59 minutes ago Christmas Travel LIVE: Traffic chaos as M1 shuts due to vehicle fire while getaways hit by cancelled flights

‘Perfect storm’ of adverse weather conditions and road congestion caused widespread disruption as millions hit roads ahead of Christmas

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69 minutes ago British economy heading for ‘worst of all worlds’, business leaders warn over Labour Budget

After Rachel Reeves’s controversial Budget, the Confederation of British Industry warns the economy is ‘headed for the worst of all worlds’

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92 minutes ago DWP warning ahead of huge state pension change which could see your payments cut

The deadline to fill in the gaps in your National Insurance record is April 5 next year, and both the DWP and HMRC are preparing for a tidal wave of demand for their services in the lead-up

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1 hour ago Travel news live: Christmas getaway delays with flights cancelled and Met Office ice warning for drivers

‘Perfect storm’ of adverse weather conditions and road congestion caused widespread disruption as millions hit roads ahead of Christmas

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1 hour ago CBI warns UK economy 'heading for worst of all worlds' as firms fear 2025 slump

The CBI said its growth indicator survey found expectations for growth are now at their weakest since November 2022

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1 hour ago Middle East crisis live: Israel orders closure of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza

Head of Kamal Adwan hospital says it is ‘next to impossible’ to obey shut down order due to lack of ambulances to evacuate patientsThe UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, Unrwa, has been planning all year for winter in Gaza, but the aid it was able to get into the territory is “not even close to being enough for people,” Louise Wateridge, an agency spokesperson, said as many of the near 2 million Palestinians displaced by Israel’s war struggle to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain.Unrwa distributed 6,000 tents over the past four weeks in northern Gaza but was unable to get them to other parts of the Strip, including areas where there has been fighting. About 22,000 tents have been stuck in Jordan and 600,000 blankets and 33 truckloads of mattresses have been sitting in Egypt since the summer because the agency doesn’t have Israeli approval or a safe route to bring them into Gaza and because it had to prioritise desperately needed food aid, Wateridge said.In the early ho...

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2 hours ago Jamie Redknapp snaps at Jamie Carragher over 'really unfair' Trent Alexander

Trent Alexander-Arnold could leave Liverpool on a free transfer next summer and Sky Sports pundits Jamie Redknapp and Jamie Carragher disagreed over what he should do next

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3 hours ago UK weather: Conditions expected to improve after Christmas travel disruption

The Met Office has forecast a ‘grey Christmas’ with some sunny spells and ‘extremely mild’ temperatures.

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4 hours ago Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in India’s northeast Manipur state since violence erupted last year between the majority Meitei community and minority Kuki-Zo tribes

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