Can you get universal credit if you receive a pension? Steve Webb replies

I am writing on behalf of my sister who has insisted that she is unable to get universal credit and I just don’t get it. My sister has worked since leaving school and has National Insurance contributions to reflect this. Now 62 years old, she is returning to work as a teaching assistant in September. … Read more

Chadwick Boseman to receive ABC tribute special after commercial-free airing of Black Panther 

Chadwick Boseman to receive ABC tribute special after commercial-free airing of Black Panther By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 15:57 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 16:39 BST, 30 August 2020 ABC will air a lifetime tribute special honoring the legacy of the late, great Chadwick Boseman following a commercial-free screening of Black Panther on … Read more

Apple set to let users receive coronavirus exposure notifications without a third-party app

Apple iOS 13.7 set to let users receive coronavirus exposure notifications WITHOUT downloading a third-party contact tracing app Apple’s is set to let users easily turn on coronavirus exposure notifications Developers spotted the update in the upcoming iOS 13.7 in ‘Settings’ This would allows users to use contact tracing without downloading an app  By Stacy Liberatore … Read more

Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby ‘set to receive $150,000 for military show SAS Australia’

Does crime pay? Claims convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is ‘set to receive a whopping $150,000 for new military-style show SAS Australia’ By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:16 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 13:16 BST, 24 August 2020 The starting salary for the contestants on Channel Seven’s new show SAS Australia … Read more

Police receive 4,000 reports of children abusing their parents during lockdown

At least 4,000 cases of children attacking their own parents were reported to police during lockdown, alarming figures reveal. Such violent episodes spiked by 25 per cent over the period from March to June when social contact outside households was limited to wrestle down the pandemic. The surge in attacks included one mother who was … Read more

Rapid Covid-19 tests still to receive regulatory approval

‘Rapid-response’ coronavirus test hailed as a ‘game-changer’ for the UK has NOT been approved by regulator and there’s no evidence it is accurate The government has purchased millions of rapid Covid-19 tests from UK firms The test – which have not yet been proved to work – offer results in 90 minutes One of the … Read more

KFC closes branch after worker contracts coronavirus as customers receive NHS test and trace texts

KFC closes branch in Somerset after worker falls ill with coronavirus as customers receive NHS test and trace texts The restaurant in Glastonbury, Somerset, has been closed for deep cleaning  Staff at the restaurant have been advised to get tested for coronavirus Customers who ate at the KFC reported receiving NHS test and trace texts  By … Read more

Police receive panicked emergency call about uneaten PIZZA in the middle of a road 

‘That tops the lot!’ Police receive panicked emergency call about uneaten PIZZA in the middle of a road Sussex Police had a number of strange reports of things appearing on the roads Members of the public dialled in to report everything from carpet to a mattress One rang 999 to tell police about ‘uneaten pizza’ … Read more

Home Office staff to receive training on history of migration in the wake of the Windrush scandal

Home Office staff to receive ‘comprehensive’ training on the history of migration and race in the UK in the wake of the Windrush scandal Training for Home Office staff to ‘understand history of migration in this country’ Priti Patel pledged to take ‘a more compassionate approach to applications’ The Home Secretary said ‘nothing like’ the … Read more

Hundreds of British gardeners ‘receive unsolicited deliveries of garden seeds sent from China’

Horticulturalists have issued a warning after ‘hundreds’ of British gardeners received unsolicited deliveries of seeds thought to have been sent from China. The mysterious packages have been posted to customers who previously made legitimate seed purchases through sites such as Amazon marketplace and eBay. But many of the gardeners were left baffled after receiving unexpected … Read more