84 m. ago Labour voters think biggest burden on NHS is migration... as 1,000 more migrants arrive in small boats in just two days

The poll of 2,000 people who voted Sir Keir Starmer into Downing Street came as another 437 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Friday, followed by 583 on Saturday.

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5 h. ago 'This is amazing': Panthers celebrate 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup with another parade

Champagne was swilled and spilled, cigars were smoked and the Stanley Cup was hoisted a few more times, all with about 400,000 people watching

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14 h. ago ‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings is dead. Here, one of the last writers to interview them reopens his files‘It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining on the buildings. Everything down there was bright – very, very bright. You could see the city from 50 miles away, the rivers bisecting it, the aiming point. It was clear as a bell. It was perfect. The perfect mission.”I’m sitting in a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco opposite the navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. The year is 2004, and Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, aged 83, has agreed to be interviewed for a book I’m writing for the 60th anniversary of that fateful mission. Van Kirk informs me, with the trace of a smile, that this will probably be the last interview in his life. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago 17 women and girls in hospital after 'being stung by man with syringe' at festival

Police have launched an investigation after 17 girls and women were reportedly attacked by a 'syringe-wielding man' at a music festival attended by 50,000 people in Metz, France

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14 h. ago Inside Hong Kong's terrifying 'coffin homes' with 200,000 crammed into cage

More than 200,000 people in Hong Kong, China, live in partitioned shoebox apartments that offer just a few feet of space. They can barely fit a double bed and have become notorious for high rents.

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31 h. ago DWP confirms PIP cuts won't apply to 700,000 people – here's why

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit cuts won't apply to a huge group of people

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31 h. ago Inside world's 'creepiest' island with 160,000 corpses which tourists are banned from

A chilling abandoned island were 160,000 people died and were buried has been pictured - the public is banned from setting foot on the creepy site

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35 h. ago Study pinpoints exact number of coffees per day that can cut the risk of sudden cardiac death

The findings, from the US study of more than 46,000 people, add to the growing body of evidence highlighting the drink's health benefits.

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35 h. ago DWP major reforms will not affect more than 600,000 people says minister

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the upcoming changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not apply to a certain group of people

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35 h. ago Amsterdam’s unique ring road festival sees wedding on the A10

The city said 600,000 people tried to get access to the ring road festival last month

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39 h. ago Stonehenge summer solstice sunrise draws record breaking crowd

A record breaking crowd of around 25,000 people celebrated the summer solstice this morning at Stonehenge, one of the few occasions visitors can walk among the stones.

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48 h. ago 'We made a change after Covid that's let us quit our jobs to travel the world'

Ryan Losasso and Jade Beaty, 30, are now known as Live The Dash and travel across the world filming their exploits for their TikTok account, which is followed by 505,000 people

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59 h. ago DWP confirms new PIP changes will not apply to specific group of nearly 700,000 people

Eligibility changes to PIP are set to start in November 2026.

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64 h. ago Over 400,000 people on PIP set to lose daily living payments due to new DWP reforms

The OBR now estimates 430,000 PIP claimants will lose their award between November 2026 and 2030.

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2 d. ago DWP's new PIP points test could see 800,000 people lose £4,500 a year in benefits

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose out on thousands of pounds a year

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3 d. ago Experts pinpoint simple mindset change that could slash the risk of early dementia

Researchers tracked more than 10,000 people aged over 50 and found those with higher levels were more likely to have better scores on memory tests.

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3 d. ago Insurance giant to axe 650 jobs in the UK despite £100m sponsorship deal

The German insurance giant employs around 6,000 people in the UK and has its headquarters in Surrey, as the company looks to become a "simpler, digital-led, leaner business"

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4 d. ago German insurer Allianz slashes 650 British jobs amid 'higher claims costs and softening market conditions'

Allianz employs around 6,000 people in the UK at sites including its Guildford headquarters and a legal protection office in Bristol.

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4 d. ago DWP announces update on PIP changes ahead of major benefits shake up

It is thought proposed changes to PIP will slash benefits for about 800,000 people

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4 d. ago What would happen if the Great Fire of London took place TODAY: Terrifying map reveals the modern landmarks that would perish

In 1666 a devastating fire swept through London, destroying 13,200 houses and leaving an estimated 100,000 people homeless. Now, a map shows what that devastation would look like today.

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