55 h. ago Households urged to apply for energy bill support worth £200 NOW ahead of scheme closing for good

HOUSEHOLDS are being urged to apply for energy bill support worth £200 ahead of a scheme closing for good. Hard-up families and individuals can get support via the government’s Household Support Fund (HSF). The scheme has been extended multiple times with the latest round running between April 2025 and March 2026. Each council in England has been allocated a share of the...

Economics

4 d. ago Russia launches deadly strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv ahead of day two of peace talks

Tripartite talks in the United Arab Emirates to resume in wake of missile and drone attacks that have killed one and injured dozensRussia launched a massive drone and missile attack targeting Ukraine’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv, early on Saturday, as US, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in the United Arab Emirates for the second day of tripartite peace talks.With Kyiv and other cities in the midst of widespread outages of heat, water and power following Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, officials in Kyiv said one person had been killed and at least 15 injured in strikes that continued until morning. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago HMRC issues £100 fine warning ahead of tax deadline next week

HMRC is urging anyone who needs to file a tax return to do it before the deadline next week

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5 d. ago I know what's REALLY going on behind the scenes of the Netflix

It's the biggest business story in the world: the battle to buy media conglomerate Warner Bros Discovery. On Thursday, Paramount said it was extending the deadline once more.

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6 d. ago Paramount extends its deadline for its Warner Bros. offer until next month

Regardless of which suitor prevails, a sale of Warner Bros. Discovery is anticipated to be a protracted process, likely attracting considerable antitrust scrutiny

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6 d. ago Welsh rugby players set WRU hard deadline and warn they'll 'consider positions' if not met

The Welsh Rugby Players' Association released a statement on Wednesday evening

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8 d. ago Washing machine setting that could reduce your energy bills by up to 40%

An appliance expert has shared how using a specific washing machine mode can help cut energy and water costs

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8 d. ago Save money and cut energy used on washing machines by choosing 1 specific setting

An appliance expert shared how using a specific washing machine setting could significantly reduce your energy bills while helping you lower water consumption too

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9 d. ago From Trump’s rejected treaties to our daily lives, we’re building walls around ourselves | Anand Pandian

Martin Luther King Jr knew that ‘whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly’. But we Americans are denying that realityThe United States seems determined to turn its back on the rest of our planetary neighbors. The Trump administration’s recent decision to withdraw from 66 international treaties, conventions and organizations is striking for the range of its rejections. Everything from the global treaty on climate change to multilateral efforts to address migration and cultural heritage, clean water and renewable energy, and the international trade in timber and minerals has been summarily dismissed as “contrary to the interests of the United States”.It’s no surprise that an administration hellbent on physical walls around the United States would also put up such walls of indifference, as if all of these longstanding collective efforts were simply “irrelevant” to our interests as a country, as the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, put it in a public statement. And yet, a...

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2 w. ago HMRC issues £100 warning as deadline looms for millions of taxpayers this month

HMRC is urging anyone who needs to file a tax return to do it before the deadline this month

Economics

2 w. ago UK travellers warned of EU border deadline for rules enforced today

Under the change Britons will provide four fingerprints and a facial biometric scan to a machine during their first arrival

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3 w. ago HMRC issues Self Assessment tax return deadline warning and advice

With less than a month until the January 31 deadline cut-off point, 54,053 customers chose to ring in the New Year by filing their tax return for the 2024 to 2025 tax year on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

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3 w. ago ‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?

Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worriedDuring a golden sunset in Memphis in May, Sharon Wilson pointed a thermal imaging camera at Elon Musk’s flagship datacentre to reveal a planetary threat her eyes could not. Free from pollution controls, the gas-fired turbines that power the world’s biggest AI supercomputer were pumping invisible fumes into the Tennessee sky.“It was jaw-dropping,” said Wilson, a former oil and gas worker from Texas who has documented methane releases for more than a decade and estimates xAI’s Colossus datacentre was spewing more of the planet-heating gas than a large power plant. “Just an unbelievable amount of pollution.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Deadline warning for families to get £200 toward energy and water bills

The money is being issued as part of the Household Support Fund, which is a pot of cash granted to local authorities to give to struggling residents

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4 w. ago Households urged to act now over 150,000 ‘zombie’ energy meters or face being left without heating or hot water in weeks

THOUSANDS of households are sitting on a ticking time bomb that could leave them freezing cold and without hot water within weeks, energy watchdog Ofgem has warned. In a desperate final push, the regulator is urging 150,000 customers to ditch their "zombie" electricity meters before the signal that powers them is killed off for good....

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4 w. ago DWP contact warning by January deadline over Winter Fuel Payment

Over nine million people should have received the automatic payment worth up to £300 to help with energy bills

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4 w. ago Uswitch issues January 1 energy bills alert as UK homes face 'severe' pressures

Council tax, energy, water, broadband and mobile phone bills have all soared this year, leaving families struggling with the cost of living crisis

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4 w. ago Cut every bill and sort your finances to make 2026 your richest year yet

The Mirror rounds up all the ways you can cut your bills - from energy to water, and council tax and insurance - so you can start 2026 in a better financial position

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