59 m. ago People over State Pension age due DWP letter this month which could boost income by over £4,000

Annual uprating letters will be sent out to 13 million pensioners before the new payment rates start in April.

Economics

63 m. ago Want lower rail fares to lure people out of their cars? We need a rail revolution

Train Talk: Conventional wisdom swerves the need to cut costs and raise (some) taxes

Politics

64 m. ago Charities call on Lanarkshire locals for more support for mental illness

Members of the UK Anti-Stigma Alliance – See Me in Scotland, Inspire in Northern Ireland, and Time to Change Wales – are encouraging people across Lanarkshire to play their part in helping to end the shame which so many people feel.

Politics

1 hour ago Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy review – incurable sadness if bravely borne

Colm Tóibín introduces this welcome reprint of the US author and critic’s poignant account of orphanhood, first published in 1957Mary McCarthy was a formidable, not to say frightening, figure in the literary landscape of mid-20th-century America, one of a cohort of remarkable left-leaning intellectuals that included Elizabeth Hardwick, Dwight Macdonald, Randall Jarrell and McCarthy’s lifelong friend Hannah Arendt. The famous feud between McCarthy and the playwright Lillian Hellman – “every word Hellman writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’” – led to a $2.5m libel suit brought by Hellman but which in the end damaged her own reputation beyond repair.McCarthy was already an established critic and fiction writer when, in 1963, she published The Group, the novel that was to bring her huge popular success. It is an account of the lives of a set of young women in postwar New York and, for its time, was frank to the point of being scandalous. Anyone reading it now will wonder what the ...

Politics

1 hour ago 'We have our hearts set on one name for our son – but people say it's cruel'

A couple who want to name their son John Doe have taken to social media to ask users for their thoughts on the moniker - but they're sad to see everyone has the same opinion

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1 hour ago Readers' Letters: Trump betrays own people as much as his friends and allies

Tump is acting like a Putin sock puppet, says reader

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1 hour ago Dermatologist warns 'heat damage is least of worries' after hair mistake we all make

Dr Aamna Adel, a dermatologist registrar in London, specialises in hair care and recently shared a common concern she believes people should be aware of about their hair

Events

1 hour ago Complete the Daily Star headlines on Meghan, Holly Willoughby and more in our daily quiz

If you back yourself as a tabloid journalist in the making, this should be a walk in the park. Simply complete five Daily Star headlines to win a prize (we don't offer prizes)

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2 h. ago ITV Emmerdale's Beth Cordingly defiant as she's cruelly taunted by fans over weight

While she's gained in popularity since her Emmerdale debut in 2024, Beth Cordingly reveals some fans made snide remarks on her weight back when she starred on The Bill.

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2 h. ago Emmerdale's Beth Cordingly claps back at cruel remarks from viewers over weight

As Ruby Fox-Miligan in Emmerdale, Beth Cordingly is a force to be reckoned with - but when she's not causing chaos in the village, she's busy travelling the world

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2 h. ago The hidden Greater Manchester park with spring flowers, secret trails and a zip wire

It's one of the oldest municipal parks in the city and it's perfect for a springtime stroll

Sport

3 h. ago The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it?

Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to helpOne afternoon in July 2011, an 11-year-old boy named William Knowlden was out cycling with friends when he came upon Arnolds Field, an expanse of green land in Havering, east London. The site spans about 17 hectares, or 24 football pitches, and around its perimeter runs a wooden fence, with two access points through which vehicles can pass. Arnolds Field rises much higher than the surrounding land. Its surface is lumpy and undulating, like a blanket thrown over a heap of cuddly toys. The land is overgrown. It has been decades since animals grazed there, and few people have set foot on it in recent years. But every so often, it is mistaken for a safe place to explore.As Knowlden descended a hill, he lost control and was thrown over the handlebars. When he came to, he was lying in a small crater ...

Events

4 h. ago People over State Pension age living on their own could be due £4,200 income boost

Pension Credit claims can be backdated by up to three months and provide access to heating help next winter.

Economics

4 h. ago More than 4000 objections to salmon farm bid in Loch Lomond national park

The proposal for a unique industrial fish farm in Loch Long was previously blocked by park bosses but has been called in by SNP ministers

Politics

4 h. ago Largest wildfire in decades rages in Japan as authorities warn it could spread

Blaze in Ofunato has spread through 2,100 hectares of land, damaged dozens of homes and forced more than 1,000 to fleeAuthorities in Japan have warned that the country’s biggest wildfire in decades is likely to spread, after it damaged dozens of homes and forced more than 1,000 people to flee.Fires continued to rage a week after they broke out in the city of Ofunato, on the north-east coast, with weather officials speculating that this year’s unusually dry winter and strong winds were to blame. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago DWP sees 105,100 more Pension Credit applications as 1.4m receive support

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed a large increase in the number of people claiming Pension Credit over the past year following Reeves' slashing of winter fuel payments

Politics

5 h. ago 'I must now pay £7,000 to be able to park my car on my own driveway and I'm furious'

Lambeth Council, which is in Greater London, stresses it is illegal to drive a vehicle over the pavement - but residents in the Streatham Vale area must do so to reach their driveways

Economics

5 h. ago One benefit that could provide a free TV licence with over 100k new applications

Some older people across the UK could receive a wide range of extra support with just a £1 claim

Politics

6 h. ago More than 25 migrants died attempting to cross the Channel after Border Force 'rescued the wrong boat', inquiry hears

Around 33 people are believed to have been on board an inflatable dinghy which sank in the early hours of November 24, 2021 - killing at least 27 of its passengers including men, women and children.

Events

7 h. ago Why DO so many people hate Gail's? It's the upmarket bakery chain opening branches across the country

In November last year, Gail's, the upmarket bakery chain, announced it would be opening a new branch in Primrose Hill, a particularly chichi corner of north London.

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