34 h. ago Millions of households warned to dry bedding inside this week

Hanging bed sheets on the line can affect some people's health, especially today

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57 h. ago UK households rush to 'hold physical cash' as warning issued to millions

Households are seeking a safety net in time of global volatility, according to the Bank of England's chief cashier

Events

4 d. ago Why is sorry the hardest word? Keir Starmer joins Rachel Reeves in refusing to apologise for Labour's winter fuel chaos

The Prime Minister insisted it was 'the right decision' to originally axe the handouts, worth up to £300 a household, for around 10 million retirees last winter.

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4 d. ago Tesco makes major change to how it sells bananas in store for 'four days extra'

An estimated one million bananas are binned by UK households every day because they have gone off

Politics

5 d. ago Art for Everybody review – the dark side of Thomas Kinkade, ‘painter of light’

The extraordinarily popular painter of kitsch American scenes struggled with addiction and depression, as this documentary with access to his previously unseen works showsYou won’t find the works of Thomas Kinkade lining the walls of the Museum of Modern Art, yet the painter, who died in 2012, is one of the best-selling artists in history and his paintings hang in tens of millions of American households. Kinkade’s typical subjects – rustic landscapes, sleepy cottages, quaint gazebos – bask in an idyllic calm, a luminous callback to a fabled simpler past. Turning to his unpublished archive, Miranda Yousef’s engrossing documentary portrait unveils the dark shadows that lurked within the self-titled “painter of light”.Through interviews with family members, close collaborators and critics, as well as Kinkade’s own words, the film traces his meteoric success in the 1980s and 90s. Shunned by the art world, he marketed his works through home-shopping television channels and a network of f...

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9 d. ago Warning to anyone hanging bed sheets out in their gardens to dry

Despite the rising temperatures and warmer conditions, Brits have been advised against hanging their laundry to dry outside, particularly if anyone in their household suffers from allergies

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2 w. ago Water chiefs say 'fix leaky loos' and help avoid a hosepipe ban

A water company has written to 16 million households across London and the south of England, asking them to “be mindful” about water usage

Politics

2 w. ago Universal Credit payment boost worth £420 for over one million people

The DWP changed how much money can be deducted from your Universal Credit payments and it means one million households in the UK will be better off in 2022

Economics

2 w. ago Winter fuel payment: Options to reintroduce the benefit for millions of households

The decision to make the Winter Fuel Payment available only to those who claim pension credit last year meant those claiming the benefit fell by almost 90% and saved around £1.5 billion a year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimates

Economics

2 w. ago Doctor says toxic household items 'must be thrown away', and you have all three

The common household objects are used every day by millions of people but are packed with dangerous chemicals

Society

2 w. ago UK households lose millions by letting showers run unnecessarily, survey finds

A poll of 2,000 adults found they spend an average of 11 minutes under the water each day, sometimes for the sole reason of enjoying time to themselves

Politics

3 w. ago Met Office warns 'big shift' coming after weeks of dry weather

The Met Office has warned that some parts of the UK could see hail and thunderstorms this bank holiday weekend

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3 w. ago HMRC to write to six million UK households after they accidentally break 2016 rule

Six million households will be getting a letter from HMRC in the post after accidentally breaking a rule imposed by the Labour Party in 2016 and face an unexpected bill

Politics

3 w. ago Water warning issued as prolonged dry spell causes 'considerable concern'

Riverbeds are running dry, wildfires have intensified and algal blooms have been spotted

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3 w. ago 'I give my daughter £60 allowance a week but my son nothing – life isn't fair'

A woman has shared how she pays her daughter a hefty sum each week to work in bedroom while she's at school - but her son believes this is unfair as it leaves him out of pocket

Economics

3 w. ago Energy bills set to change this summer in major boost for millions of UK households

It's another knock-on effect of Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policy

Economics

3 w. ago Energy bills set to fall for millions of households within months

Bills are set to fall due to fluctuations in global gas and oil prices

Economics

4 w. ago Warning issued to householders in Wales after long stretch of dry weather

Reservoir levels are below what they would usually be at this time of year following a long spell of dry weather

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