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SIR – How is it possible that a family solely dependent on benefits can be better off than someone earning £70,000 a year – more than twice the average wage? This is an absurd situation, and it is driving those who pay the most tax to despair. The benefits system should be a safety net for those who fall on hard times or are unable to work through no fault of their own. It should help prevent poverty and destitution. It should not provide for a better lifestyle than that of so...

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Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids: Armageddon unveils a new generation of spies. See the Spy Kids reboot teaser, cast, premiere date, and more here.

I was an enthusiastic scribbler as a teenager – stories and poems flowed freely from the tip of my biro.

‘We want to help’ - readers rally to help school where children are bringing in ‘empty lunchboxes’ Businesses and individuals have offered their support to Oasis Academy Short Heath where children were bringing in free biscuits from their temporary accommodation as the only item in their lunchboxes and taking home school dinner scraps Dont miss out with our family newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide co...

On February 27, 1931, Oscar Garden landed a DH 60 de Havilland Gipsy Moth named Kia Ora at Horseshoe Bay. The flight came about after a £5 bet with Myross Bush man Geoff Todd. Todd was in the Gipsy Moth with Garden, a model of plane that the Tiger Moth would replace. It seems most of the town went to the beach to watch. At that time, only a few planes had flown over the island before, and some children were so frightened at the sight of an aircraft approaching they ran and hid in the bus...