67 h. ago Inside eerie British 'town' abandoned for years after 12,000 inhabitants left

The town was built by the British government at the height of the Cold War and housed thousands of servicemen and women – but now it stands completely deserted

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3 d. ago Former NFL coach pleads not guilty over alleged hacking of athletes’ intimate photos

Matt Weiss worked for Ravens before joining Michigan Women file additional lawsuit over alleged hackA judge entered a not guilty plea Monday for a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant football coach who is charged with hacking into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes to find intimate images, primarily of women.Matt Weiss’s appearance in federal court in Detroit was brief and came four days after a 14-page indictment was filed. He is accused of unauthorized computer access and identity theft from 2015 until early 2023. Weiss and his attorney, Douglas Mullkoff, waived a public reading of the indictment and later declined to comment on the case. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Nationwide issues warning to customers that payments are 'reported' to HMRC

Nationwide has issued a warning to customers who receive a free £50 'thank you' payment from the building society after it acquired Virgin Money

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7 d. ago Women who gave birth in 1980s and 1990s could be missing huge £7,859 DWP payment

The HMRC has sent letters to 370,000 people who are owed an average of £7,859 due to application forms for Child Benefit failing to include National Insurance numbers before 2000

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7 d. ago State Pension back payments of up to £7,859 due for women in their 60s and 70s this year

HMRC has issued nearly 400,000 letters to older people whose State Pension may be underpaid.

Economics

7 d. ago HMRC issues State Pension alert to thousands of women in their 60s and 70s

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued an alert to women in their 60s and 70s who may be missing out on State Pension payments - as they may be entitled to Home Responsibilities Protection

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8 d. ago HMRC warning for anyone who had a baby in the 1980s or 1990s

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a stark warning to anyone who had a baby in the 1980s or 1990s, as they could be missing out on valuable state pension payments

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9 d. ago HMRC issues pension contribution warning over salary sacrifice

The tax authority has issued a warning to employers and employees

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2 w. ago Women who took maternity leave could be owed thousands by their employer thanks to a loophole

Advocacy group Nugget Savings said it had been notified of errors by more than 200 women. It remains unclear how widespread the issue is.

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2 w. ago Why thousands freed from forced labour face indefinite detention on Myanmar border

Thousands of young men and women, some of whom are highly educated, were initially lured to Thailand with promises of lucrative office jobs

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2 w. ago Revealed: How Kate Middleton broke royal protocol to attend the Sarah Everard vigil

When Sarah Everard was murdered by police officer Wayne Couzens, thousands of women lit candles and laid flowers in her memory - including the then Duchess of Cambridge

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3 w. ago Women on State Pension due back payments of nearly £8,000 this year

HMRC has issued more than 370,000 letters to older people whose State Pension may be underpaid.

Economics

3 w. ago War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content

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3 w. ago Swab test could help UK women avoid invasive checks for womb cancer

New method reported to cut number of false positives by 87% has been registered with regulator for approvalA new swab test could help hundreds of thousands of women a year in the UK who may have womb cancer avoid having an often painful invasive procedure to detect the disease.About 800,000 women annually go to see a GP because they are suffering from abnormal bleeding from their uterus and then undergo uncomfortable and stressful investigations to identify the cause. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago HMRC issues urgent warning to older Brits ahead of major state pension deadline

In a post to X - formerly Twitter - the tax office has urged Brits to check for gaps in their National Insurance records, as they could boost their state pension payments

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3 w. ago ‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government

In 1995, 30,000 women from all over the world gathered near Beijing for what became a seminal moment in the women’s rights movement. Some of those who were there reflect on what has been achieved sinceIn September 1995, tens of thousands of women from around the world gathered in a sleepy town nearly 40 miles (60km) north of Beijing. The original plan had been to meet in the capital but, unnerved by such a large number of women, the Chinese authorities had insisted they stay a safe distance from the city in the settlement of Huairou, much of which was still under construction.The government’s distrust ran deep: hotels were provided with extra blankets in case the women decided to stage an impromptu naked protest; movement between Beijing and Huairou was strictly controlled; and the unseasonal rain was blamed on a concentration of women menstruating. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Inside the horrific world of deepfake porn: How young woman student was targeted in vile sex crime by her music prodigy best friend

Jodie started to have a panic attack when she saw the AI porn made of her - a perverted form of online violence that is happening to thousands of women without them knowing about it.

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4 w. ago Thousands of women losing jobs every year for getting pregnant, study shows

A report estimated that as many as 74,000 women are forced to leave their job every year because they are pregnant or on maternity leave, a number that has almost doubled in a decade

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