‘I wonder if it’s worth getting up’: life in Corby, the debt capital of Britain – The Guardian

Corby in Northamptonshire has taken on a few notable titles over the years. It has been dubbed Little Scotland to reflect the Scottish workers who flooded in during the last century for jobs in its now defunct steelworks. More recently, Corby emerged as the fastest-growing borough outside London, its population now swelled by EU migrants…

Strike Force Rupas: Drug syndicate trio Dylan Heins, Kirk Lawton and Taha Eldarwich face sentence hearing – Newcastle Herald

KINGPIN: Kirk Lawton in handcuffs after his arrest in July, 2015. He told Newcastle District Court on Friday that he started selling drugs to help his son, Beau, who is also a drug dealer, clear a $50,000 drug debt. FORMER Newcastle boxer and rugby league player Kirk Lawton says his motivation for supplying large amounts…

Trump administration hasn’t approved any student loan debt relief claims – The Mercury News

Since President Trump took office, thousands of people who attended demonstrably shady for-profit colleges have applied to have their student loans discharged. But as of this month, the Trump administration has not approved any of the recent claims, known as borrower defense to repayment applications, including 2,605 claims filed by borrowers from California. So thousands…