The situation facing the councils is dire because of under-funding and ever increasing demands of security, housing, fighting crime, homelessness and inflation. Hence, Councils are appealing for cash injection to avoid ‘catastrophic collapse’...

At one of our recent social gatherings, I met someone whose both legs were amputated and he walked with, not one but two, crutches. On making enquiries of him I was told that this was the result of his untreated diabetes. The encounter has been...

Rudy Otter has made a good point in his letter Name Calling of AV 17-23 Nov 18 ” Why Pakistani hates to be called Pakis when.......”. I have often wondered about this myself. Could this be a low self esteem! 

Few decades back, the word dementia, organic cerebral disease, a condition of permanent mental deterioration, was hardly mentioned, not even in GP surgery. Now there are just under nine hundred thousand people officially diagnosed as victim...

This is regarding the Sabarimala temple row that’s taking place in India since the last many months where women are not allowed to enter the temple to pray. The Catholic Church is the only place of worship where not only women but people of...

While West has moved on with time, taking cruelty to animals seriously, improving zoo environment to match their natural habitat in the wild, thus helping breeding programme for endangered animals, like rhinos, gorillas, Asian lions and tigers...

Eight years of unnecessary austerity has played havoc on the most vulnerable people of the country. Prime Minister Theresa May says austerity has ended whereas her Chancellor of exchequers Phillip Hammond says it is coming to an end. 

The recently unveiled ' Statue of Unity' in Gujarat, is a befitting tribute to the well-deserving Indian patriot Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This event has however stirred up a hornet's nest in India resulting in a statue race in the country.

With the Government in turmoil over the Brexit Agreement, the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon Theresa May MP moved the Diwali reception from her residence at No. 10 Downing Street to the more grandeur Darbar Court, an area within the Foreign and...

Recently prominent personality raised doubt on moon landing on TV chat show. The landing happened in 1969 stirring my memory of this unbelievable achievement that caught imagination of the world. When we were in America on holidays, few decades...