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Five great reasons to use coconut oil

Five great reasons to use coconut oil

A great deal has been written about the benefits of coconut oil and the amazing benefits it can have for your health. However, in this blog, I concentrate only on the benefits that have been backed up by scientific studies. So far, all of the indications are, that coconut oil is something of a superfood. So what is so great[Read More…]

Cameron’s staff call police after visits from the priests

Cameron’s staff call police after visits from the priests

A group of priests found themselves on the wrong end of the law after staff members working on behalf of David Cameron contacted the police after they tried to deliver a letter about food poverty to his constituency office. Reverend Keith Hebden, a spokesperson for the End Hunger Fast campaign, visited Cameron’s constituency office in Whitney with the Bishop of[Read More…]

Millions of Brits forced to survive on food donations

Millions of Brits forced to survive on food donations

Nearly a million people have been forced to survive on donations from food banks, according to a new report. A worrying 913,138 people sought emergency food supplies in the last year, due to poverty. The report highlights the plight of the working poor – those people who are in full-time employment, but are unable to afford the essentials such as[Read More…]

Wheat on the verge of destruction by a fungal disease

Wheat on the verge of destruction by a fungal disease

It has recently been reported by experts that a fungal disease is threatening to destroy wheat. Researchers in both Europe and Africa have been frantically racing to develop a resistant grain variety to try and halt the likely spread of the air borne spread of the fungus across continents. Scientists have warned, “Wheat is facing a serious threat from a[Read More…]

Who is helping the UK’s working poor?

Who is helping the UK’s working poor?

There is nothing shameful about getting help from people when it is really needed. But when a family needs to rely on handouts to eat, then it becomes another contentious issue of concern. Recently at the Akashic Times, we covered the Trussell Trust’s report on how more than 900,000 people were given emergency food, and this coincides with those seeking[Read More…]