63 m. ago 'I just need Jagtar back': Wife's heartbreak after Scot's eight

Gurpreet Kaur has spoken of the pain she has endured for the last eight years in a rare statement after Jagtar Singh Johal was detained in 2017.

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95 m. ago Reeves refuses to say she will stick to manifesto pledge on tax rises and insists she must face world ‘as it is’ – UK politics live

Chancellor says she is focused on priorities for British people in pre-budget speech laying ground for expected tax risesBusiness live: UK borrowing costs fall and pound hits six-month lowReeves says welfare needs to be reformed.There is nothing progressive about refusing to reform a system that is leaving one in eight young people out of education, or employment. I put our public finances back on a firm footing, provided an urgent cash injection into a faltering public services and began rebuilding our economy.But since that budget, the world has thrown even more challenges our way. Continue reading...

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98 m. ago Rachel Reeves lays the ground for tax rises as Chancellor admits 'necessary choices' are coming in Budget: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Chancellor Rachel Reeves uses an early morning speech in Downing Street to address 'speculation' about the contents of her November 26 Budget.

Economics

98 m. ago Hotel plans for former Perth chambers given thumbs up despite flooding fears

The proposals would see the site on High Street converted into a 74 bedroom hotel - but SEPA and council officers had raised objections over the potential for ground floor flooding.

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1 hour ago Income tax fears rise as Rachel Reeves gives clear sign she will break Labour manifesto pledge

Chancellor rolls ground for tax rises in unusual pre-Budget speech at Downing Street

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2 h. ago Reeves says UK has suffered ‘years of economic mismanagement’ in speech preparing ground for tax rises – politics live

Chancellor says she is focused on priorities for British people and previous governments have limited UK’s potentialReeves says welfare needs to be reformed.There is nothing progressive about refusing to reform a system that is leaving one in eight young people out of education, or employment. I put our public finances back on a firm footing, provided an urgent cash injection into a faltering public services and began rebuilding our economy.But since that budget, the world has thrown even more challenges our way. Continue reading...

Economics

3 h. ago 'I felt a click and a powerful headache then my skin turned tomato red'

Victoria says the pain went from 0 to 10 in an instant - and it happened three times in one week

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3 h. ago Reeves prepares ground for tax rises in Downing Street speech

Chancellor pledges to take ‘fair choices’ to reduce debt, protect NHS and cut cost of living in Budget

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3 h. ago Reeves prepares ground for tax rises with call for ‘all’ to contribute

Chancellor repeatedly refused to recommit to Labour’s manifesto pledges

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3 h. ago Reeves braces Britain for hefty Budget tax rises as she warns of need to understand 'circumstances we face'

Chancellor rolls ground for tax rises in unusual pre-Budget speech at Downing Street

Events

3 h. ago GP shares eight ways to manage chronic pain which blights life of MILLIONS of Britons... without taking painkillers

Chronic pain is estimated to affect nearly half of all UK adults-a staggering 28million people.

Events

6 h. ago ‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID

When Donald Trump set about dismantling USAID, many around the world were shocked. But on the ground in Sierra Leone, the latest betrayal was not unexpectedEarlier this year, Donald Trump appointed a 28-year-old Doge alumnus, Jeremy Lewin, to oversee his administration’s approach to global aid. Lewin’s primary task has been to gut the US’s aid funding. In an interview with the New York Times, Lewin argued that the traditional approach, which he termed the “global humanitarian complex”, didn’t help poor countries “progress beyond aid”, instead keeping them dependent. The system, he continued, has “demonstrably failed”.This isn’t just the Trump administration’s view. For decades, there has been a robust debate in academic and policy circles, discussed over drinks by development practitioners, written about by critical economists and postcolonial independence leaders, and percolating into the broader consciousness, that aid isn’t working, or at least not as promised. When the news of T...

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7 h. ago A camel fair in India's desert town of Pushkar draws traders and tourists, in photos

India's desert town of Pushkar, nestled in the arid plains of Rajasthan, has transformed into a vibrant festival ground as hundreds of camels, draped in tassels, colorful beads and flower garlands, are paraded and sold to the highest bidder.

Society

9 h. ago Embattled Rachel Reeves emerges from hiding today to lay ground for promise

In a highly unusual move, the Chancellor will use an early morning speech in Downing Street to address 'speculation' about the contents of her November 26 Budget.

Events

9 h. ago Dentist names the surprising reason why you wake up busting at 3am

Dr Mark Burhenne, creator of the hugely popular Ask the Dentist series, has stunned his 919,000 followers by revealing that waking to urinate is not to do with the bladder.

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10 h. ago BBC’s Kingdom series gets viewers ‘into the action’ with TV drama techniques

New David Attenborough show’s use of drones and moving cameras creates immersive experience like Adolescence David Attenborough’s new BBC series Kingdom has broken ground by using elements from TV dramas, such as cliffhangers and drone and moving-camera shots, to immerse viewers “into the action” like the hit Netflix drama Adolescence did.Since the advent of streaming services, there has been an increase in natural history TV shows thanks to the worldwide appeal of the genre popularised by Attenborough and the renowned BBC Studios natural history unit (NHU). Continue reading...

Events

13 h. ago The often dismissed pain during pregnancy that should never be ignored

A nurse researcher warns of the harms that untreated pain in pregnancy may cause

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13 h. ago Sole survivor from Air India plane crash that killed 241 people speaks out

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he is ‘broken’ and suffers constant flashbacks

Events

14 h. ago Gethin Jones moans in pain as he gives update on 'debilitating' condition

Gethin Jones took to Instagram to update fans

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14 h. ago Mini Cooper slips into sinkhole but officials can't remove it

The car became trapped when the ground underneath it gave way on Saturday afternoon outside Berrymans Bakery in Redruth, Cornwall.

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