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John Bird calls on government to curb surge in homelessness by preventing eviction of tenants who cannot pay their rent The Big Issue narrowly avoided going bust during the pandemic, its founder has said, as sales continue to be hit by the cost of living crisis. For the first time in the magazine’s over 30-year history, Covid meant that people who are homeless or long-term unemployed were not able to sell it on the streets, and its leadership had to rapidly rethink the model of the social business. Continue reading… ​John Bird calls on government to curb surge in homelessness…

‘I cannot be happy with it.’

A reader insists that he was right to be worried about 343’s stewardship of Halo and advises using the makers of Doom to refresh the series.

A reader discusses how playing as Princess Peach and using WWE’s create-a-wrestler mode helped them come to terms with their own identity.

Move follows bishops’ refusal to back gay marriage while blessings to be on voluntary basis for clergy Sandi Toksvig has said she will be meeting the archbishop of Canterbury for coffee, after bishops this week refused to back gay marriage but said civil partnerships could be blessed in church. “Quick update – I will be meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury for a long promised coffee next week,” the broadcaster and author, who is gay, tweeted on Saturday. Continue reading… ​Move follows bishops’ refusal to back gay marriage while blessings to be on voluntary basis for clergySandi Toksvig has said she…

Eubank Jr’s rivals did not hold back…

This is what the stars have in store for you today.

They announced their separation last year.

A blow for the Gunners.

Reports Richard Sharp helped ex-PM arrange guarantee on £800,000 loan before he was recommended for job Labour is calling for an investigation after claims that the BBC chair helped Boris Johnson arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 weeks before he was recommended for the job by the then prime minister. The party has written to the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel Greenberg, after a report in the Sunday Times that Tory donor Richard Sharp was involved in talks about financing Johnson when he found himself in financial difficulty in late 2020. Continue reading… ​Reports Richard Sharp…

A stunning finish in Manchester as Smith silences Eubank.

Is Carla messing with the wrong man?

Labour called for an investigation into the Conservative Party’s ‘quagmire of sleaze’.

You go, Cheryl!

People are being encouraged to ‘support their local areas’ in a drive to mark the three-day celebration in May Britons will be encouraged to spend a day volunteering in their communities to mark the King’s coronation. The Big Help Out will take place on Monday 8 May and is intended to create a “lasting legacy” of the coronation weekend. Buckingham Palace said it hoped to convince as many people as possible to “join the work being undertaken to support their local areas” on the day, which has been designated as an extra bank holiday. Continue reading… ​People are being encouraged…

The teen drama made her a star.

Things got emotional after they won.

More than 3,000 people protest on estate of Alexander Darwall after his court victory ends right to wild camp in England More than 3,000 people on Saturday joined one of the UK’s largest ever countryside access protests on the Dartmoor estate of a wealthy landowner who won a case ending the right to wild camp in England. Groups of walkers, families, students and local people arrived by foot, shuttle bus and bike to the small Dartmoor village of Cornwood throughout the morning and then thronged for hours along moss- and ivy-draped lanes up on to the rugged, boulder-strewn moorland owned…

David has spoken.

Howard Brown has been forced to shell out hundreds in repairs.

Carley and Mark are taking to the ice on Sunday.

The clues seem to all point in their direction…

The restaurant was the setting of a viral video in 2013 which saw a raccoon brandished during a mass brawl.

Not gonna happen, Joe!

Speechless. Actually speechless.