15 h. ago West Lothian day care centre awarded £5,000 by Scotmid members

Answer Day Care Centre in West Lothian is one of three good causes across the East of Scotland that has been awarded a share of a £25,000 Scotmid funding pot.

Economics

18 h. ago Edmunds: Five great budget performance cars for under $35,000

Sure, being on a budget limits your performance-car options

Economics

59 h. ago Care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers

Exclusive: Government policy on migration which prevents care workers bringing children and spouses to the UK is stopping the flow of staff needed to care for NHS patients

Society

61 h. ago Huge car dealership with over 90,000 vehicles to close in weeks

German online car marketplace Heycar, founded in 2017 and later launched in the UK in 2019, had initially set its sights on rivaling Auto Trader and Motors, but experienced great losses.

Economics

3 d. ago Drug dealer who sold cocaine as baby sat in his car to pay £57,000

Evan Sawdon, 26, was later found in possession of £22,000 in cash and 87g of cocaine with a street value of almost £9,000

Economics

3 d. ago Couple forced to close £85 per night holiday home due to ‘barmy’ council decision

Couple had spent £16,000 on converting a carpenter’s shed in their back garden into a luxury garden lodge

Economics

3 d. ago The big breath secret: can I improve my lung capacity, efficiency and power?

My father’s death from cancer showed me you need to look after your lungs. But apart from not smoking, what should you be doing? I headed to a laboratory, strapped on a mask and heart monitor and started pedalling Lungs are amazing. There they sit, inflating and deflating from dawn to dusk, dusk to dawn, sucking in air, stripping out oxygen and exchanging it for carbon dioxide. They do this 20,000 times a day, 7.5m times a year, 600m times in the average lifetime, keeping our trillions of cells ticking over and saving them from choking on their own exhaust fumes. And we ignore them until something goes wrong and we’re gasping, wheezing, panicking – or worse.When I think about lungs, it’s often in the same breath as cancer, which killed my dad 39 years ago. He only realised his lungs were knackered after a heart attack, which was probably also down to smoking. Sixty Senior Service a day, cigarette number two often lit as soon as number one was stubbed out. He stopped overnight, but i...

Politics

3 d. ago Portugal announces expulsion of 18,000 foreigners ahead of election

A government minister says Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners

Politics

4 d. ago Portugal announces the expulsion of 18,000 foreigners ahead of a national election

A government minister says Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization — a move that comes during the buildup to a national election

Politics

5 d. ago Moment car dealer sees his new £114,000 Range Rover stolen from his driveway

Tom Jaconelli, 39, was left fuming after thieves snatched his top of the range 2024 Range Rover Sport P550e from outside his plush home in Cobham, Surrey on Wednesday morning.

Economics

5 d. ago This man is cycling more than 2,000 miles without actually leaving a Cardiff arcade

Shoppers in Cardiff city centre have been cheering on Liam Jones who is cycling for two really important charities

Politics

5 d. ago HMRC change mean some drivers need to pay £7,000 more in tax each year

From 6 April double cab pick-ups have been seen as 'cars' by HMRC with drivers now expected to pay 37% BIK rates compared to £792 'van' fixed rate.

Economics

5 d. ago West Lothian's share of national welfare fund stays the same despite rising demands

A report to the council’s Executive offered some comfort that the council can carry over around £500,000 from last year’s emergency funding.

Economics

7 d. ago Drax takes ancient trees from near my Carolina home and burns them 4,000 miles away. This greenwashing scandal utterly shames Britain

There will be plenty of backslapping among the highly paid executives of Drax, Britain's biggest power station, at today's AGM held in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral.

Events

7 d. ago Prolific shoplifter stole Peppa Pig games and Traitors cards in £3,000 theft campaign against Waterstones

Paul Mangal stole over £3,000 worth of books, toys, and board games over an extended period from his local Waterstones

Economics

7 d. ago Mental health volunteer thought he was dreaming after winning a car for 2p

A 43-year-old volunteer had just woken up when he got a knock on the door to tell him his 2p ticket had won a car and a watch worth £30,000

Politics

8 d. ago Cocaine, corruption and bribes: the German port under siege by Europe’s criminal drug gangs

After seizure in Hamburg of 16 tonnes of high-purity powder, state attorney is accused of being on payroll of gang he was supposed to be prosecutingIn Hamburg’s spring sunshine, 200,000-tonne cargo ships almost half a mile long, piled high with the same weight in shipping containers, are docked quayside along the Elbe River. Cranes slowly offload the metal boxes packed with everything from raw materials to food and electronics, and, in some, cocaine.Between 2018 and 2023 cocaine seizures rose by 750%, marking out Germany as another major European hub in the ever-expanding global trade. But the influx is not just ramping up addiction, it is also fuelling corruption in a country perceived as being one of the least corrupt in the world. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Surprising hacks to remove summer pests from cars and avoid £1,000 fine

As the weather starts to get warmer, more people are battling with summer car issues but car experts are keen to share some simple ways to ensure you avoid any unexpected fines

Economics

8 d. ago Skin expert warns 'most people' mistake deadly cancer for harmless bite

Over 25,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma every year. Yet thousands do not know the vital signs according to the expert.

Events

9 d. ago 'I'm a car expert and these 3 cheap models under £6,000 are the least problematic'

Drivers looking to invest in a second-hand vehicle should consider these three models that are reliable and stylish, and will guarantee no expensive upkeep or maintenance

Economics