63 m. ago Urgent new DWP alert as some have £60 a month taken from their benefits

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, which was set up by Martin Lewis, said some people are being subjected to sudden and severe debt collection practices

Economics

76 m. ago Shock report shows care home workers are more likely to live in poverty

The new report by the Health Foundation shows one in five care home workers and their families live in poverty while one in ten have to go without food

Society

2 h. ago Mining companies are pumping seawater into the driest place on Earth. But has the damage been done?

In Chile’s drought-stricken Atacama desert, Indigenous people say desalination plants cannot counter the impact of intensive lithium and copper mining on local water sourcesPhotographs by Luis BustamanteVast pipelines cross the endless dunes of northern Chile, pumping seawater up to an altitude of more than 3,000 metres in the Andes mountains to the Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper producer. The mine’s owners say sourcing water directly from the sea, instead of relying on local reservoirs, could help preserve regional water resources. Yet, this is not the perception of Sergio Cubillos, leader of the Indigenous community Lickanantay de Peine.Cubillos and his fellow activists believe that the mining industry is helping to degrade the region’s meagre water resources, as Chile continues to be ravaged by a mega-drought that has plagued the country for 15 years. They also fear that the use of desalinated seawater cannot make up for the devastation of the northern Atacama region’...

Events

2 h. ago Tax on AI and crypto could fund climate action, says former Paris accords envoy

Laurence Tubiana urges governments to consider levies on energy-hungry technologyGovernments should consider taxing artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to generate funds to deal with the climate crisis, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said.Laurence Tubiana, the chief executive of the European Climate Foundation and a former French diplomat, is co-lead of the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, an international initiative to find new sources of funds for climate action by taxing highly polluting activities including aviation and fossil fuel extraction. Continue reading...

Economics

3 h. ago Keeping animals of all sizes, from cats to horses, cool during record heat

With record temperatures hitting the U.S., pet owners have to protect their four-legged family members from dangers like heat stroke and dehydration

Politics

3 h. ago Humble peasants or an odyssey of sex and death? The Millet masterpiece that electrified modern art

Van Gogh saw compassion for the rural worker; Dalí saw phalluses and a child’s grave. As The Angelus comes to the UK, our critic celebrates a painting so deep it could even induce hallucinationsIt was Salvador Dalí who turned a small, intense rural scene called The Angelus, painted by Jean-François Millet in 1857-59 and hugely popular in its day, into a totem of modern art.In the original, a pious peasant couple have heard the Angelus bell from a distant church, the Catholic call to prayer, and paused their work digging potatoes to lower their heads and pray. But from Dalí’s writings, we know he saw far more in the painting, from obscene sex to family tragedy. In one of his many versions of it, Atavism at Twilight, the couple sprout agricultural implements from their bodies. In his surreal drawings these good country people become mouldering, mummified husks, or are transformed into fossils by time and sadness. Now that the original painting is being lent by the Musée d’Orsay to the...

Events

3 h. ago ‘This is going to be a real hatchet job, isn’t it?’ Janet Street

One of the giants of British media, Street-Porter is a regular on Loose Women, a former TV executive, newspaper editor and author – and about to launch a one-woman stage show. She talks about love, regrets and her fury with her late motherJanet Street-Porter is the straight-talker’s straight talker. Nobody says it how it is quite like her, whether she’s talking about how she “hated” her mother, tried to kill her sister or cheated on her four ex-husbands. The former TV executive, newspaper editor, author and Loose Women regular is now going on the road with a one-woman show called Off the Leash. To be fair, she’s never been on it. Street-Porter’s website heralds her as “the nation’s favourite pissed-off pensioner” and promises that, with the new show, “in the words of her good friend Elton ‘the bitch is back!’”We meet at a restaurant she has booked in west London. When I get there, she’s already perusing the menu and eavesdropping on the couple behind us. “That man behind us is very ...

Politics

3 h. ago State Pension, PIP and other benefit payments to be 'reviewed'

DWP said the amount some people are eligible for may change

Economics

3 h. ago Girls as young as 12 developing eating disorders over body image fears

Childline has delivered thousands of counselling sessions to young people struggling with disordered eating.

Politics

3 h. ago System must work to protect public as report finds chances missed with Southport killer

Record View says the public needs a counter-terrorism system that works.

Events

3 h. ago Commonwealth Bank executive Christopher McCann who allegedly procured underage children for sex is found dead after appearing in court

Christopher James McCann, 50, has died days after he appeared in a Brisbane court, charged with one count of using the internet to procure children aged under 16.

Events

3 h. ago DWP says it will review Universal Credit, PIP and other benefit claims

DWP has published a new report

Politics

5 h. ago Walker's announces new flavour of popular crisps and people are baffled

The new flavour is set to launch in stores from the end of July - but shoppers are divided on the brand new flavour leaving them confused at the difference in taste

Politics

6 h. ago American Idol exec and her husband were living in a nightmare in lawless LA. Horrifying new details reveal their desperate plan before their brutal murder

American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband moved into a mansion in an idyllic corner of Los Angeles 20 miles away from crime-ridden downtown.

Events

7 h. ago Hollywood surgeon's brutal warning to people trying to emulate celebrity plastic surgery

Hollywood is currently in an era of age-defying 'undetectable' plastic surgery. However, one of Tinseltown's top plastic surgeons has warned that not everything is as it seems

Events

7 h. ago Brits urged to ignore popular travel hack that's making people miss flights

A new viral airport hack is now making some passengers miss their flights because they're showing up to the gate too late, and this is all coming from a misunderstanding

Transport

7 h. ago Trump says China will start executing fentanyl dealers 'soon' as he vows revenge for victims

President Trump said he 'shook hands' with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who agreed to execute fentanyl dealers. Trump said the penalty could happen 'soon.'

Politics

7 h. ago Trump vents that MAGA won’t ‘shut the f*** up’ about Epstein list controversy, report claims

‘The week was a big kick in the balls,’ one administration official said

Politics

8 h. ago Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

Events

8 h. ago Charity highlights ‘harsh treatment’ of people who have been overpaid benefits

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute said that overpayments can build up for months unbeknown to recipients but the DWP clawback may be rapid.

Politics