A “JAW-DROPPING” 1.6 million lost pension pots worth nearly £20 billion are being left unclaimed, according to estimates from an insurance industry body. Savers are losing track of their pension stash due to job changes or moving house, with future retirees potentially missing out on staggering sums for their golden years.

WE ARE told at every hand that dire misfortune will fall upon us if we do not capitulate to the Eurocrats and continue to make every trading concession needed by EU membership. Perhaps these ladies and gentlemen, oxygen-starved in their Brussels penthouses, could be apprised of some basic facts of life.

No secret that this country has been experiencing rainfall of biblical proportions and that this has caused very widespread flooding of roads and towns, with consequent misery for everyone affected, many of whom are not even insured.

Both major parties complain about the BBC. They always have and they always will. On the one hand, they both demand impartiality - which means criticism where it is justified - and then complain bitterly when they are criticised.

For decades, even centuries, we British have prided ourselves on being the free-est people in the world, subject only to the laws passed by our democratically elected parliament. But can we really go on preaching what has now become a canard?

IN A long lifetime I have never seen our old country in such a comprehensive mess. Health issues apart, our entire economy is being systematically dismantled. The damage being done will take a minimum 10 years to repair and parts of it will never return.

THE GREAT majority of us like it when the things we are being told actually make sense. I certainly do. So when the scary bulletins and instructions pouring out of government do not do that, I experience "red light" syndrome.

AMONG the many foolish vanities to which Mankind subscribes is the belief he can foretell the future. He has been trying since time immemorial. First there were chicken entrails, then animal bones, progressing to the stars, palms, crystal balls, tarot cards and tea leaves. All methods were consistent to 90 per cent - they were all bunkum and remain so. Now overtaking them all is the pseudo-scientist/boffin.

THERE is a fact of life that permits no rebuttal.

THERE seems to be a growing mood in public and media to the effect that lockdown has now gone on too long and is probably doing more harm than good. I wholly agree.

THERE is a steadily growing groundswell of opinion in this country that refuses to diminish or be silenced. I hope I may claim to have been a pioneer.

O TEMPORA! O mores! One of the most senior figures in the Civil Service, Sir Philip Rutnam, calls a press conference to denounce his Minister, in this case the Home Secretary herself. How times have changed from when civil servants were anonymous and Ministers took the flak when things went wrong.

SO, BORIS, where is your land of liberty now? Where is proportionality and reason?

Eleven U.S. Secret Service employees have tested positive for coronavirus and 60 staffers are in self quarantine.

Gregory and Travis McMichael, who are accused of fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, will not face hate crime charges. Here's why.

"Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend," Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement.

The lawyer for William "Roddie" Bryan, the Georgia man who recorded video of two white men shooting Ahmaud Arbery, says his client is not a vigilante.

Local officials say the community is shocked that racism could have fueled the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.

In her first on-camera interview since Joe Biden denied her assault allegation, Tara Reade told Megyn Kelly it "changed everything about my life."

The claim that COVID-19 has a lower death toll than many other causes is partly false. There isn't yet a year's worth of data.

Little Richard Penniman, a founding father of rock music, died at 87. Before Elvis, the flamboyant singer wowed 1950s teens with his frantic sound.

Airport temperature screenings mark latest discord between Trump administration and CDC over federal coronavirus response and science of public health

An Indianapolis photographer met a New Jersey painter on Instagram because they liked each other's work. Now they're married and run an art business.

IndyStar reporter Domenica Bongiovanni searched for tiny statues hidden by artist Dominic Sansone in 2009 for a Herron art class.

The "Andy Griffith"-inspired movie "Mayberry Man" reached its fundraising goal. Here are more opportunities to be involved with the film in Indiana.

Efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 translate into a financial challenge for nearly everyone connected to the production of live music.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered the events calendar in Central Indiana. Check out eight rescheduled dates.

Here's how two Hoosiers are helping feed local artists and creatives impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Artists who wish to apply for a free food box can visit the websites or social media pages of Gravesco Pottery or Urban Awareness Gardens.

In Indiana, everyone knows the best restaurants to get the best pie, fried chicken, tenderloins and yes...fried brains.

William Edouard Scott and John Wesley Hardrick both studied under famed Impressionist painter Otto Stark at Manual High School.

From restoring a corset to avoiding banana unpleasantness, some of these hints are still helpful today.

Animals were burned alive in a fire that swept the winter quarters of Cole Bros. Circus in Fulton County, Indiana, on Feb. 20, 1940.

The Indy 500 is delayed in 2020 due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. But six times, it was outright canceled.

Often overlooked, Benjamin Harrison gave us great national parks and forests.

There were no fewer than 30 White City amusement parks across the world. They were inspired by the Chicago World's Fair.

If Indianapolis had a spokesman, it was Jim Gerard. The Jim Gerard Show was a stop on many celebrity tours — bringing in stars like Bob Hope.

In stark contrast to the Armistice Day in 1918, Indiana celebrations of victory in Europe in World War II were somber and subdued.

HI FOLKS, how are you guys doing? This cheery text arrives on my phone several times a week, so now I share it with you. I hope you're all well, coping, and haven't yet reached the end of your tethers.

This year, I am currently making over $12,000 less a year then I was supposed to when I was hired in 2004, a letter to the editor says.

Right now there is an epidemic of suicides and opioid overdoses, on top of the unacceptably high murder rate in the city, a letter to the editor says.

Half of Americans do not vote, and many choose not to stay politically informed because the display can be infuriating, a letter to the editor says.

We need to educate ourselves and then trust the process the framers' included in the Constitution, a letter to the editor says.

Everywhere I look I see the most heinous and immoral acts.

We have not kept up, and we are losing a generation of teachers.

The governor expects teachers to wait until the 2021 budget before he does anything significant, a letter to the editor says.

Lawmakers should support SB 111 as an investment to make Indiana families stronger now and in the future, a letter to the editor says.

In our state, sex without consent is not a crime unless there is force, the threat of force or incapacitation, a letter to the editor says.

If I was just passing through on my way somewhere else, what I see along the roadside would not encourage me to stay, a letter to the editor says.

For too long, the health of women has been controlled by legislatures that are majority male or biased by their own religious beliefs, a letter says.