A programme and flier from the banned 1926 performance of the Albert Hall's Festival of Remembrance have been discovered at a charity shop in Berkhamsted.
 
Oxfam volunteer Jayne Harris contacted University of Manchester historian James Mansell with news of the rare find - which also included a programme from the first festival of 1923.
 
Jayne had read about James' research which revealed a conspiracy against maverick composer John Foulds - famed for directing the short-lived festival.
 

The Liberal Democrats have called for more action, including more pay audits, to tackle the gender pay gap, following new statistics showing the gap has only slightly narrowed over the last year.

The figures from the Office for National Statistics come alongside a report from the Institute of Directors finding that the pay gap between male and female directors has risen from 19% to 22% during the past year.

Commenting, Liberal Democrat Equality Spokesperson, Jo Swinson MP said:

Research out today shows that the current barrage of health and food information has confused people to the extent that one in four (26%) now choose to ignore government diet and nutrition advice.  Instead, millions of Brits now rely on ‘pop-science’ advice from family and friends.

The research from juice and juice drink brand ‘Minute Maid’1 reveals that amid claim and counter claim, a worrying number of Brits are rejecting basic healthy eating maxims:
·      One in six (17%) don’t believe that being overweight can lead to a heart attack or stroke

The Advertising Standards Authority today upheld a complaint from Friends of the Earth that a Shell advert made misleading green claims about the oil giant's
operations.

Shell's advert depicted the outline of an oil refinery emitting flowers rather than
smoke and claimed that Shell uses its "waste CO2 to grow flowers and
waste sulphur to make super strong concrete."

The cost of ‘uncovered’ property in UK gardens this bonfire night could be up to £780m1, according to recent research by AA Home Insurance, meaning it’s not just the pets that should be protected.  Is your garden covered if Guy Fawkes celebrations get out of hand?

Unprotected and under threat

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has reacted with disappointment to the Competition Commission’s provisional findings in the grocery sector, which failed to acknowledge the adverse impact of the supermarkets on independent retailers.
 
The UK’s biggest business organisation said that the competitive advantage enjoyed by out of town supermarkets over independent retailers from free parking, the unfair treatment of suppliers and below-cost selling has not been sufficiently addressed.
 

Vulnerable babies, young children and their families will continue to
benefit from improved life chances thanks to a £30million expansion of an
initiative to help equip young people with parenting skills, Health
Minister Ann Keen announced today.

The Family Nurse Partnership is a joint Department of Health/Department for
Children, Schools and Families project that is testing a model of intensive
nurse-led home visiting for vulnerable first time young parents. It is

Officers from the Western
Operational Command Unit (OCU), of Hampshire Constabulary are launching
a personal safety campaign for taxi and private hire drivers, to help
raise awareness of the potential dangers they might face when they are
working.

Almost a third of British homebuyers (29 per cent) are unsatisfied with their new home once they’ve moved, finding it to be more bedsit than Beckingham Palace.

The study, conducted by AA Insurance, today reveals that almost a sixth (13 per cent) of homebuyers believe they did not get everything they wanted on their last home and 8 per cent were not as happy as they expected.

Students have a lot to think about when finding somewhere to live for the new term.

But the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning them not to forget to check that their gas appliances have received their annual safety check - to prevent them suffering carbon monoxide poisoning.

HSE North West Regional Director David Ashton says: "Carbon monoxide poisoning is senseless.

"You can't see it, hear it, taste it, or even smell carbon monoxide (CO), yet every year it kills around 20-30 people.