6 h. ago Rare coin warning after popular Queen Elizabeth 50p design sells for £300,000

This 50p coin is causing a major discussion on Instagram with many versions of it selling for £300,000, if not more online. But one expert revealed what to look out for

Events

5 d. ago DWP says more than 900,000 pensioners are missing out on up to £4,300 a year

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new drive to encourage older people to claim Pension Scheme, as figures reveal the number missing out has surged

Economics

6 d. ago Wealthy City investor at war with neighbours over plans to turn ex

Naomi Clark snapped up the two-bedroom home in Burnham Market, Norfolk, for a reported £300,000 earlier this year. She now wants to raze it to the ground and replace it with a four-bedroom property.

Economics

7 d. ago Brazil: at least 60 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids

Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised dronesAt least 60 people have reportedly been killed in Rio’s worst-ever day of violence as more than 2,500 officers and special forces stormed an area of favelas near Rio’s international airport that is considered the headquarters of one of Brazil’s most powerful organised crime groups.The predawn raid sparked intense gunfights in and around Alemão and Penha favelas, which are home to an estimated 300,000 people. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Change means 600,000 to miss £300 winter fuel payment for 12 months

People born 'one day late' could miss the £300 winter fuel payment due to state pension change in 2026

Economics

9 d. ago DWP alert as 760,000 pensioners missing out on average of £4,300 a year

Pension Credit is the most under-claimed benefit in the UK - here's what you need to know

Economics

1 week ago Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds

Bacteria for paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever found in DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass graveWhen Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers died.Researchers now say they have identified two unexpected diseases among soldiers who died in the retreat – paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever – which provide fresh insights into their plight. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump says deadly strikes on suspected ‘narco boats’ are justified since 300,000 Americans were killed by drugs. He’s not even close

Critics have pointed out that Trump’s math on the number of drug deaths in the U.S. doesn’t add up

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2 w. ago I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan review – startling stories of China’s new precarity

The viral blog turned book details the exhausting life of a courier, but something may have been lost in translationFrom the early 2000s until the Covid lockdowns, Hu Anyan was one of China’s vast army of internal migrants, moving between cities in pursuit of work. He did 19 jobs – shop assistant, hotel waiter, petrol attendant and security guard, among other things – in six cities. Although all these jobs were atrociously paid, they still earned him more than the one he tried for two years in the middle of this period: writer. (An 8,000-word story earned him less than 300 yuan – about £30.) Then, during Covid, he wrote a blog about his night shifts in a logistics warehouse, and it went viral. The blog expanded and became I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, which has sold nearly 2m copies in China since being published in 2023, and now appears in Jack Hargreaves’s English translation.The low-paid Chinese worker is at the mercy of an entirely unrestrained market. The jobs Hu does dema...

Politics

2 w. ago Hermes Birkin bag owned by Jane Birkin could fetch more than £300,000 at auction

It comes after Jane Birkin’s original Hermes Birkin sold for £7.4 million in the summer.

Economics

2 w. ago ‘Money runs out quickly’: Nearly 300,000 disadvantaged young children set to miss out on free meals

Exclusive: Experts warns Labour’s free school meal expansion will skip over a key cohort of disadvantaged children

Politics

2 w. ago People with income over £35,000 could owe HMRC up to £300 from winter support

The Winter Fuel Payment is worth between £100 and £300 and is designed to help people with their energy bills during the colder months of the year - but some people may need to pay it back

Economics

2 w. ago BBC set to cut its evening current affairs programming as number of licence fee payers plummets

The corporation is grappling with a steep decline in its funding, with 300,000 households ditching the licence fee last year.

Society

2 w. ago First 300,000 people get 'Digital ID cards' in case study for rest of UK

People will be able to install the cards from Friday ahead of the launch of a national ID card and digital driving licences

Politics

2 w. ago BBC set to cut its evening news programming as number of licence fee payers plummets 

The corporation is grappling with a steep decline in its funding, with 300,000 households ditching the licence fee last year.

Politics

2 w. ago Gold on track for $5,000 as precious metal hits new record high to nudge $4,300 for first time

Analysts suggested gold could be on the way to $5,000 as nervous investors look for somewhere safe to park their cash.

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2 w. ago Chinese broadcaster failed to pay Ofcom £300,000 for rule breaches, court told

Star China Media Ltd previously ran an English-language news channel named China Global Television Network but was stripped of its licence in 2021.

Economics

2 w. ago Carer who fleeced £300k from pensioner then fled to Tenerife caught on video

Fraudster Pamela Gwinnett, 62, fleeced £300,000 from a pensioner and attempted to drive a wedge between the grandmother and her family before fleeing to the Spanish island of Tenerife

Economics

3 w. ago Jack Vettriano painting bought for £300 at a village art festival is valued at £10,000 on Antiques Roadshow

The oil on canvas artwork, called 'Deck Chairs', was painted more than 30 years ago by Vettriano, who was found dead aged 73 at his apartment in the south of France earlier this year.

Culture

3 w. ago Carer who kept pensioner as 'caged animal' and stole £300K on

Pamela Gwinnett was sentenced to six years by a judge after she was found to have pilfered £300,000, all the while falsely claiming it was her family who were stealing

Economics