Day: June 22, 2015

    The UK’s heaviest man, who weighed 65 stone, has been found dead in his Dover flat. The fire brigade, police and ambulance personnel took several hours to remove Carl Thompson, 33, from his home. His body was removed using a small crane. A police spokesman said: “Kent police was called at 10.38am on 21 June, to a property in Dofras Place, Dover, following reports that a man in his 30s had died. Officers do not believe the death to be suspicious.” The coroner would be notified, the police spokesman said. Thompson, 33, had been housebound for over a year after doctors warned he needed to lose 70% of his body weight. Consuming 10,000 calories every day – four times the usual daily amount for a man – the 33-year-old reportedly spent about £200 a week on takeaways and ...

    The government is pushing ahead with plans to cut £12bn from the welfare budget despite growing political opposition and widespread anti-austerity protests. The plans are expected to include capping benefits at £23,000 a year for each family and making cuts to housing benefits and tax credits. The exact details will be revealed in next month's Budget. David Cameron has justified the cuts by warning that Britain must stop the "merry-go-round" of benefits dependency, says the Daily Telegraph. He is promising to transform Britain "from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society". Chancellor George Osborne and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith have also defended their plans, insisting that it will take ten ye...