Twelve PRACTICAL ways to help the homeless this Christmas and New Year.

THE HOMELESS AND housing crisis in Ireland has continued to worsen and deepen since Christmas last year. Emergency accommodation figures for October found that there are now collectively 9,724 people living in emergency accommodation across Ireland. 

Watchdog bans 'harmful' gender stereotypes in adverts.

The UK's advertising watchdog has said it will ban "gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm or serious or widespread offence".The Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) said harmful stereotypes in adverts "contribute to how people see themselves and their role in society", and can hold some people back. The ban will cover men struggling with household chores or girls being less academic than boys. The rules come into force in June 2019.

How Kunwar Bai Yadav a 105-year-old ended open defecation in her village.

Dhamtari became the first district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh to be declared free from open defecation. And the credit for that is being given to Kunwar Bai Yadav, a woman who claims to be 105 and sold her only assets a few goats to build a toilet at home.

Mum finds missing son after spotting him in Bugzy Malone video.

The neighbourhood, the crew, the expensive car arguably all key ingredients in a grime video, however, Bugzy Malone has revealed his visuals helped reunite a family.

India girl took her dad to the police over a toilet!

A seven-year-old Indian girl went to the police after her father broke his promise to build her a toilet. Hanifa Zaara told the police in a letter that her father had "cheated" her and should, therefore, be arrested. She said that she was "ashamed" to defecate outside.