Nicole Bailey, 23, found the money in the One Stop store in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, and pocketed it for herself rather than handing it in, local paper Stoke Sentinel reports.more
Health chiefs are calling for smoking to be completely banned in all NHS buildings and grounds. Public Health England is campaigning for a 'tobacco-free NHS' with more support on quitting offered to patients, visitors and staff.
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Instead of celebrating the end of the war, they were instead packed off to the foreign land of Australia, having no idea why this was happening or what would happen once they got there.more
The national minimum wage increases from from 1 of April 2017. The National Living Wage (which applies to workers aged 25 and up) will increase from £7.30 per hour to £7.50 per hour, a rise of 4.2 per cent. In order to simplify matters, the increase to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will also occur on April 1st, and both will continue to rise on this date each year.more
The European Commission investigates the possibility of increasing the pressure on Warsaw in connection with the difficult situation inside country.more
A British man has been arrested on suspicion of launching a cyberattack on a German telecoms company, which left one million customer unable to go online.more
Every year thousands of immigrants in the UK are the victims of illegal brokers. Criminals especially target the minorities hoping that weaker English skills and ignorance of the law will allow them to "stretch" for supposedly cheaper insurance.more
European Commission in Poland addressed a letter to the EU Commissioner Corina Cretu, which suggests that "in Poland there is a continuing violation of the law".more
The Court of Appeal has ruled a heterosexual couple do not have the right to enter into a civil partnership. What Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan have been attempting to get legal recognition for their seven-year relationship - but do not want to get married.more
Argos owner Sainsbury's has been fined £1.5m by HMRC for paying workers less than the minimum wage. Around 37,000 current and former Argos workers are to receive an average of £64 each after "incorrect" payments were discovered.more
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker believes it will probably take longer than two years to agree on all the arrangements for Britain to leave the European Union, he said on Thursday (16 February).more
Retail giants Debenhams and Peacocks are among 360 businesses named and shamed by the Government for underpaying thousands of workers a total of almost £1 million.more
EU lawmakers backed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta) by 408-254 votes despite crowds of protesters contesting the deal outside.more
Two Eastern European men from EU countries who were sleeping rough in UK city have been arrested - and are now set to be removed from the UK because they are a "a burden on the social assistance system of the UK" - even though the UK has not left the EU yet.
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The European Commission is being asked to consider issuing EU passports to British people in danger of losing their right to free movement after Brexit.more
It's hard enough for a couple pooling their wages to get onto the property ladder in London. Now, a new report reveals it's practically impossible to buy if you're single.more
