60 h. ago One of the highest rates of Huntington’s disease found in north Scotland – study

The rate in the area is 14.5 per 100,000 people, more than five times the estimated worldwide rate of 2.71 per 100,000 people.

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4 d. ago DWP support for 100,000 disabled and sick people across 47 areas

The DWP has confirmed that as many as 100,000 sick and disabled people a year are set to receive tailored support to help them find a job

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4 d. ago DWP confirms new tailored job support for 100,000 sick and disabled people each year

The five-year plan aims to help people with long-term health issues or a disability find and stay in work.

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7 d. ago More than 100,000 people have been caught breaking Wales’ 20mph speed limit

The highest speed recorded was 89mph in January 2025 in north Wales

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8 d. ago Government's first back to work scheme rolls out in London as benefits cuts loom

West London is the first area in the country to get funding from the Government’s ‘Connect to Work’ programme, which aims to support 100,000 people per year people into jobs as disability payments are cut

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1 week ago Driver caught doing 89mph in 20mph zone as total number of offences is revealed

The number of offences is falling in some areas and rising in others. Here are the figures for the number of drivers caught breaking the 20mph speed limit and prosecutions

Events

1 week ago Staggering number of people caught breaking 20mph speed limit in Wales

The number of offences is falling in some areas and rising in others. Here are the figures for the number of drivers caught breaking the 20mph speed limit and prosecutions

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2 w. ago Three people ordered to pay £100,000 as Natural Resources Wales crackdown on illegal tree felling

Natural Resources Wales have prosecuted three individuals as part of a crackdown on illegal tree felling

Economics

2 w. ago ‘Women give birth on the ground’: Congolese forced to return home find devastation

Residents of Sake – given 72 hours by M23 rebels to leave camps in Goma – find a ghost town with homes in ruins and no way to make a livingCongolese people forced to return to their home town from displacement camps when the M23 rebel group advanced on the city of Goma earlier this year have described scenes of devastation, with hundreds of homes destroyed by fighting and no opportunity to work or access aid.As M23 entered Goma, a regional humanitarian hub that hosted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by previous rounds of fighting in the region, more than 100,000 people left camps around the city to return to their homes. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bloom or bust? Superbloom spectacle eludes California after dry winter

Riot of native wildflowers that enthralled visitors in the past several years have failed to sprout due to too little rainIt’s one of the best known rites of spring in California: extraordinary displays known as “superblooms” that coat the hillsides in an abundance of color. Some years the blooms are massive enough to draw tourists from around the world to revel in the fields, such as in 2023 when more than 100,000 people showed up on a weekend to gawk at the poppies in Lake Elsinore, a small city about an hour outside Los Angeles.But this year, not so much. Thanks to a brutally dry winter, the hills around the usual southern California superbloom hotspots have been conspicuously bare. Callista Turner, a state park ranger, could count the number of blooms on two hands as she surveyed the 8 miles of rolling hills at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in the final week of March, which is typically when superbloom season peaks. “We’re still waiting to see what kind of season ...

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2 w. ago Newcastle trophy parade bus route and confirmed timings today as Carabao Cup win celebrated

More than 100,000 people are expected to line the streets

Transport

2 w. ago Italian authorities are paying people 100,000 euros to move to a beautiful mountain region

Italians are being given the chance to relocate to the picturesque and peaceful Trentino region in the north of the country - and they could be paid a huge sum to do so.

Culture

3 w. ago Newcastle trophy parade bus route and confirmed timings as Carabao Cup win celebrated

More than 100,000 people are expected to line the streets

Transport

3 w. ago New blanket 20mph speed limit to be introduced in Dumfriesshire town

The new restriction will come into force in Langholm on March 28 as a temporary measure for 18 months.

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3 w. ago Scientists pinpoint the diet that wards off brain damage in later life

A team of Canadian, American and Danish researchers came to their conclusions after analysing data from over 100,000 middle-aged people who were tracked for decades.

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last month Thai cops uncover 'scam call centre farms' with 100,000 people forced to make calls

Scam call centre farms set up in Thailand are generating billions of dollars every year, as the criminal gangs that run them traffic people in from countries across Asia

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