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New Order’s Bernard Sumner has made a rare public statement to condemn Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the government at large.The frontman took to his website to share a message, beginning his statement: “I don’t normally post much and don’t normally post about stuff like this – but I do care about it.” He went on to highlight two news stories: firstly, the announcement that the government looking to overhaul Personal Independence Payments for people with mental health issues, which Sumner branded as “a disgusting way to cut costs.”Sumner went on to suggest the move was “probably an attempt to recoup some of the money they wasted on ineffective personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid pandemic,” calling it “a scandalous waste of money.”“According to the government’s own figures the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) lost 75% of the £12 billion it spent on PPE in the first year of the pandemic to inflated prices and kit that did not meet the required standards – including fully £4 billion of PPE that will never be used by the NHS and needs to be disposed of, ie burnt,” he wrote. “A scandalous waste of money and, as usual, it’s the sick and vulnerable who suffer for it.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Miriam Haley, the key witness at Harvey Weinstein‘s rape trial in New York, said Friday that she is weighing whether to testify again, after an appeals court on Thursday overturned his guilty verdict. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has indicated that it will seek to retry the former producer, but a trial likely would not go forward without Haley’s participation. At a press conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, Haley said she does not want to go through the ordeal of another trial, but recognized there are broader issues at stake.

Emmerdale fans were left disgusted during the latest visit to the Dales, as Tom King turned on his wife Belle Dingle with harsh taunts in a marked escalation of his abusive behaviour towards her. As the ITV soap delves into a coercive control storyline involving the couple, his abuse took a significant turn as he began to make cruel remarks about her looks and mock her mental health.

To his family he was "gentle, quirky, hilarious" and deeply loved. He loved buses, Eddie Stobart, and speaking his mind. Connor Sparrowhawk also enjoyed watching the Mighty Boosh, lying in the sunshine and eating cake. He was known as Laughing Boy or LB.

Britain is bracing for a record invasion of the toxic Giant Hogweed due to mild and wet weather conditions, experts have warned.

The first stalking prevention order against a child in the UK has been secured by police in Greater Manchester. The teenage girl subjected a family in Heywood, Rochdale, to more than a year of terrifying harassment and threats.

A leading nutrition expert has served up advice on the precise 'superfoods' to feast on at different life stages to fend off conditions like high blood pressure, heart issues, and dementia.

Scotland has nearly 10,000 empty council houses - enough to end the child homelessness epidemic.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently told People magazine that Bruce Willis was so generous on the set of their 1998 blockbuster “Armageddon” that he gave money away to the crew to make sure people had some “nice extra cash at the end of the week.” Willis headlined the Michael Bay-directed film opposite Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck. “Bruce is such a good guy,” Bruckheimer said. “He was so generous to the crew.

For years I and other drivers have been carefully negotiating a notorious crossroads in the borough of Bury. Tens of thousands of vehicles daily go through it.

Kelsea Ballerini is taking a stand against an alleged hacker who she accused of leaking her music.

English singer-songwriter Lucy Rose said she “couldn’t pick up my baby” after she was diagnosed with a rare form of pregnancy-associated osteoporosis (PAO).

Motorists have been cautioned about an 'often overlooked' car part that could result in MOT failure. The fuel cap, which seals the tank after petrol or diesel has been filled, prevents hazardous fumes from escaping.

Tatton Park is changing the rules on where dogs are allowed in the grounds of the historic estate.

Swifties will go to the ends of the earth to defend their queen — and one magazine got ahead of backlash with a peculiar preventative move!

A councillor has blasted the news sewage was dumped 436 times in Perth and Kinross waterways last year as "disgusting".

A luxury duvet that is designed to be used on hotel beds are currently slashed in price on the Wowcher website.

As anyone who has a regular shaving routine knows, ingrown hairs can be a major pain. At best they’re unsightly and ruin your newly smooth skin, and at worst they can cause pain, swelling and infections.

More than 250,000 people have been warned that they could have their benefits 'removed entirely' under a new welfare crackdown announced by the prime minister.

A police officer climbed over a counter to detain a shop worker who ignored requests to stop hiding bags full of illicit tobacco, licensing papers state. A hearing is set to consider an application tomorrow, (Friday) for Beytoushi Market, Bury New Road, Prestwich to sell alcohol until midnight Sunday to Thursday and 2am on Fridays and Saturdays.

Andy Burnham says he is facing the strife known by many families battling the country's collapsing social care system, as his father lives with Alzheimer’s disease. But all political parties have failed to ‘grasp the nettle’, say candidates for Greater Manchester’s mayoral elections.