9 h. ago Hundreds of homeless applications recorded in Renfrewshire in last six months

Renfrewshire Council confirms 579 homeless applications have been submitted from April until the end of September.

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10 h. ago Hundreds of homes to be built on old Welsh tip where asbestos and arsenic found

More than 500 homes will be built on land at Upper Cosmeston Farm

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43 h. ago Anyone with hairdryer at home can slash hundreds off energy bills

Lots of people have a hairdryer and, if you have one at home, it could be more useful than you think. Using it for a simple job can help to slash hundreds off your energy bills

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43 h. ago Anyone with hair dryer at home can slash hundreds off energy bills

Lots of people own a hair dryer and, if you have one at home, it could be more useful than you think. Using it for a simple job can help to slash hundreds off your energy bills

Society

63 h. ago 34 nostalgic photos capture life at UK's lost breweries, which made some of nation's best

The UK is home to more than 1,600 breweries today, including hundreds of independent craft beer makers.

Culture

8 d. ago ‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London

Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us todayThere was no greater vantage point to see America burn than the Pennsylvania railroad. Working in the summer of 1919 as a dining car waiter, Claude McKay was so fearful that he had resorted to travelling with a revolver secreted in his starched white jacket. During this volatile time, which became known as the US’s Red Summer, a wave of racial violence engulfed the country.In a situation replicated across the western world, hundreds of thousands of first world war veterans had returned home and were now looking for work. Among them were Black troops who had fought for the allied powers and hoped that they would be awarded equal rights in return for their service. It was not to be. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I’m shaking all over’: hugs, tears and relief in Israel as Gaza hostages return

On a powerfully emotional day, 20 Israelis went home, hundreds of Palestinians were freed from prison and Trump had his perfectly scripted momentThe estimated 65,000 people in “hostages square” in Tel Aviv heard it before they saw it. Like so many sunflowers, their faces turned up to search the clear blue morning sky for the source of the sound. Then it swept into view from the west, from the direction of Gaza.A helicopter, military brown, was on the way to Ichilov hospital a few hundred metres away. But it diverted. It circled around the crowd giving each person below a view, and then tilted to its right, in an apparent salute to the cheering, waving, smiling faces below. Continue reading...

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1 week ago I'm a beauty editor who's given hundreds of older women makeovers and here is EXACTLY what you must do to take a decade off

I have collaborated with two A list make-up artists - here are the tricks and tips that we believe deliver the most transformative results.

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1 week ago 'You are coming home': surviving Israeli hostages freed after two years in Gaza – video report

All 20 remaining living Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas after more than two years in captivity in Gaza. Hostages were handed over to the Red Cross before finally rejoining their families with the help of the Israeli army. Hamas had allowed some of the hostages to make video calls home on Monday morning before their release.Emotional footage was shared by Israeli broadcasters to an estimated 65,000 people gathered in front of large screens in 'hostages square' in Tel Aviv and to millions more watching the coverage at home. Hundreds were there from the early hours of Monday and tens of thousands more joined them as the morning went on where they watched live footage of events from large screens on two sides of the square. Israeli ministers had approved overnight a list of 1,718 Palestinian prisoners due to be releasedHamas releases 20 remaining living Israeli hostages after two years in GazaGaza ceasefire – live updatesAs Donald Trump heads to Gaza ‘peace summit’ in Egypt...

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1 week ago Two huge estates, hundreds of empty homes and still no plan to fill them

The two housing estates have slowly been emptied over the course of eight years

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1 week ago Poland steps in as Russia continues to attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without power after a series of Russian strikes

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1 week ago Part of Wythenshawe Civic Centre to be demolished under plans for hundreds of homes

Half-a-billion pounds is being spent to revive Wythenshawe town centre

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1 week ago Woman 'gets peed on' by hundreds of STI ladybirds as they take over her house

Lois Mallett-Walker, 35, was left horrified and a bit smelly when hundreds of ladybirds invaded her home in Hertfordshire, and she has taken to TikTok to rage over it

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2 w. ago The home heating mistakes inflating your energy bills by hundreds

Simple and inexpensive changes can make a big difference to bills across the cold winter

Society

2 w. ago Woman spots movement on her walls and is left 'petrified' after looking closer

A woman was left terrified after noticing some unexpected movement on her walls only to discover her home had been taken over by hundreds of tiny, unwanted intruders

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2 w. ago Alleged stalker of parents of Madeleine McCann sent letter signed ‘Madeleine x’

Prosecutor tells jury that Julia Wandelt claimed to remember being abducted from Praia da Luz apartment in 2007A woman on trial for allegedly stalking the parents of Madeleine McCann claiming to be their missing daughter sent them a letter signed “Madeleine x” and said she remembered being abducted from their holiday apartment in Portugal.Julia Wandelt, from Poland, is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann over a period of two and a half years by contacting them hundreds of times and accosting them at their home, leaving them upset and worried about their safety. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago LIVE Hundreds of homes evacuated in Lancashire amid major incident

A wide cordon is in place

Society

2 w. ago Huge swarms of ladybirds are invading UK homes – as experts reveal why

THOUSANDS of ladybirds have been spotted gathering on homes across the UK this week. From flying outside to swarming households, the colourful insects have caused a stir among Brits. People have reported "swarms" of ladybirds outside their homes this week, with some households reportedly invaded by hundreds of the tiny bugs. On Monday, October 6,...

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2 w. ago Huge swarm of LADYBIRDS hits the UK: 'Petrified' Brits say their houses are 'crawling' with beetles

Brits have been left 'petrified' after discovering hundreds of harlequin ladybirds 'crawling' on their homes this week.

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2 w. ago Storm Amy latest: UK faces ‘danger to life’ warnings with 100mph winds and heavy rain after man dies in Ireland

Weather warnings cover much of country as first named storm of season brings travel chaos and leaves hundreds of thousands of homes without power

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