63 m. 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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63 m. ago World's tallest skyscraper would reach 2.5 miles into sky and house 1million people

The world's tallest skyscraper would be five times bigger than the unparalleled Burj Khalifa in Dubai if the 'dream' proposal created in 1995 ever becomes a reality

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93 m. ago Bank holiday dates 2026 confirmed for UK but branded 'ludicrous'

Dates for people living in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have all been published with between eight and 10 days off depending where you live

Economics

2 h. ago Two bodies found and another missing in search for swimmers who got stuck in difficulty in sea

Two people have died off the East Yorkshire coast

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3 h. ago Jailed Islamist killer who won payout under ECHR rules for solitary confinement held prison officer hostage at knife point and told him: 'I've killed two people and I'll kill you'

Drug gangster turned jihadist sympathiser Fuad Awale, 38, used European rights laws to argue that his being locked up alone was unfair - despite the move following his hostage taking terror attack.

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3 h. ago Double tragedy as at least two people die while 'trying to rescue teenage girl who was swept into freezing sea'

Rescue crews launched a dramatic search following reports of a 'number of people in difficulty in the water', near Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, on Friday afternoon as an Arctic chill grips Britain.

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4 h. ago Hero banker 'saved ten youngsters' from Swiss ski resort blaze after his daughter rang him pleading for help

Paolo Campolo, 55, prized open an emergency door on the side of the Le Constellation club as it filled with smoke and flames, allowing struggling revelers to escape.

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4 h. ago California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules

Ninth circuit sides with gun owner that ban in counties with more than 200,000 people violates second amendmentA US appeals court on Friday ruled that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.A panel of the San Francisco-based ninth US circuit court of appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state’s prohibition against open carry in counties with more than 200,000 people violated the US constitution’s second amendment right to keep and bear arms. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Nightclub owners who renovated bar themselves could face manslaughter charges after ‘sparklers caused fire killing 40’

MANSLAUGHTER charges could be handed down to the owners of the Swiss ski resort nightclub after a deadly inferno killed 40 people trapped inside. The married couple who bought the venue in 2015 turned it from a rundown café into a party hotspot for the après-ski crowd at Crans-Montana. Jacques Moretti, 49, did most of...

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4 h. ago Second body pulled from freezing water during major search operation off Yorkshire coast

Rescue crews launched a dramatic search following reports of a 'number of people in difficulty in the water', near Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, on Friday afternoon as an Arctic chill grips Britain.

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4 h. ago Second death confirmed in Withernsea tragedy as search continues

A second body has been pulled from the water after people got in trouble in the sea off the East Yorkshire Coast as emergency services continue to look for one missing person

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4 h. ago US Coast Guard searches for survivors of boat strikes as odds diminish days later

The Coast Guard said it's still searching for people who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked them days earlier

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5 h. ago I make up to £10k a month including while I sleep – how YOU can earn thousands without lifting a finger in 2026 too

WOULD you like to make money while you sleep?   Steph Ward is one of ­thousands of people not lifting a finger while cash drops into the bank overnight.   The 34-year-old, from Market Rasen, Lincs, runs a coaching business and sells online courses — putting her in the ranks of those with “passive income”.  Here, Mel...

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5 h. ago New MS wonder drug gets green light for thousands of patients in England

It will be available as an option for people with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), the most common form of the condition which causes symptoms to flare up.

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5 h. ago Two bodies recovered as search continues for ‘number of people in difficulty’ in sea at Withernsea

HM Coastguard has confirmed it is searching for one more person who entered the water

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5 h. ago Faces of missing people after Swiss ski resort bar fire which killed 47

The families of seven young people, mostly teenagers, are urgently seeking for information following the devastating fire in Crans-Montana.

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5 h. ago Firefighters tackle huge warehouse blaze near Meadowhall shopping centre

People have been urged to avoid the area and close their windows due to a large plume of smoke

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6 h. ago Government shares top 25 strangest objects lodged in people's bums in 2025

Officials have revealed some of the most bizarre objects people stick up their bums, a habit that causes nearly 40,000 individuals to seek hospital treatment each year

Politics

6 h. ago Historian shares when to take Christmas decorations down and it is way later than you think

Many people are divided over when is the right time to take down the Christmas decorations now that the celebrations are over.

Politics

6 h. ago Former Brit schoolgirl missing after devastating fire at Swiss ski resort

The fire killed 40 people and injured 119 others

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