2 h. ago Titanic victims' grieving relatives were forced to PAY for a first class train ticket to bring their bodies home, unearthed order drawn up by cruel White Star Line bosses reveals

In the days after the 1912 disaster, devastated families travelled by train to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to collect the bodies. Upon arrival they were handed an 'important notice' by White Star Line officials.

Events

3 h. ago People set to be forced out of their homes on street where flooding is a constant worry

A decision has been made to start discussions with residents of some properties in Clydach Terrace, Ynysybwl which is at high risk of river flooding

Events

12 h. ago New State Pension age set to change next year for people with these birthdays

The State Pension age will increase from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.

Politics

51 h. ago A Hawaiian princess bequeathed her inheritance to her people. The schools they set up are being sued

Lawsuit against Kamehameha schools by Students for Fair Admissions, a neoconservative non-profit, alleges discrimination against non-HawaiiansAdvocates for a private school system established to educate Native Hawaiians say a new lawsuit targeting the admissions process is an ugly attempt to ignore the wishes of a Hawaiian princess who bequeathed her inheritance to secure a brighter future for her people nearly 140 years ago.The Kamehameha schools were established in the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter of Kamehameha I and the last royal descendant in the Kamehameha line. At the time of her death in 1884, the princess’s estate held about 9% of the island chain’s total acreage. Continue reading...

Politics

52 h. ago Fake council letters warning families flying St George's flags they will be forced to home refugees are investigated by police

The hoax letter said that 'patriotic' households in Gloucestershire which display the flag will be forced to house refugees.

Events

4 d. ago Not to be: Hamlet rages in Stockholm against the political closure of a cultural institution

The experimental annex of Sweden’s national stage, Elverket, has fallen victim to severe government cuts. Its final play is a powerful protest against being forced to leave its homeSomething is rotten in Swedish theatre. In front of Elverket – a former power station that for much of the last 30 years has been at the centre of Stockholm’s experimental dramatic output – posters proclaim that theatre is dead. Inside the former turbine hall, either side of a red chandelier-lit platform surrounded by contorted bodies, Hamlet and Ophelia, brilliantly played by Gustav Lindh and Gizem Erdogan, are furiously channelling the rage of a generation, loudly hitting the walls with bars. In the play’s final seconds, gravediggers give way to builders dressed in high-vis come in to cover the stage in tarpaulin and start work.This adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, not so cryptically subtitled The Death of Theatre, is the venue’s last ever theatre production before it is shut down. Dramaten, the roy...

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4 d. ago Hospitals will be paid to divert patients into community to slash waiting lists

The NHS has also set a target for 85% of people with a cancer diagnosis to have their first treatment within two months of being referred.

Science

4 d. ago Hospitals may be paid to divert patients into community to slash waiting lists

The NHS has also set a target for 85% of people with a cancer diagnosis to have their first treatment within two months of being referred.

Science

5 d. ago Gorka Marquez quips 'I'll leave' as Gemma Atkinson 'gets own way' in bedroom debate

The pair have given a glimpse inside their current home life as they joined forces for a 'no filters' podcast

Politics

6 d. ago Ambulance viewers left sobbing just five minutes into new BBC series as panicked man forced to deliver wife's baby at home in heart

Ambulance returned to BBC1 on Tuesday night for its latest series - and it was a tearjerker within minutes. The programme follows the ups and downs of workers in the NHS Ambulance Service.

Society

6 d. ago Police force apologises to family of woman who was murdered in sex offender's home after he was allowed to go on the run for six months

Kelly Faiers, 61, died at the address of Richard Scatchard, 70, in Minehead, Somerset, on October 15 2023.

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6 d. ago Police force apologises family of woman who was murdered in sex offender's home after he was allowed to go on the run for six months

Kelly Faiers, 61, died at the address of Richard Scatchard, 70, in Minehead, Somerset, on October 15 2023.

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7 d. ago Paramedics forced into 'impossible decision' before mum and baby died in home birth

Jennifer Cahill died in hospital after giving birth at her family home in Prestwich which she shared with her husband, Robert Cahill. Their second child, baby Agnes, died four days later

Events

7 d. ago Shamed Prince Andrew has not paid rent for lavish Royal Lodge mansion for over two decades, leasehold agreement reveals

THE disgraced Prince Andrew has not paid rent for his lavish Royal Lodge mansion for over two decades. A copy of the leasehold agreement for the sprawling estate revealed that the shamed royal has dodged annual payments for years, as the King continues efforts to force him out the home. The agreement, obtained by The...

Politics

7 d. ago One million young Brits set to be out of work or education for first time in more than a decade

A MILLION young people are set to be out of work or education for the first time in more than a decade, a study says. Ministers are now under pressure to abandon plans to raise minimum wage levels for the under-21s to get youngsters back into the workplace. The Resolution Foundation warned the government should...

Economics

9 d. ago Kelvin Fletcher's wife Liz shares update after tragic farmhouse blaze

Kelvin Fletcher and his wife Liz were forced to move out of their family home after a fire destroyed it - as seen in today's series three premiere of Fletchers' Family Farm

Events

9 d. ago Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’

San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local governmentThe Caribbean Colombian village that proudly calls itself “the first free Black territory in the Americas” is on the verge of freeing itself once again – not from the Spanish crown, as it did in the early 18th century, but from local government control.Just over 300 years after Spain recognised San Basilio de Palenque as a slavery-free territory, residents of the community, just 30 miles away from the touristic hub of Cartagena, are set to vote on finally becoming an independent town.Young people rehearse their musical performance for the night of the Drum festival in San Basilio de Palenque Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Inside Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge where disgraced royal will continue to live

The announcement that Prince Andrew will relinquish his Duke of York title has not mean the disgraced Royal will be forced to leave his Royal Lodge home

Politics

1 week ago Chancellor says she ‘can’t leave welfare untouched’ this parliament as budget looms

Rachel Reeves understood to be eyeing cuts to Motability scheme as she tries to plug hole in country’s financesRachel Reeves has said she “can’t leave welfare untouched” this parliament, with the Treasury understood to be considering axing up to £1bn in tax breaks for a scheme providing cars for disabled people.The chancellor set out her thinking on welfare before next month’s budget in an interview, having previously said she would need to make cuts and raise taxes. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Incinerator in Welsh town at the centre of major planning row set for demolition People argued for years about building this in a Welsh town, now it's set to be ripped down

Vale of Glamorgan Council was locked in a long running planning dispute with the company behind the incinerator in Barry over the way the site had been built

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