31 h. ago Ayrshire local authority recoups £31,000 in council tax fraud

Fraud investigations brought £50,000 back to the council.

Economics

32 h. ago Lid lifted on East Ayrshire councillors' expenses and salaries

East Ayrshire councillors were paid more than £800,000 and claimed almost £4,000 in expenses in 2024-25.

Politics

34 h. ago Consistent Coco Gauff takes sunny outlook into French Open final with Sabalenka

American starts as underdog but winning a second major would underline the 21-year-old’s precocious talentCoco Gauff was only 18 when she navigated a path to a grand slam final for the first time. After her breakthrough in the preceding years, and the intense hype and scrutiny that accompanied her as she tried to build her career, Gauff’s run to the 2022 French Open final proved to herself and the world that she was ready to live up to those expectations.Although she did not win the title, her experience at Roland Garros then was an essential lesson that has guided her over the past few years. In the buildup to that final against Iga Swiatek, she struggled badly with her nerves and her intense fear of failure. “At first I thought it would be the end of the world if I lost, and the sun still rose the next day,” said Gauff after beating Loïs Boisson in their semi-final on Thursday. “So knowing, regardless of the result, the sun will still rise. Especially being in a city like Paris, I...

Politics

56 h. ago DWP warned millions of UK workers 'risking their health' under 'woeful' sick pay system

New figures revealed time lost averaged 4.4 days per worker in 2024

Events

3 d. ago The public sector sicknote epidemic: They're 60% more likely to be off than staff who work for private firms

The extent of Britain's sick note epidemic is exposed in Office for National Statistics figures that reveal 148.9 million working days were lost last year, equivalent to 4.4 days for each worker.

Economics

3 d. ago Council's 52,000 lost working days due to staff absence equates to £6million

The figures are an improvement on the previous year but, when combined, anxiety, stress and depression remain the main driver for workers staying at home.

Economics

3 d. ago Homeowners with garden fences told to 'contact council' or risk £20,000 fine

New rules came in last week under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 give households guidance - here's all you need to know

Economics

3 d. ago Sickness absence rate down to just four days a year for every worker – ONS

An estimated 148.9 million working days were lost in the UK because of sickness or injury in 2024.

Politics

4 d. ago Manchester United’s debacle in Asia boosts case against post

Clubs want to make money and engage fans, but what of the physical toll on tired players and environmental costs?As the dust settles on Manchester United’s post-season tour of Malaysia and Hong Kong, the question must be asked: was it worth it? United may have pocketed around £10m from their six-day, two-match visit to Asia but what they lost was arguably worse. And no, we’re not just talking about their 1-0 defeat against the “Asean All Stars” in Kuala Lumpur, a scratch, invitational side that had never previously played together.Omar Berrada, United’s chief executive, had excitedly hailed the tour as an “opportunity for us to collaborate with our valued commercial partners, and to deepen relationships with our fans”. That vision probably didn’t include Amad Diallo sticking his middle finger up at supporters, a gesture for which he refused to apologise, the winger insisting he did it in response to insults about his mother. Nor did it allow for Alejandro Garnacho sulking and yawnin...

Politics

5 d. ago Council's 'cash cam' has raked in £300,000 in fines in just TWO months

The 'cash cam' on Dereham Road, in Norwich, Norfolk, has already caught more than 10k drivers in a little over ten weeks.

Economics

6 d. ago Last year, at 73, I was so fat I couldn't walk round my kitchen island. But now I've lost three stone and cycle five hours a day

As you read this, I am somewhere between Land's End and the White Cliffs of Dover, pedalling my heart out on the second day of an 18-day, 450-mile charity bike challenge.

Politics

8 d. ago Project to restore derelict land in Paisley's Ferguslie Park could help tackle antisocial behaviour

Renfrewshire Council awarded £650,000 to deliver regeneration of Belltrees site into multi-functional greenspace.

Politics

1 week ago ‘The national museum of absolutely everything’: new V&A outpost is an architectural delight

Poison darts, a dome from Spain, priceless spoons and Frank Lloyd Wright furniture our architecture critic is wowed by how the V&A East Storehouse lets visitors ‘breathe the same air’ as its 250,000 artefacts• ‘Pop a masterpiece in your basket’: our art critic reviews the Storehouse‘We used to have something called social housing,” you will be able to tell your grandchildren, should you ever take them to V&A East Storehouse, the Victoria & Albert Museum’s new outpost in east London. High up in the atrium, at the centre of this huge open-access repository of 250,000 objects, hangs a chunk of Robin Hood Gardens, a brutalist council estate in nearby Poplar that was recently bulldozed to make way for less affordable housing. Deftly suspended from the gantry, the poignant fragment now seems as much a relic of a bygone age as the 15th-century Islamic dome from a Spanish palace that is displayed across the hall. The estate’s precast concrete panels have been reassembled with ju...

Events

1 week ago Israeli troops open fire as aid group loses control of distribution centre

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, chosen by Israel, unprepared for thousands of hungry Palestinians, leading staff to abandon postsIsraeli troops have opened fire near thousands of hungry Palestinians as a logistics group chosen by Israel to ship food into Gaza lost control of its distribution centre on its second day of operations.An 11-week total siege and an ongoing tight Israel blockade means most people in Gaza are desperately hungry. Hundreds of thousands walked through Israeli military lines to reach the new distribution centre in Rafah on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago £650,000 awarded to transform derelict land in Ferguslie Park

Renfrewshire Council has been awarded £650,000 to deliver the Belltrees project in Ferguslie Park which will restore 2.69 hectares of derelict land and create a new multi-functional greenspace.

Economics

1 week ago Liverpool fans welcome Premier League heroes as 500k spectators line trophy parade route

Liverpool fans welcomed their Premier League champions to the city on Monday as the city council estimated 500,000 fans lined the streets despite the rain tumbling down

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1 week ago Liverpool fans welcome Premier League heroes as 500,000 spectators line trophy parade route

Liverpool fans welcomed their Premier League champions to the city on Monday as the city council estimated 500,000 fans lined the streets despite the rain tumbling down

Politics

1 week ago Verona races to solo Giro stage win as favourite Roglic loses time on leader Del Toro

Lidl-Trek cyclist claims first Grand Tour stage winRoglic falls five places to 10th in overall standingsCarlos Verona raced to a solo victory on stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia as Primoz Roglic lost more time on the pink jersey held by Isaac del Toro.A day after Lidl-Trek lost their team leader, Giulio Ciccone, following a heavy crash, Verona delivered an outstanding response as he claimed his first career Grand Tour stage win – and only his second professional victory – at the age of 32. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wynne Evans' secret heartbreak amid Strictly scandal and shock way he found out about axe

Wynne Evans has opened up on how he found out he had been axed from the Strictly Come Dancing tour - just days after he lost his brother

Events

2 w. ago Inside story of Corbie Walpole, who doused her friend Jake Loader with petrol and set him on fire because of an insulting comment: Chain of events that led to disastrous moment

Corbie Walpole and Jake Loader had been friends since their school days at St Paul's College near Albury but lost control when he 'antagonised' her during a booze and drug-fuelled reunion.

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