4 h. ago Starmer backs call for full ceasefire in Ukraine as Russia’s ‘Easter truce’ ends

Ukraine has accused Russia of continuing its attacks despite Vladimir Putin claiming to have ordered a unilateral ceasefire over the weekend.

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7 h. ago Marks & Spencer contactless payments go down and retailer is unable to process click

Marks & Spencer has apologised after furious shoppers demanded answers over what was going on - with some claiming they had to abandon full weekly shops at the till.

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29 h. ago EastEnders's Natalie Cassidy vents as she's forced to change Easter Sunday plans as 'card declined'

EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy has been left enraged over the fact her food shop got cancelled after her bank card got declined - completely ruining her plans for an Easter Sunday lunch

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30 h. ago Zelenskyy dismisses Putin ceasefire as ‘PR’ and says Russian attacks continue

Ukraine reports drone and artillery strikes over Easter weekend, while Moscow also claims ceasefire breaches by KyivVoldoymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s Easter ceasefire as a fake “PR” exercise and said Russian troops had continued their drone and artillery attacks across many parts of the frontline.Citing a report from Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zelenskyy said Russia was still using heavy weapons and since 10am on Sunday an increase in Russian shelling had been observed, he said. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago The rich and Rat City: Locals in Birmingham's bin hell claim they are forced to live in a dump... while wealthy neighbours had their rubbish picked up LAST WEEK

It is like walking through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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44 h. ago One serving woman a week in Forces claims she was raped by a colleague, shocking statistics show

Shocking statistics show there is a serving female Army member for every week of the year that claims to have been raped by a colleague.

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: China arming Russia and building weapons on its soil, says Zelenskyy

Just as much Russian bombing under energy ceasefire, says Ukrainian president. What we know on day 1,150China is supplying weapons to Russia, including gunpowder and artillery, and Chinese representatives are involved in weapons production on Russian territory, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Thursday, citing reporting by Ukrainian security and intelligence agencies. “We are ready to speak in detail about this,” Zelenskyy said, adding that Ukraine expects to share documentation to support the claims next week.Zelenskyy said: “We have finally received information that China is supplying weapons to the Russian Federation. We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of some weapons on Russian territory We see the cooperation between these two countries in this area, and we must acknowledge it is happening.” The Associated Press could not confirm Zelenskyy’s statement. At the time of writing there was no response from China to the latest claim...

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4 d. ago Shop in Welsh seaside town booming thanks to 'Dubai chocolate' even supermarkets are copying

The shop says the buzz around the product is 'the longest trend we’ve ever known, and business has never been better'

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4 d. ago DWP issues update on Easter payment dates as money sent to accounts early

Certain people who claim benefits will receive their payments early this weekend due to Easter bank holiday dates

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4 d. ago DWP claimants to see huge change to services this week including Universal Credit

Job Centre Plus offices and phone lines will be closed on bank holidays, so claimants will not be open on Friday this week and Monday next week because of the Easter bank holidays

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5 d. ago New PIP claims for these 536 health issues worth up to £187 a week

There are hundreds of health conditions that could make you eligible for PIP

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6 d. ago New PIP claims worth up to £187 each week for people with these long

PIP and Adult Disability Payment are providing financial support for 3.7 million people across Great Britain.

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6 d. ago The amazing ice cream shop nestled in a countryside village that's worth the drive this Easter

The beautiful Lancashire village is home to an award-winning ice cream shop

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6 d. ago Winner of National Lottery's huge £10,000 a month prize has less than a week left to claim it

A National Lottery player in Kent won the top prize of £10,000 a month for the next thirty years - but has less than a week to claim it.

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6 d. ago Pensioners in Scotland no longer able to claim Attendance Allowance from next week

Older people in 17 council areas can already claim Pension Age Disability Payment.

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6 d. ago CBB star says Mickey Rourke's most offensive behaviour 'could not be broadcast'

Mickey Rourke was removed from the Celebrity Big Brother house at the weekend after 'further use of inappropriate language' and it has been claimed some of what he said was too offensive to air

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7 d. ago The Guardian view on Friedrich Merz’s grand coalition: gambling on a new centre ground | Editorial

The deal signed last week between the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD paves the way for vital investment in Europe’s biggest economySome years ago, hundreds of German finance ministry staff dressed in black and formed a giant zero to salute their boss, Wolfgang Schäuble, as he left office. It was a tribute to Mr Schäuble’s extreme fiscal conservatism, which had delivered Germany’s first balanced budget in the postwar period. Amid resurgent prosperity in the Angela Merkel years, the so-called black zero – symbolising a constitutional prohibition on public debt – had gradually acquired cult status.As a new administration prepares to take power in Berlin, it seems unlikely that human euro signs will welcome the latest politician to take on Mr Schäuble’s former role. But in dramatic fashion, the spending taps are set to be turned on. Via a swiftly staged March vote in the outgoing Bundestag, “debt brake” dogma was consigned to history by the chancellor‑elec...

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7 d. ago Virginia Giuffre breaks her silence with a cryptic social media post that hints at her inner torment

The 41-year-old, who was trafficked by the late American paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager, has shared her first update since claiming two weeks ago that she had just four days to live.

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7 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations

Russian missiles hit the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week.

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9 d. ago Moroccan wife, 25, of British businessman, 47, who mysteriously died on holiday 'cleared out' their shared home within weeks of his death

Majda Mjaoual,25, from Morocco and the wife of a Allen McKenna, 47, who mysteriously died on holiday 'cleared out' their £2,000-a-month rented within weeks of his death, neighbours claim. 

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