17 h. ago New Universal Credit update for people with health issues on legacy benefits

The migration from ESA to Universal Credit is due to be completed by March next year.

Politics

5 d. ago Full list of DWP benefits that could be stopped over hospital stays

Universal Credit, state pension and Personal Independence Payment recipients need to update the benefits office as soon as possible or face having their payments altered

Politics

7 d. ago Older people with ongoing health issues could be due up to £1,362 every month

Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment are providing extra financial support for over 1.7 million pensioners across the UK.

Economics

9 d. ago Millions of people taking antihistamines and cold pills issued warning by health expert

The health alert concerns those who take tablets for things like colds and allergies up to those on medication for heart issues or diabetes.

Events

1 week ago My client attended therapy because he was mandated to. Making progress to stop his use of child exploitation material was vital | Ahona Guha

We started by agreeing that we both wanted the same thing – for him to not reoffendThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workSometimes people attend therapy because they are mandated to attend, not because they want to. Bill* was one of these clients. He sat before me, avoiding eye contact, arms crossed.“I didn’t hurt anyone, not like those other blokes did,” he said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago By George... he's back! Clooney is upstaged by glamorous wife Amal as he returns to the red carpet clutching his throat at the Venice premiere of Jay Kelly

The Hollywood star was once again supported by his glamorous wife Amal in the city they famously married in, this time to promote latest release Jay Kelly.

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2 w. ago By George... he's back! Under the weather Clooney is upstaged by glamorous wife Amal as he returns to the red carpet clutching his throat at the Venice Film Festival premiere of Jay Kelly

The Hollywood star was once again supported by his glamorous wife Amal in the city they famously married in, this time to promote latest release Jay Kelly.

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2 w. ago George Clooney is supported by his wife Amal as he returns to the red carpet for his Venice Film Festival premiere amid 'serious sinus infection'

The Hollywood star was once again supported by his glamorous wife Amal in the city they famously married in, this time to promote latest release Jay Kelly.

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2 w. ago Older people with health issues could boost annual State Pension by up to £5,740

Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment are tax-free benefits worth either £73.90 or £110.40 each week.

Economics

2 w. ago Everything We Do Is Music by Elizabeth Alker review – how the classics shaped pop

From Stravinsky to Donna Summer, the story of connections that enriched music – in both directionsOne of many things I did not expect to learn in this book is that the BBC benefited from Nazi technology. Its standard tape recorder, in use till the 1970s, was called the BTR-2: EMI’s original model, the BTR-1, had been copied from a captured example of the German “magnetophon”, as used by Hitler to record a radio broadcast.Musicians who liked fiddling with machines, too, benefited from this legacy. Delia Derbyshire, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer who produced the original Doctor Who theme tune and otherwise particularly enjoyed playing an enamel green lampshade, influenced Paul McCartney’s experiments with tape loops, while Steve Reich hit upon his compositional technique of “phasing” phrases in and out of sync with one another on tape recorders, before training live musicians to do the same. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago More than 100 tourists including children fall sick with 'salmonella' with some hospitalised after buffet lunch at four

The youngsters were among 20 people said to have been taken to hospital following the health issue at the four-star Izan Cavanna Hotel in the popular resort of La Manga near Murcia.

Society

3 w. ago New DWP update for people on PIP and legacy benefits ahead of changes next April

Changes to Universal Credit are set to start from the new financial year.

Politics

3 w. ago Alert issued by health chiefs after oropouche virus is detected in three Britons, these are the warning signs of 'sloth fever'

UK health chiefs have issued an urgent warning after three people were diagnosed with 'sloth fever' in Britain.

Events

4 w. ago DWP to send huge payouts to thousands on Universal Credit as lawyers urge further action

The DWP failed to adequately protect the income of disabled people who were transferred from legacy benefits to Universal Credit, according to lawyers

Politics