9 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: What the mysterious rise in the numbers demanding wheelchairs to get to their plane tells us about the ever spiralling cost of the welfare state

Getting off a plane in the US the other day, I noticed a lot of people waiting at the plane door. They were all tabarded airport staff, and they all had wheelchairs.

Politics

14 h. ago What small 'clumps' on your Christmas tree could be and why you should remove them now

The warning has been shared on social media - and people are horrified.

Politics

37 h. ago Brits face being pummelled with higher bills for years as Ofgem lays out plans for push towards 'Net Zero' power and upgrades to gas

Levies on bills are due to rise £108 by 2031 to cover the cost of the huge investment in the electricity and gas network, regulator Ofgem has revealed.

Events

38 h. ago ‘One bite and he was hooked’: from Kenya to Nepal, how parents are battling ultra

Five families around the world share their struggles to keep their children away from UPFsParents and young people: share your concerns about ultra-processed foods (UPFs)The scourge of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is global. While their consumption is particularly high in the west, forming more than half the average diet in the UK and the US, for example, UPFs are replacing fresh food in diets on every continent.This month, the world’s largest review on the health threats of UPFs was published in the Lancet. It warned that such foods are exposing millions of people to long-term harm, and called for urgent action. Earlier this year Unicef revealed that more children around the world were obese than underweight for the first time, as junk food overwhelms diets, with the steepest rises in low- and middle-income countries. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Brits face being pummelled with higher bills for years as Ofgem lays out plans for push towards 'Net Zero' power

Levies on bills are due to rise £108 by 2031 to cover the cost of the huge investment in the electricity and gas network, regulator Ofgem has revealed.

Events

43 h. ago DWP warns people on these 3 benefits may get a surprise phone call

Some claimants have to be assessed to decide how much benefits they get

Events

61 h. ago The lawyers always win: Fury as government blows £100m responding to Covid inquiry

The huge outlay by Whitehall comes on top of the near-£200million cost of the probe itself - a figure that is expected to rise significantly.

Politics

61 h. ago NHS warns Brits to look out for key symptoms of two ‘painful’ conditions

The NHS has highlighted several warning signs - with around 25,000 people diagnosed with either condition every year in the UK

Events

64 h. ago NHS services will not be cut to fund US pharma deal – Streeting

Downing Street has said the cost would start small and gradually increase to an estimated £1 billion by March 2029.

Economics

69 h. ago Warning over fake 'miracle' weightloss drug as professor says people are in 'panic'

Weight-loss expert Professor Franklin Joseph has warned that social media has fuelled a rise in dangerous counterfeit weightloss drugs

Events

3 d. ago St Mungo’s issues orange cold weather warning for homeless people in London

The alert comes as the number of Brits estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night in autumn rose to 4,667 last year

Events

3 d. ago NHS doctor warns against taking aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen and says 'too few realise'

Dr Mark Porter, an NHS GP, has issued a stark warning and said people should 'never' take aspirin unless it is prescribed

Events

3 d. ago Urgent appeal to help almost 200 animals who 'desperately' need help

The sanctuary is 'desperate' for help as costs rise

Politics

5 d. ago Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn

Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harmsThe federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could be laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to “abuse people with impunity”, experts warn.Former federal oversight officials have sounded the alarm at the rapid dismantling of guardrails against human rights failures – at the same time as the government pushes aggressive immigration enforcement operations.Border Patrol agents in Arizona forcibly removed a detained man from a cell, handcuffed him and then injected him with ketamine to sedate him in 2023, according to a CRCL document confirming the watchdog’s investigation into the allegation. A Guardian reporter had saved that document just weeks before it was scrubbed from the DHS’s website.Guards at a priv...

Events

5 d. ago See how much your favourite drink will cost next year as alcohol duty to rise

It will add 11p on a bottle of Prosecco, 13p on a bottle of red wine and 38p for a bottle of gin, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association

Politics

6 d. ago Reeves defends £26bn tax raid after Budget backlash as watchdog urged to investigate ‘false briefings’

The chancellor doubled down on her tax hikes, saying she wasn’t willing to cut public services

Economics

7 d. ago Premier Inn owner’s costs to rise by up to £50m after business rates changes

Whitbread is among hotel owners to be hit hard by changes in valuations linked to next year’s business rates payments.

Economics

7 d. ago Perth and Kinross Council awarded £1 million from Scottish Government to help with Scott St fatal fire aftermath

Perth and Kinross Council has spent £934,000 so far, with costs expected to rise to £3.2 million after the fatal blaze earlier this year.

Events

7 d. ago How a 1p pay rise can now cost you £38,000: We reveal the outrageous Budget tax traps you may have missed... exactly who is worst hit based on salary and what you must do

Half a million people will be stung for the first time by outrageous traps in the tax system that punish workers for getting a pay rise.

Economics

8 d. ago How a 1p pay rise can now cost you £38,000... just one of the tax cliff edges the Budget's made even worse

Half a million people will be stung for the first time by outrageous traps in the tax system that punish workers for getting a pay rise.

Economics