64 m. ago DWP full list of 23 medical conditions that can entitle you to a £368 monthly payment

People with specific medical conditions are being encouraged to check if they're eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), worth up to £368 per month from the Department for Work and Pensions

Economics

3 h. ago Man who attacked cellmate with 'prison napalm' over vape found dead behind bars

Danny Smith, 34, threw a kettle of boiling water mixed with sugar over his cellmate in 2023 - he was found dead in his prison cell last month

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5 h. ago LA Angels settle lawsuit with family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs over fatal overdose

Angels reach confidential settlement after civil trialSkaggs died in 2019 from fentanyl-laced pillsParties arrive at settlement while case with juryThe Los Angeles Angels on Friday settled a lawsuit over the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.The decision to settle was reached after a two-month civil trial in Southern California over whether the Angels should be held responsible for Skaggs’ 2019 death after he snorted a fentanyl-laced pill provided by the team’s communications director, Eric Kay. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Mo Salah gesture to Liverpool dressing room before AFCON exit showed true colours

Mo Salah gave an explosive interview earlier this month claiming he no longer has a relationship with Liverpool head coach Arne Slot

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6 h. ago Mo Salah's gesture to Liverpool dressing room before AFCON exit shows his true colours

Mo Salah gave an explosive interview earlier this month, claiming that he no longer has a relationship with Liverpool manager Arne Slot and accusing the club of 'throwing him under the bus'

Culture

6 h. ago More drug companies sign on to Trump’s health exchange that promises to lower prescription prices

Administration officials say the ‘Trump Rx’ website should be up and running next month

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7 h. ago ‘I still get goosebumps’ – Scott McTominay says he’s watched his stunning Scotland goal against Denmark over 500 times

SCOTT MCTOMINAY says he still gets "goosebumps" thinking about his spectacular goal, which helped Scotland end their 28-year exile from the World Cup. The Napoli star produced a stunning overhead kick to set Steve Clarke's men on their way to a 4-2 success over Denmark on a memorable night at Hampden last month. That saw...

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8 h. ago Holy Land's top Catholic leader visits Gaza parish, greeted by children in Santa hats and keffiyeh

The top Catholic leader in the Holy Land has visited the Gaza Strip’s only Catholic church, sharing a message of Christmas hope and support as conditions in the war-torn territory slowly improve while the Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds into its third month

Politics

9 h. ago TOWIE star Demi Sims drops major hint she's back with girlfriend after surprise split

Fans think former TOWIE star Demi Sims has rekindled her romance with Made In Chelsea's Jazz Saunders after their shock split earlier this month

Politics

9 h. ago Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push

A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals

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11 h. ago November US homes sales rose from the previous month, but down from 2024 as prices climb

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November from the previous month, but slowed compared to a year earlier for the first time since May despite average long-term mortgage rates holding near their low point for the year

Economics

14 h. ago TOWIE’s Demi Sims drops HUGE hint she’s secretly got back together with ex after shock split

DEMI Sims has dropped a major hint that she has rekindled her relationship with ex-girlfriend Jazz Saunders. The couple shocked fans earlier this month when revealed they had split after 10 months together. At the time, Demi emotionally declared that Jazz was "almost my forever" in an emotional post. Now, fans are speculating whether things...

Events

16 h. ago ‘Little Christmas cheer’ for Reeves as borrowing figures higher than forecast

A borrowing figure of £11.7 billion last month was higher than the £10 billion expected.

Politics

16 h. ago Semenyo a January target for Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United

Forward thought to favour move to LiverpoolRelease clause understood to be a bit less than £65mManchester United are vying with Liverpool and Manchester City to sign Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth in early January, with Ruben Amorim having first expressed an interest in the 25-year-old last summer. The forward is thought to favour joining Liverpool, with City his second choice, so United’s head coach faces a fight to convince him.Semenyo, who scored in Monday’s 4-4 draw at Old Trafford, has a release clause understood to be slightly less than £65m, with the sum including loyalty money and agent payments. It has to be triggered early next month, the Guardian understands. Tottenham are also interested but appear to have a slim chance of landing the former Bristol City player. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Semenyo a January target for Manchester United as well as Liverpool and City

Forward thought to favour move to LiverpoolRelease clause understood to be a bit less than £65mManchester United are vying with Liverpool and Manchester City to sign Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth in early January, with Ruben Amorim having first expressed an interest in the 25-year-old last summer. The forward is thought to favour joining Liverpool, with City his second choice, so United’s head coach faces a fight to convince him.Semenyo, who scored in Monday’s 4-4 draw at Old Trafford, has a release clause understood to be slightly less than £65m, with the sum including loyalty money and agent payments. It has to be triggered early next month, the Guardian understands. Tottenham are also interested but appear to have a slim chance of landing the former Bristol City player. Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago New Attendance Allowance update for pensioners making a new DWP claim

Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment can provide up to £441 every month for older people.

Politics

18 h. ago Government borrowing higher than expected after winter fuel payments U

Official figures showed borrowing stood at £11.7 billion last month, the lowest level for November since 2021.

Politics

19 h. ago Chase Infiniti: ‘My parents freaked out more than me when I said I was acting opposite Leonardo DiCaprio’

The breakout star of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (the Guardian’s No 1 film of 2025) on learning karate, her love of car chases – and how she got her name You could hardly ask for a better movie debut than Chase Infiniti’s in One Battle After Another, even if the 24-year-old actor was very much thrown in at the deep end. As Willa, the teenage daughter of former revolutionaries, she was called on to do shoot-outs, car chases, karate, and to hold her own against heavyweights like Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Regina King. “My whole life has literally changed in the last six months,” she says.Tell us how you got this role? Was there a giant karate tournament where you had to defeat all your rivals?No, thank God. I did six months of auditioning for the film while I was working on my first project, Presumed Innocent. So I was in California when I sent in my first self-tape. And about a month after that, the casting director called me and was like: ...

Politics

19 h. ago Finally, Labour is finding its nerve and getting Britain’s bad Brexit deal undone | Polly Toynbee

Rejoining Erasmus should just be a first step – as the economic evidence piles up, the need for closer ties with Europe could not be clearerMonth by month, Labour is bringing us closer to Europe. This week, the UK announced it is rejoining the Erasmus+ youth exchange programme. This will open the door beyond the many young people who attend university – its remit includes FE students, apprentices, and youth and school groups. A whoop of excitement greeted the announcement, with opportunities for those involved in education, training, culture and sport, and a commitment to maximise take-up by disadvantaged young people. Widening experience, encouraging adventure: Erasmus+ may help cure Britain’s monolingual handicap and the catastrophic decline in language courses. Last year in the UK, less than 3% of A-levels were in languages.This all eludes Europhobes such as Andrew Neil, who posted on X that “extra taxes now being inflicted on working people will be used to finance some ‘study’ i...

Economics

22 h. ago Europe has lost all credibility in the Middle East. The way to regain it lies in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon | Nathalie Tocci

Sidelined by Trump, preoccupied with Ukraine and damaged by its immoral stance on Gaza, Europe can still help stabilise its eastern Mediterranean neighbours A year after the overthrow of Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, the former jihadi fighter turned Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa addressed the Doha Forum earlier this month, deftly parrying questions about his controversial past and outlining his country’s complex journey toward a participatory, rules-based system. As I listened, it struck me that, while Europe’s role in the Middle East has been severely damaged by its immoral stance on the Gaza war and its self-inflicted exclusion from Iran nuclear diplomacy, Europeans still have a role to play when it comes to its neighbours in the eastern Mediterranean.Europe’s world has been turned upside down by Washington’s alignment with Moscow in the Ukraine war and the transatlantic rift as the Trump administration treats Europe as an adversary. Another dimension of this upheaval is E...

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