1 hour ago Storm damaged children's hospice gets makeover thanks to Postcode Lottery win

Aileen Suter's People's Postcode Lottery win helped, in part, fund the makeover of Robin House's gardens after it was devastated by Storm Eowyn.

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3 h. ago Heating payment of £59 to help people with energy bills due this winter

More than 465,500 people in Scotland received Winter Heating Payments last year.

Economics

30 h. ago DWP confirms Winter Fuel Payment dates and how much you'll get

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed how many people will receive between £100 and £300 to help with the cost of increased heating bills this winter

Economics

55 h. ago How a Miami health care group is meeting homeless patients where they live

A nonprofit group in Miami is helping reduce the strain on emergency rooms by providing homeless people with health care where they live

Society

2 d. ago Martin Lewis urges Brits to put kitchen essential on radiators to boost heating cheaply

A trick has been shared to help people boost their heating and warm up their houses in a more cost effective way. Martin Lewis is one person who advises Brits to try it

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4 d. ago AD FEATURE: Gower College Swansea named as a leading institution for Oxbridge progression

The college has been recognised for its success in helping young people move on to well-established universities

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4 d. ago The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recoverMany of Kathleen Saxton’s clients only realise they were brought up by a narcissistic parent when they are older. Saxton, a psychotherapist, says that the truth may come with starting a relationship, meeting their partner’s family, and seeing they are nothing like their own. “Or they have family themselves, and think, ‘I would never do that to my own children.’ Sometimes it takes us until we’re in our 30s or 40s to realise that something was not OK.” Her oldest client is in their 70s and “has finally dealt with the fact they’ve got a narcissistic mother, who is still alive, and how it’s affected them all through their life”.Saxton hopes her new book, My Parent the Peacock, will help people to recognise, and recover from, a narcissistic parent. They might have grown up being c...

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5 d. ago Miliband vows to ban fracking, labels Reform ‘ideological extremists’ and tells Musk to ‘get the hell out of our politics’ – live

Environmental groups have welcomed the energy secretary’s fracking announcementAt the Labour conference Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has just started his speech.Responding to the news that he will announce a total ban on fracking (see 9.19am), Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth, said:By providing a clear vision for our energy future based on helping people, not on ignoring the science, the energy secretary has sent an important message that the government is listening to communities.Fracking is and always has been unpopular, both with people facing it off locally and the wider public. The government must now translate its plans to ban fracking permanently into policy, alongside closing a loophole in planning law that still allows it to happen by the backdoor.Andy Burnham is doing a fantastic job as the mayor of Manchester. I actually worked closely with him. We’ve reset that relationship between Westminster and our mayors, and we’re working well together. So ...

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5 d. ago Ed Miliband vows to ban fracking and warns Reform would ‘trash our climate commitments’ – UK politics live

There is currently no permanent ban in law, just a temporary moratoriumAt the Labour conference Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has just started his speech.Responding to the news that he will announce a total ban on fracking (see 9.19am), Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth, said:By providing a clear vision for our energy future based on helping people, not on ignoring the science, the energy secretary has sent an important message that the government is listening to communities.Fracking is and always has been unpopular, both with people facing it off locally and the wider public. The government must now translate its plans to ban fracking permanently into policy, alongside closing a loophole in planning law that still allows it to happen by the backdoor.Andy Burnham is doing a fantastic job as the mayor of Manchester. I actually worked closely with him. We’ve reset that relationship between Westminster and our mayors, and we’re working well together. So I’ve got...

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5 d. ago Only Fools And Horses star praises charity helpline supporting older people

Sue Holderness, 76, is best known for playing Marlene in the sitcom.

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5 d. ago Stroke survivor climbs historic Wallace Monument to celebrate recovery

Jake MacDonald has been an active participant in an Active Stirling programme designed to help people living with health conditions.

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6 d. ago New call to increase Personal Allowance to £15,597 to help people boost finances

The Personal Allowance has been frozen at £12,570 since 2021 and will remain at that level until April 2028.

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6 d. ago Free help for disabled people facing energy bill hikes as price cap rises

The energy price cap is set to rise again in October, but one charity is offering free help to those who are disabled or have a long-term health condition

Economics

6 d. ago New London exhibit explores human DNA and its effects on health

A new installation has been unveiled in London, designed to help people understand the influence of DNA and genomes on their health - and it's absolutely mesmerising

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6 d. ago Stunning London installation invites Brits to discover more about their bodies

The display is designed to help people 'stand inside their insides'

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7 d. ago New study confirms link between fat jabs and hair loss, after thousands of users complained of shedding and bald patches

Weight loss jabs are not only helping people lose the weight-thousands of users say their hair is falling out too.

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7 d. ago Young people at risk of exclusion in Hackney offered a helping hand by SkyWay

Young people at risk of exclusion in Hackney offered a helping hand by SkyWay  London Post

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7 d. ago 7/7’s worst injured survivor who lost both legs & eye has disability payments RESTORED after DWP U

THE most severely injured survivor of the 7/7 ­bombings has had his disability payments restored after The Sun intervened. Dan Biddle, 46, lost both legs, his left eye and spleen in the 2005 terror attack, and suffers complex PTSD. He has a business which helps companies attract and employ disabled people. For the past four...

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7 d. ago Brit bosses should 'encourage workers' to join Army Reserves as WW3 fears grow

Defence Secretary John Healey said it is his 'personal mission' to bring up public confidence in the Armed Forces and believes people should join reserve units and cadets to help national security

Economics

8 d. ago DWP scheme designed to help people with health problems get into work

The DWP offers a number of different disability benefits, including the Access to Work scheme

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