14 h. ago Climate expert: We’re talking about global warming ‘in the wrong way’

Extreme weather is the way in which most people experience climate change and it hits the most vulnerable hardest, Friederike Otto said.

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35 h. ago Female Team GB boxer dies at 25 just two weeks after getting married

Georgia O'Connor, a former Team GB boxer and Commonwealth Youth Games champion, has died at the age of 25 following a battle with cancer after she was diagnosed with the illness in January

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58 h. ago Charity staff ‘gobsmacked’ after significant donation from Duke of Sussex

Nottingham-based Himmah, which provides food bank and other community services, said the undisclosed sum will help vulnerable people in need.

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3 d. ago Mum's horror as baby nearly dies from 'violent seizure' after tiny amount of common cold treatment

Carly Lloyd was left horrified after her 11-month-old daughter Poppy "barely touched the inside" of Vicks VapoRub before she went "rigid like a plank" as her head "swung from side to side"

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4 d. ago Warning as figures show one in 10 UK adults have no savings at all

Millions of people are vulnerable to rising bills and other economic shocks, according to the the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Financial Lives survey

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4 d. ago ITV Good Morning Britain staff 'fear mutiny' as show faces major overhaul

It has been suggested that the overall aesthetic of the show could be changed to be more hard-hitting and in line with ITV's news reports

Culture

5 d. ago Good Morning Britain staff left in fear as ITV show to face major change

ITV's Good Morning Britain has been on the air since 2014 and has boosted the profiles of the likes of Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan - but the long-running series could be getting a major overhaul

Culture

5 d. ago Like a teacher's pet, Starmer is a sucker for rules. Which is why I fear he will doom Britain to a sorry future as an EU satellite, warns ROSS CLARK

Rather tragically, we have Sir Keir Starmer to represent UK interests. You can almost sense the jubilation on the faces of EU negotiators as they eye up our fish and dream up ways to trap Britain.

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5 d. ago ROSS CLARK: Like a teacher's pet, Starmer is a stickler for rules... which is why I fear he will doom Britain to a sorry future as an EU satellite

ROSS CLARK: You can almost sense the jubilation on the faces of EU negotiators as they eye up our fish and dream up ways to trap Britain in their regulatory claws

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6 d. ago Major infection warning as record number of NHS staff reject flu vaccine

Patient groups described the level of uptake as 'shocking' and accused refuseniks of negligently fuelling sickness and putting vulnerable people at increased risk of death.

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8 d. ago Teaching assistant jailed for seven years over horrific abuse of disabled children could be one of Britain's worst sex offenders with 'well over 81' victims, police fear

Paedophile Daniel Clark, 28, of Bloxwich, West Midlands, encouraged vulnerable children to play sick 'truth or dare' games, recorded his attacks and kept a list of boys he filmed.

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8 d. ago Diplomat makes history as first refugee to become a UK high commissioner

Kanbar Hossein-Bor, who says his mother once feared he ‘might not be British enough’, lands Fiji post“In her mind this was a bastion of the establishment, she was a little worried of rejection,” Kanbar Hossein-Bor said of his mother’s reaction, two decades ago, to the news he was applying to work in the UK Foreign Office.This week, the fear that “he might not be British enough” was proved wrong, when Hossein-Bor was appointed as the UK’s high commissioner to Fiji – the first refugee to achieve the rank. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago DWP issued warning over mistakes leading to 'serious harm' for vulnerable benefit claimants

A group of MPs have slammed the DWP for its “cost-cutting drives” that continue to cause harm to vulnerable people on benefits

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8 d. ago Fears water quality reforms ‘could leave swimmers more at risk’

More than half of Britons fear illness from polluted waters according to a survey

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9 d. ago Family of 'intelligent' Brit, 18, charged with smuggling 30lb of cannabis into Georgia fear they may 'never see her again' and say 'someone must have taken advantage of her'

Bella May's grandfather William Culley, 80, sobbed as he told the Mail how distraught family members remained not knowing how the youngster came to be in Georgia saddled with drugs

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1 week ago Couple died after Covid ‘taken into house by carers’, daughter tells inquiry

Hazel Gray, from Northern Ireland, told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that the virus was spread by ‘people doing their jobs’, caring for the vulnerable.

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1 week ago Husband fears missing childbirth due to Labour’s new English proficiency test

Immigration plans to increase language requirement could prevent Armenian man from joining British wifeA couple fear they will be unable to be together for the birth of their first child due to Labour’s plan to increase the standard of English proficiency required before people can enter the UK.The plans are contained in the new immigration white paper that introduces a new English language requirement across a broader range of immigration routes for both main applicants and dependants, including an assessment of improvements over time. Continue reading...

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1 week ago I was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer after brushing off symptom that strikes millions after they eat

Heather Candrilli had been suffering from a common digestive symptom for years but blamed it on her diet. So, when she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, her world was turned upside down.

Science

1 week ago ‘Now I steal people’s attention’: how a Brazilian newspaper has turned a city’s rough sleepers into journalists

Porto Alegre’s Boca de Rua is sold and written by some of the city’s most vulnerable people, giving them a voice and a sense of purposeEvery Tuesday afternoon, Michel Vasconcelos goes to an open-air market in Porto Alegre, a city in southern Brazil, his backpack full of newspapers to sell, to which he contributes words and illustrations. “I used to steal and deal drugs,” says Vasconcelos, 43, who ended up living on the streets due to a family fall out.It was there that he got involved, nearly 10 years ago, with the project Boca de Rua (Word on the Street) and became, in his own words, a paperboy and journalist. “Now, I steal people’s attention and deal in information,” he says, flashing a smile. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Harry and Meghan's fans raise thousands in 'honour of Archie and Lilibet' to 'uplift youth in need' in LA

Assistance League Los Angeles, a non-profit striving to improve the lives of vulnerable children, has invited people to donate in honor of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet's birthdays.

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