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• 'Mummy, are we poor?': the destitute children denied help by councils

  26-05-2019 15:54
  Because of her immigration status, Chantel had to fight for support her council is legally required to giveDestitute children unlawfully denied support by local councilsOver an eight-month period last year, 11-year-old John would check the amount of money left on the electricity meter the moment he got home. He continued these checks throughout the evening, walking past the mouldy bedroom that forced his entire family to sleep in the living room of the one-bedroom flat. His mother, Chantel, said
  
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• Pretty-in-pink Brian does his bit for women’s health in Bournemouth

  26-05-2019 12:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  A community-minded housekeeper returned to the Dorset care home where he works to show off the tutu and wig he wore on a seaside charity walk. Residents at Colten Care’s Bourne View home in Poole were ‘tickled pink’ to see Brian Ramsey’s costume after he donned it on the Bournemouth Hospital Twilight Walk for Women’s […]
  
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• Silent movie brings back memories for Corby residents

  26-05-2019 10:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Sandalwood Court care home in Corby took a trip down memory lane this week when a silent movie featuring three of its residents, filmed as part of a major arts festival, was released online.   Residents from the care home were invited to take part in the movie by the organisers of the […]
  
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• Being a woke vegan doesn’t excuse Moby his Natalie Portman jibes | Barbara Ellen

  26-05-2019 07:00
  The singer’s claims to have dated the movie star sparked a Twitter storm once she denied it. Who to believe?So, the Moby/Natalie Portman story went dark quickly. For those needing a recap: US singer/songwriter Moby wrote in his memoir, Then It Fell Apart, that they briefly dated when he was 33, and she was 20.However, Portman said she’d been 18, a fan (Moby was massive at the time) and denied dating him, saying: “I realised that this was an older man who was interested in me in
  
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