16 m. ago PIP and other DWP benefits claimants who can get free bus passes

Some people who claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are entitled to a free disabled person's bus pass - but the rules are changing later this year

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18 m. ago Rachel Reeves considers fresh tax raid on savers in bid to balance books

HMRC estimates that an extra 893,000 people will have to pay tax on savings by 2028-29

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43 m. ago New mums are being ‘strongly encouraged’ to take regular exercise and get more sleep. Don’t make me laugh | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

New guidelines are well intentioned, but as parents of babies know, finding time to look after yourself is impossibleOne of the many things you don’t realise until you have a newborn is just how much people congratulate you simply for leaving the house. “Well done for getting out and about,” they say, with the cheerful camaraderie of People Who Know. Going outside may sound like a low benchmark, but during those early weeks summoning the energy to put on clothes, pack a bag, and then using that narrow window between sleeping, feeding, pooing and screaming to cross the threshold into the world can feel like the grand sum total of all human endeavour. Screw the frescoes of the Scrovegni chapel: Mama made it to Budgens.Which explains my reaction when I read that new guidelines published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine say that new mothers should be strongly encouraged to do at least two hours of moderate to vigorous exercise a week, in addition to “daily pelvic floor muscle t...

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57 m. ago 'I was on doomed Sindbad tourist submarine days before tragedy struck'

Kelly Collins had taken a trip on the Sinbad submarine in Egypt just days before it sank killing six people

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59 m. ago People on PIP or ADP might need to wait until May for new payment rates

People on the highest rates of disability benefits will be due nearly £750 each month over the 2025/26 financial year.

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69 m. ago Myanmar Quake : Strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocks as far as Thai Capital prompting evacuations

The greater Bangkok area is home to more than 17 million people, many of whom live in high-rise apartments.

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73 m. ago The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha review – hopeless sons vs brilliant daughters

Families are at war in the new India, in a novel raising complex questions about patriotism, nationalism and how the country is changingIn Delhi the seasons are “human-fucked”, explains Tara Saxena, the narrator-protagonist of The Tiger’s Share. Autumn is the “season of smogs and mellow murderousness”; once the smoke arrives in October, “we could no longer see the sky”. Over summer the Loo, a dry “caramelising” wind, slurs through the city, while inside their flats people “lived as cheese and chocolate do in India, refrigerated”. Now and then comes the brief respite of rain. In its aftermath, people head out into the parks to enjoy the momentary cool, the only time when the air is “useably fresh, like a banana that is only one-third rotten”.Food-related imagery abounds in Keshava Guha’s second novel; you are never allowed to forget that all things – produce, people, every species – are perishable, that from the moment of our birth the decay is inbuilt, and that such a truth is all t...

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73 m. ago Antiques Roadshow guest's eyes bulge at £8 charity shop vase's 4

An Antiques Roadshow expert warned a guest to 'be careful' after he started dancing when he was told of the real value of his Chinese ceramics.

Economics

1 hour ago ‘All around us was the low hum of contented diners’: readers’ favourite places to eat in Europe

Opulent omelettes, plump scallops and a ‘confessional’ fondue are among our tipsters’ happy culinary memories, from Athens to the AlgarveSarajevo has to be one of the most underrated cities in Europe. A real east-west cultural melting pot with recent raw history, it’s also one of the best places for Bosnian burek, delicious rolls of filled filo pastry that are served up cheap and quick in the cities numerous buregdžinica. You typically get a choice of three fillings: spicy potato, meat, or spinach and cheese, and you can order by weight (go for 500 grams for full satisfaction, about £5). A dollop of yoghurt perfectly complements this most addictive of staples, best washed down with a pivo (beer).Matt Lunt Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Myanmar earthquake: Bangkok rocked as 7.7 magnitude horror hits Thailand as people flee screaming

Pictures shared by Thai locals show water cascading over rooftops as tremors shake pools set on high-rise buildings after the "significant" earthquake hit Bangkok

Events

2 h. ago New UK driving laws that would limit passengers and impose curfew move a step closer

The Department for Transport has previously admitted that young people are disproportionately affected by road deaths and injuries and that the government is exploring ways to address this

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2 h. ago People's mornings are going to get more miserable, but 'it has to be done'

A huge and complex £20m project is going to cause 'significant disruption'

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2 h. ago Your mornings are going to get more miserable, but 'it has to be done'

A huge and complex £20m project is going to cause 'significant disruption'

Politics

2 h. ago Keir Starmer is one of Labour’s most rightwing prime ministers. And one of its most leftwing, too | Andy Beckett

The PM offers a political hybrid designed for a fickle electorate. There are short-term electoral gains to be won, but risks in the long termFor more than eight months now, since shortly after Labour won power, more and more people have been outraged by the government’s moves to the right. Starting with its decision to keep the Conservatives’ cruel two-child benefit cap last July, the government has regularly given these critics reasons to feel shocked, betrayed or just disappointed.From deportation videos to Keir Starmer’s declaration that “I like and respect” Donald Trump, from repeated public sector cuts to the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s talk of “tearing down regulatory barriers” in this week’s spring statement, Labour has often behaved as if the boundaries between its supposedly centre-left politics and the politics of the right or even the far right have simply melted away. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago This big conversation faux pas will make you enemies, not friends

As researchers coin the term ‘boomerasking’ in reference to an age-old conversation tactic beloved by narcissists, Ellie Muir takes a closer look at this social conundrum, and at why people love to talk about themselves... so much

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5 h. ago Solar eclipse: UK forecast for clear skies during first partial eclipse of 2025

Current weather forecasts for the date of the eclipse suggest most people in UK will be able to see the Moon pass in front of the Sun

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5 h. ago From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast

What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo reportEarlier this month, No Other Land won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The film chronicles the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta as it resists being driven off its land by settler violence and the demolitions of the Israeli military. The film’s two protagonists, Palestinian film-maker Basel Adra and Israeli film-maker Yuval Abraham, gave speeches when they accepted their award.Yuval Abraham: “We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law and Basel is under military laws that destroy his life There is a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Warning to 500,000 people who face hot water and electricity switch off

Half a million people in the UK have been cautioned that they may lose their electricity and hot water if they continue using outdated energy meters

Events

7 h. ago How Red Sea tragedy that killed six mirrors 2012 tourist disaster at the SAME spot that claimed family's life

The shocking sinking of a tourist submarine in Egypt that claimed the lives six people yesterday bore chilling echoes of another catastrophe in the same spot just over a decade ago.

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7 h. ago Leaked White House group chat detailing war plans put RAF pilots at risk, former military boss says

A British Voyager plane was reportedly used to refuel American jets defending the aircraft carrier that launched the strikes on March 15, killing more than 50 people.

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