000 ...
Couple transform cinema into stunning family home 27 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm
Gwyn and Kate ap Harry have spent £450,000 turning a run-down cinema in Thorne, South Yorkshire, into an impressive family home. So what did they do, why did they do it, and was it worth it?
How social media can lose you your job 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
When a Canadian garage worker tweeted a request for a drug dealer to drop some marijuana round to his workplace, the police saw the funny side: they retweeted the message to their own followers, addin...
Who is the world's top-earning celeb? 27 Aug 2013 | 11:56 am
There was once a time when Oprah Winfrey's position as the highest-earning celebrity was a sure- thing every year. But with the talk show queen languishing in 13th place, the race is wide open, and a ...
Public 'backs pilots' on work hours 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Pilots have the support of the public over concerns about planned changes to the number of hours they are allowed to fly, their union has said. A survey of more than 2,000 adults for the British Airli...
Southern Water fined over sewage 27 Aug 2013 | 10:29 am
Southern Water has been fined £200,000 after discharging raw sewage into the sea, the Environment Agency (EA) has said. Defective pumps at Margate pumping station in Kent led to several discharges of ...
Debenhams recalls 'fire risk' irons 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A major store has recalled more than 4,000 steam irons after one caught fire. The Debenhams Best Buy Value Steam Iron Model S13WH is potentially dangerous due to a fault identified with the cable and ...
Business chiefs slam HS2 'folly' 27 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has joined those calling for HS2 to be scrapped, branding the £50 billion high-speed rail project "a grand folly". A survey of IoD members found that just 27% feel HS2...
Fit-to-work assessment 'farcical' 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
The test which assesses whether disabled or sick people are fit to work is " farcical ", a charity has said. The Work Capability Assessment "defies belief", Parkinson's UK said after figures showed th...
