7 h. ago Number of people struggling with debts rising as ‘breathing space’ requests up

Around 8,033 breathing space registrations were recorded in March 2025, up is 4 per cent from the same time last year

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9 h. ago Number of people needing ‘breathing space’ from debts jumped annually in March

Some 8,033 breathing space registrations were recorded by the Insolvency Service in March 2025, which is 4% higher than in March 2024.

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35 h. ago We need to support people who are struggling in order to fight the far right

Writing for the Daily Record, First Minister John Swinney says his anti-Reform summit is only "the start of an ongoing process."

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59 h. ago The telltale signs YOU might be sexually repressed: TRACEY COX speaks to people who struggle with shame in the bedroom who reveal how religion has ruined sex

Tracey Cox chats to women from the UK - and a man from the US - who feel shame around sex following their religious upbringings.

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3 d. ago Israel shark attack victim was married dad who was 'warned not to go in water'

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark in the sea in a rare attack off the Israeli coast on Monday, with horrified people watching the diver struggling in the water off Hadera

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3 d. ago Hadera shark attack: Swimmer's last words in FULL before being dragged out to sea and mauled

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark at a beach in Hadera, Israel, with horrified people watching the man struggling in the water from a beach

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3 d. ago Free school breakfast clubs will give parents ‘breathing space’, says Starmer

The new clubs, providing 30 minutes of morning childcare, are part of a trial at 750 schools until July.

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3 d. ago Hadera shark attack: Diver's desperate last words before being dragged out to sea and mauled

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark at a beach in Hadera, Israel, with horrified people watching the man struggling in the water from a beach

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3 d. ago Hadera shark attack: Swimmer's desperate last words before being dragged out to sea and mauled

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark at a beach in Hadera, Israel, with horrified people watching the man struggling in the water from a beach

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4 d. ago Reddit DOWN: Thousands of users can't use website after 'server error' message

Reddit is down for tens of thousands of people around the world, as users struggle to access the popular content sharing website due to a 'server error' message

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4 d. ago Hadera shark attack: Swimmer feared dead after mauling in front of Israel beach sunbathers

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT. A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark in the sea off the Israeli coast with horrified people watching the diver struggling in the water off Hadera

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6 d. ago Dating app fatigue is 'real threat' as Gen Z are struggling to settle down

The dating scene is getting tougher with young people struggling to settle down and the hook up culture getting normalised - This has now sparked the so-called term 'dating app fatigue'

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8 d. ago Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd's fiancee admits needing 'breathing space' amid defence of Celebrity Big Brother nominations

Jack has been engaged to Hanni Treweek for almost a year

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2 w. ago ‘Some of these diseases are in the Bible’: despair as cuts halt progress on age

They are debilitating afflictions that people don’t know about, don’t understand and struggle to pronounce. Now health workers fear they will surge in Africa as USAID-funded drug distribution programmes are cutSince 2013, for around two weeks each year, Sulaiman Tarawallie has pulled on his community drug distributor (CDD) uniform and gone from household to household in his remote farming community to hand out medication to fight river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. Once he has completed the rounds of his village, he heads further out to take the drugs to even more remote homes – keeping the diseases that had plagued generations at bay with a handful of pills.But this year, Tarawallie, who works as a community health worker and primary school teacher in Sierra Leone’s northern Bombali district, will not be making his annual trip. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 20 words that have a completely different meaning in Scotland

While some people may already struggle to understand the Scottish accent, it isn't helped by the fact some words have unique meanings in Scotland.

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2 w. ago Third of people will 'struggle' to afford postage stamps from Monday

It is the eighth price increase in five years

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2 w. ago Brits brand Royal Mail stamp price hikes 'unfair' as cost soars by 76p in five years

The cost has increased eight times since 2020, despite Royal Mail failing to meet any annual delivery targets in the same period. One in three people (33%) say they would now struggle to afford a book of eight first-class stamps

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3 w. ago I put the Married at First Sight ‘experiment’ to the test. The results are stark | Gideon Meyerowitz

I’ve become addicted to the show. But as a scientist I wonder: how many couples actually stay together?It has finally happened. After a decade of avoiding the show, my wife and I decided that we would try out the new season of Married at First Sight. We consume quite a bit of reality TV, so it’s not that we avoided it precisely, but something about the idea of watching people struggle to build a healthy relationship amid a storm of cameras and manufactured drama just never drew us in. At least until we watched Married at First Sight and realised it was actually kind of fun.Relationship drama makes for addictive viewing. But after watching most of a season of weird “marriages”, screaming matches and couch quizzes accompanied by deep and meaningful music, one part of the show has struck me as really weird. Everyone keeps referring to the saga as an “experiment”. From the narrator to the experts who counsel the hapless couples on their relationship dramas, the entire show seems to be c...

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3 w. ago Starmer and Reeves face grilling as Trump prepares ‘liberation day’ tariffs

Economists have warned US tariffs could wipe out the Chancellor’s ‘headroom’ against her debt rules, requiring more cuts or tax rises.

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3 w. ago Jeff Brazier admits he's struggling as single dad and has cut people out of life

Proud dad-of-two Jeff Brazier has addressed how difficult it is to protect children in today's misogynist society following the impact of Netflix show Adolescence

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