6 h. ago Council to spend £500,000 on new council vehicles, roads and open spaces

Five projects in Merthyr Tydfil look set to benefit from thousands of contributions from developers

Economics

31 h. ago North London Council to spend £350k clearing 'industrial scale' fly

The council-owned site has become a magnet for fly-tippers despite plans to build 149 new homes on the plot

Economics

32 h. ago Harrow Council to spend £350k clearing 'industrial scale' fly

The council-owned site has become a magnet for fly-tippers despite plans to build 149 new homes on the plot

Economics

64 h. ago The endangered Florida panther faces the dual threats of urban sprawl and increased traffic

In January, an endangered Florida panther known as UCFP479 became the first to die this year in a vehicle collision along a rural southwestern Florida road

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3 d. ago Car bursts into flames on quiet Scots road as smoke billows from windows

Footage from the scene shows the vehicle on the side of the road with flames bursting from its windows.

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3 d. ago US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warnsSweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in deaths as a result.After the US announced a permanent end to funding for HIV projects, services across the board have been affected, say doctors and programme managers, from projects helping orphans and pregnant women to those reaching transgender individuals and sex workers. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Car tax is jumping from £0 to £195 for certain drivers from this April

You currently don't pay any road tax car tax if you have an electric vehicle (EV) - but from April, you could be set to pay £195 road tax each year

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4 d. ago Car tax goes up from April but you can save £195 by doing this one simple thing

Electric vehicle owners are currently exempt from road tax, but this will end in April

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4 d. ago Drivers warned not fixing minor car issues could see them fined £2,000

The Road Traffic Act 1988 says any vehicle presenting danger to public safety is in breach of the law

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4 d. ago More than 500,000 benefit claimants who are out of work because they're sick have NEVER had a job

More than 500,000 people receiving benefits for health reasons have never had a job as Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has vowed to get more Brits into work

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5 d. ago London driver charged after vehicle found in Somerset Road ditch catches fire

London driver charged after vehicle found in Somerset Road ditch catches fire  Fox 56 News

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5 d. ago East Kilbride company receives bumper investment to commercially launch health product

Airglove Medical has raised £500,000 equity investment from lead investor Pulse Angels and co-investor Scottish Enterprise to advance the commercial launch of its patented Airglove product that helps medical professionals successfully cannulate patients first time round.

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5 d. ago Nearly 6,000 veterans have lost jobs in Musk purge, Democrats say

If DOGE chief does trim down 75 percent of the federal workforce, up to 500,000 veterans could lose their jobs

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6 d. ago Former Man United footballer who became a PRIEST after growing 'bored of money and attention from models' opens up on new life inside a monastery and how he manages to watch Ruben Amorim's side

In 2017, he opted for a little-trodden path when he was ordained as a deacon in the Catholic Church - a simpler life than his extravagant footballing days when he commanded up to £500,000 per year.

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6 d. ago Trans athletes on Trump’s executive order: ‘Stripping us of sports is devastating’

The NCAA has ruled only women assigned female at birth can compete in college sports. We spoke to some of those affected by the banOn 5 February 2025 – coinciding with Women and Girls in Sports Day – Donald Trump signed an executive order barring trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. The move marked yet another aggressive shift of his legislative agenda, as he doubled down on anti-trans rhetoric, in which he has vowed to eliminate what he calls “transgender insanity”.The next day college sports’ main governing body, the NCAA, said only women assigned female at birth would be able to participate under its umbrella. The organization oversees more than 500,000 athletes. Last year the NCAA’s president, Charlie Baker, said he knew of only 10 transgender athletes competing in the organization. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Doctors Without Borders halts activities at Sudan's Zamzam camp due to heavy fighting

MSF said it has suspended all activities in Zamzam camp, Sudan, which homes around 500,000 people seeking safety from the conflict

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7 d. ago Luke Littler finally makes change after winning £500k jackpot at Ally Pally

Luke Littler stunned the world of sport by winning the World Darts Championship at the age of just 17 last month, collecting £500,000 in the process, and now he has poked fun at his reaction to winning the huge sum

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8 d. ago Lottery winner offers to split £400k jackpot with thieves who bought ticket with stolen credit card

Jean-David was shocked when he returned to his vehicle in central Toulouse to find that the backpack containing his credit card had been pinched - and after some investigaton found that two homeless men had used it to purchase a winning €500,000 scratchcard

Economics

9 d. ago Winning Lotto numbers tonight: full National Lottery results with Thunderball for Saturday, February 22, 2025

It's a £4m rollover jackpot and there is £500,000 on Thunderball

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9 d. ago Putin on track to have lost a MILLION Russian soldiers in Ukraine invasion ahead of so

Data from the UK defence intelligence already estimates that Putin's forces have lost 860,000 soldiers to death or injury at an average of 1,500 servicemen a day since November.

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