5 h. ago More than half of Brits fear vulnerable people will be pressured into assisted dying as Commons showdown looms

The YouGov survey, conducted for The Salvation Army, found 56 per cent thought it was likely people would have assisted deaths because they feel a burden to others.

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6 h. ago Beloved mum, 64, died at home after developing 'common infection'

Debbie Billington was found unresponsive at her home in Blackpool by her husband Steve on the morning of November 28 last year

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12 h. ago Cruel Scots carer struck off after leaving starving cats to eat animal's dead body

Hannah Band, of Glenrothes, Fife, was employed as a support worker caring for vulnerable people when left three cats locked in a kitchen for six weeks.

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13 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: UN slashes humanitarian aid after ‘sharp’ fall in funding

Official says UN and its partners have ‘reprioritised’ operations in Ukraine, amid wider drop in aid funding from the US. What we know on day 1,162Faced with a drastic drop in funding, the United Nations will scale back its humanitarian aid efforts in Ukraine, an official from its humanitarian affairs office said on Tuesday. In January, the UN appealed for $2.63bn in funding to assist 6 million people who need aid in Ukraine. But due to a “sharp contraction” in humanitarian funding, “the UN and its partners have further reprioritised” operations in Ukraine to reach 4.8 million people with $1.75bn, Joyce Msuya of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told the UN security council.“The objective is to reach those most at risk and most in need, centring on four core response priorities: people near the frontline, evacuations, emergency response after strikes, and aid to the most vulnerable among the internally displaced people,” she said. “Without increased supp...

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24 h. ago Millions of teenagers may suffer 'ticking time bomb' heart problem due to common diet mistake, experts warn

Millions of teenagers are risking heart failure through an epidemic of sugary drinks and processed foods, new research has revealed.

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27 h. ago In the Madrid power cuts, I saw patience and common sense – but we were woefully unprepared | María Ramírez

People queued calmly for torches and shared radios, but our vulnerability in an internet-reliant world was badly exposedAt the entrance to a healthcare centre on Trafalgar Street, in my densely populated, central Madrid neighbourhood, somebody had stuck a sign: “We ask for patience and common sense.” The door was half open as doctors and nurses calmly tended to emergencies inside.Patience and common sense is a very good way to describe what I witnessed in Madrid throughout the big blackout. We had no light, no power, no phone signal, not even water in some apartment buildings. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago McDonald's rejected by 'Britain's Beverly Hills' with locals sharing the same fear

A petition with over 34,000 signatures has stopped a McDonald's opening up in one of Britain's poshest neighbourhoods, as residents cite obesity, traffic and 'poor employer culture'

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56 h. ago Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith opens up about 'terrifying' fear and admits 'I'm very frightened'

Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith opened up about her childhood in South Africa and one thing she found particularly scary living in Western Cape

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68 h. ago Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois rematch confirmed as summer showdown looms

Two years after Usyk stopped the Briton, the heavyweights will clash again, with undisputed status on the line

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69 h. ago Chinese spies bugging lamp posts around major London landmark, fear Brit security chiefs

With global tensions at a peak, insider reports suggest China could be trying to gain intelligence from the UK government in unconventional ways, potentially bugging park benches and pubs

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5 d. ago ‘It takes over your life’: Fraud cases up 33 per cent as AI, crypto and social media increase risk for millions of victims

AI and social media are making people more vulnerable to scams, including one man who lost £75,000 after seeing a deepfake of Martin Lewis

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8 d. ago Gardener reveals how we're watering our plants entirely wrong

Keen gardener Joseph Clark shared one of his top tips for when it comes to watering potted plants, as he said most people may make one common mistake which can cause their plants to die

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1 week ago PIP claimants living in 'climate of fear' due to 'intimidating' DWP actions

EXCLUSIVE: An expert who helps people apply for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has said the Government has created a 'climate of fear' for millions of Brits

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1 week ago Lanarkshire residents struggling to pay council tax bills urged not to delay seeking help

Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the free moneyadvice.scotservice, said stricter recovery policies are likely to have the biggest impact on vulnerable people.

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1 week ago Boy, 6, had symptom that affects almost every child... months later he died from cancer

The devastated parents of a six year-old boy who died from hidden cancer in less than a year have urged others to seek advice for childrens' ailments - even if they seem harmless.

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1 week ago ‘Calculated’ carer stole £17,000 from elderly residents at York care home ‘to spend on gambling and takeaways’

‘Pratt knew which residents would be the most vulnerable to financial exploitation, and these were the people she targeted’, North Yorkshire Police said

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1 week ago 'Cold and cruel' carer splurged £17k from vulnerable people on gambling and takeaways

Cheryl Louise Pratt was sentenced to two years in prison

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2 w. ago New calls to ‘stop PIP cuts’ and protect vulnerable people on disability benefits

Planned changes to health and disability benefits are set to start next year.

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2 w. ago The prison officers who fear being beheaded by Islamic extremist terrorists: Inside Britain's violent prison separation units

EXCLUSIVE: The unit where the attack took place, at HMP Frankland in County Durham, is only one of two in the UK and houses a small number of the most radical terrorists.

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2 w. ago The prison officers who fear being beheaded by Islamic extremist terrorists: Inside Britain's violent prison segregation units

EXCLUSIVE: The unit where the attack took place, at HMP Frankland in County Durham, is only one of two in the UK and houses a small number of the most radical terrorists.

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