26 h. ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 23,500 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

Society

49 h. ago '20 minutes in his bedroom with a TikTok challenge and our boy was gone'

Oliver Gorman was found unresponsive at his family's home in Hyde less than an hour after they had returned from holiday

Politics

5 d. ago Schoolboy, 12, died from inhaling Lynx deodorant after copying viral social media 'chroming' trend, inquest hears

Just 45 minutes after returning from a family holiday, Oliver Gorman's mother found him unresponsive in his bed with empty aerosol cans scattered around.

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2 w. ago Soil in need of some love? Sow green manure in your garden and you’ll reap the benefits

Plants like lupins, ryegrass and field beans can help fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds and increase biodiversityI just removed a half-filled bottle of Lucozade from the euphorbia trough. It was left there by one of the scaffolders. “Are you sure that’s Lucozade?” ventured a visiting architect, which made me see the energy drink in a new light.All of which is to say: the garden is a mess. But there’s a lot to be said for negligence; I returned from holiday to find a sunflower had appeared in the back corner. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starbucks brings back fall favorite drink early to appease desperate fans

The fall flavor returns days after Starbucks announced its holiday menu

Sport

3 w. ago Family's agony as they wait for answers over death of 'very fit' marathon runner, 24, who died days after coming back from holiday

A young City executive, Georgia Taylor, 24, who died just days after returning from a Greek island holiday was 'here one minute and gone the next', her heartbroken mother has said.

Events

3 w. ago Starbucks holiday menu 2025: What are the new and returning menu items?

Holiday menu will be available at Starbucks locations starting November 6

Politics

3 w. ago School to start charging parents £120 if their child is often late

In a move aimed at bringing attendances back to pre-pandemic levels the council is supporting the school in issuing the fines for persistent lateness and delays to returning from holiday

Society

3 w. ago Mystery as woman, 24 dies suddenly after returning home from Greek holiday

'Adored' Georgia Taylor suddenly took ill after coming back from a holiday in Rhodes as her devastated friends and family try and come to terms with their unimaginable loss

Events

3 w. ago Heartbreak as beloved daughter, 24, dies just days after returning from holiday

Georgia Taylor died suddenly just days after returning home after a holiday in Greece

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3 w. ago Woman, 24, dies days after twice being sent home by doctors when she returned from holiday in Greece

Georgia Taylor, from Gwaelod-g-Garth in Wales, passed away in the early hours of August 21 following a week-long trip to the Greek Island Zante.

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3 w. ago Family share grief after daughter dies days after returning from holiday

Georgia Tayor, who had no medical conditions and ran the London Marathon this year, passed away in hospital from an unconfirmed illness soon after returning from a sunshine break in Greece.

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3 w. ago Family's heartbreak as girl, 24, dies suddenly days after returning from holiday

Georgia Taylor from Gwaelod-y-Garth, near Cardiff, has been remembered by her family as 'magnetic person' who 'lit up a room' after she died just days after returning from holiday

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4 w. ago TV presenter Nicki Chapman reveals why she will ALWAYS holiday in Mallorca

TV and radio presenter Nicki Champan returns to Mallorca, the holiday island where she spent her first overseas family holiday as a child in the 1970s.

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4 w. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for man who disappeared after returning from holiday

Terry's family are appealing for help

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4 w. ago Family say 'this is not right' as man, 60, goes missing after returning from holiday

Terry Morgan has been missing for seven days

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