8 h. ago Fire plea after Birmingham resident burns recycling inside home amid bin strike

Rubbish has been piling up in the streets since hundreds of bin workers walked out on March 11 in a dispute with Birmingham City Council.

Events

10 h. ago People's Postcode Lottery results: Winning streets for April 19 to 25

One street in Leeds won the million pound prize this week

Politics

18 h. ago Sunny high streets buoyed by 0.4% rise in retail spending in March

Retailers enjoyed their best quarter since summer 2021

Politics

38 h. ago Son finds mum's winning EuroMillions ticket three days after her tragic death

Liam Carter, 34, was sorting through his late mother Anne's belongings after she passed away at the age of 67, and was staggered to find a winning lottery ticket

Events

39 h. ago Glasgow Orange Walk road closures as 500 to march through city

The procession will march through streets in the city centre this weekend.

Politics

45 h. ago Son finds late mum's winning lottery ticket three days after she died

Liam Carter received a final gift from his mum with a winning EuroMillions ticket.

Events

67 h. ago ‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: Portuguese millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside buildingAt a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no match for the smell of thousands of decaying millipedes, which reek like decomposing vermin and rotting fish.Along the streets of Wellington’s Ōwhiro Bay, dead curled up millipedes are piled up on the footpath, as live ones march along the street. One resident says her neighbours collected five rubbish bags worth of the creatures in a week from around their home. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago ‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside buildingAt a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no match for the smell of thousands of decaying millipedes, which reek like decomposing vermin and rotting fish.Along the streets of Wellington’s Ōwhiro Bay, dead curled up millipedes are piled up on the footpath, as live ones march along the street. One resident says her neighbours collected five rubbish bags worth of the creatures in a week from around their home. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Texas Lottery executive resigns after investigation into recent winning tickets

Ryan Mindell notified the lottery’s commission board of his decision as the agency faces scrutiny from state officials

Events

4 d. ago Winner of National Lottery's huge £10,000 a month prize has just HOURS left to claim it

The victorious ticket in the National Lottery 's Set For Life draw was purchased in the Sevenoaks area, Kent, on October 24, 2024, with the prize needing to be claimed by tomorrow.

Economics

6 d. ago Thousands flood London streets in protest march against Supreme Court gender ruling

Thousands flood London streets in protest march against Supreme Court gender ruling  attitude.co.uk

Events

7 d. ago Hundreds take to Manchester city streets in trans rights march

The protest comes after the UK’s Supreme Court ruled this week that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex

Politics

7 d. ago Lottery winner hired killer author who buried him under concrete slab and stole £26m jackpot

Abraham Lee Shakespeare won the Florida Lotto jackpot in 2006, but three years later he vanished before he was found shot and buried underneath concrete in a garden

Events

7 d. ago People's Postcode Lottery results: The winning streets for April 12 to 18

Among the winners this week is a tattoo artist from the West Midlands

Politics

9 d. ago Ayrshire family left 'devastated' after daughter throws out winning lottery ticket

A Kilmarnock family lost out on a £1,750 Lottery prize after their seven-year-old daughter threw away the winning ticket.

Politics

1 week ago Unhoused man wins $1m jackpot from California lottery scratcher

Winner bought ticket in San Luis Obispo, getting prize with odds of one in 2,047,423, according to California LotteryAn unhoused man in California won $1m from a lottery ticket that he bought from a liquor store on the state’s central coast.The winner, who has not been publicly identified, purchased the scratcher ticket from Sandy’s Deli-Liquor in San Luis Obispo where he has been a customer for years, according to media reports. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Homeless man wins $1M on scratch lottery ticket bought in California liquor store

The winner said he wants to put a downpayment on a home, buy himself a car and bank the rest of his winnings

Politics

1 week ago National Lottery Set For Life winner has just days left to claim £10,000

The winning ticket in the Set For Life draw was bought in the Sevenoaks area on October 24, 2024, and the prize must be claimed in a matter of days

Economics

1 week ago Winner of National Lottery's huge £10,000 a month prize has less than a week left to claim it

A National Lottery player in Kent won the top prize of £10,000 a month for the next thirty years - but has less than a week to claim it.

Economics

1 week ago National Lottery issues urgent message to winner of £3.6m draw with just days left to claim

The winning ticket was bought in the Sevenoaks District in Kent

Economics