Ed Cumming

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Articles

Why Starmer's homelessness reform could see Britain overrun by rough sleepers

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ed Cumming |Albert Tait

Rough sleeping is only the most visible form of homelessness, which can also include living in temporary accommodation, sofa-surfing - sometimes called "hidden homelessness" - and statutory homelessness, where a tenant has been served an eviction notice. The nature of rough sleeping can be difficult to quantify.
The benefits cheats making a £6.5 billion mockery of the welfare system

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Ed Cumming |Ben Butcher

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The benefits cheats making a £6.5 billion mockery of the welfare system

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Ed Cumming |Ben Butcher

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How benefits fraud exploded

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ed Cumming |Ben Butcher

Amid calls for higher defence spending and an angry electorate, the Prime Minister faces pressure to cut the nation's soaring welfare billSara Morris, a 50-year-old from Stone, Staffordshire, is not the first middle-aged jogger to showcase their exploits on social media. In posts on Facebook, the mother-of-three - and member of the Stone Master Marathoners - advertised her exertions in scores of running events, including 5k and 10k races.
Can you tell what’s real and what’s cake? Test yourself against the Bake King

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Ed Cumming

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Can you tell what’s real and what’s cake? Test yourself against the Bake King

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ed Cumming

The French theorist Jean Baudrillard argued that modern society had replaced reality with signs. “The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth – it is the truth which conceals that there is none,” he wrote. “The simulacrum is true.” As images proliferate they become distorted, first so they bear increasingly little relation to reality, and eventually to a point where nothing bears any relation to the real world. All we have are images of things.
Can you tell what's real and what's cake? Test yourself against the Bake King

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ed Cumming

Social media sensation Ben Cullen has mastered the art of creating hyper-realistic sponges - and says you can do it tooThe French theorist Jean Baudrillard argued that modern society had replaced reality with signs. "The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth - it is the truth which conceals that there is none," he wrote.
‘Cover-up’: How brief stopover turned into horror ordeal for passengers on Flight 149

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Ed Cumming

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'We spent five months as Saddam's hostages

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ed Cumming

It was meant to be a routine journey for Flight 149, but a mystery group of passengers delayed takeoff - then Iraqi fighter jets appeared... On 1 Aug 1990, British Airways (BA) Flight 149, scheduled to fly from London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur, via stops in Kuwait and Madras (now Chennai), was briefly delayed before takeoff.
Ozempic effect: Restaurants adapt with smaller desserts amid diet trends

4 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Ed Cumming

Chefs are adapting to the "Ozempic effect" by offering smaller desserts, such as these whisky-flavoured caneles. Photo / Getty ImagesOPINION“We’re definitely noticing an Ozempic effect,” the chef Stevie Parle told me recently. He was talking about planning the menu for Town, his new restaurant in London’s Covent Garden. When it comes to desserts, in particular, restaurateurs can no longer rely on diners to gorge themselves on pud at the end of a meal.