6 h. ago Angela Rayner to back plan to build 180,000 social homes in next decade

The figure would be six times the number of social homes built in the 10 years up to 2024

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16 h. ago Rayner to back plan to build 180,000 social homes in next decade

The figure would be six times the number of social homes built in the 10 years up to 2024.

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27 h. ago ‘Depraved’ killer, 92, finally jailed for rape and murder cold case after 58 years

Ryland Headley jailed for life after forcing open window at Louisa Dunne’s Bristol home and attacking her nearly six decades ago

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39 h. ago Tributes paid as journalist and TV presenter Sandy Gall dies aged 97

The face of ITV’s News at Ten for three decades died at home on Sunday.

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3 d. ago Dad who spent £50k building underground bunker with beer lift is upgrading it for WW3

Dave Billings began the project at his Derbyshire home more than a decade ago after being inspired by the iconic film the Great Escape - but now fears he may need it

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3 d. ago Home and Away Tug star hasn't aged a day three decades later with lookalike son

Home and Away actor Tristan Bancks is best known for his role as Tug O'Neale on the popular Australian soap and, since leaving the show, has landed a string of impressive roles

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1 week ago Here's how Iran could retaliate after US strikes on its nuclear program

Iran has spent decades building multi-tiered military capabilities at home and across the region that were at least partly aimed at deterring the United States from attacking it

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2 w. ago Property asking prices fall as number of homes for sale hits decade

Newly listed asking prices fell this month, according to Rightmove as sellers attempted to see amid a decade-high competition to secure buyers.

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2 w. ago Procurement rules set to be overhauled as ministers lay out infrastructure plans

The Treasury has promised hundreds of billions over the next decade for projects such as roads, railways and homes.

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3 w. ago The five superfoods which can help you live a DECADE longer, according to a top nutritionist

The new buzzword in health writing is 'longevity'.

Society

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves pledges £39bn to build hundreds of thousands of affordable homes for Brits

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce plans to spend £39billion on a new affordable homes programme over the next decade as part of her long-awaited Spending Review

Economics

3 w. ago Trump’s travel ban could cement racism as his most dangerous legacy

From his so-called ‘Muslim ban’ to slashing DEI measures, the US president has turned taboo behaviour into normsThis month marks exactly 10 years since Donald Trump coasted down an escalator at Trump Tower, declared his run for US president and accused Mexico of sending drugs, criminals and rapists into the homeland. The past decade has been exercise in normalising.When Trump threatened to terminate Elon Musk’s government contracts, and Musk linked Trump to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, all because of a petty clash of egos, people were riveted but unsurprised. Likewise, when Trump ordered a travel ban on a dozen countries, many reacted with a collective shrug: well, of course he did. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I felt unconfident, unattractive and hadn't had sex for half a decade': How Miranda Levy found her soulmate at 51 after a traumatic divorce

Never mind the passion of youth, says Miranda Levy. After a messy divorce she found her soulmate in her 50s, has got engaged - and is sure this time it's for keeps

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3 w. ago Tiny hut on Penarth pier was home for four decades, now they're being evicted

The modest hut on the town's most famous attraction is HQ for one of the town's oldest institutions

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4 w. ago Ian Murray: 'A clear path for the next decade to make the UK secure at home and strong abroad'

Review marks a fundamental shift to restore Britain’s readiness, writes Scottish Secretary Ian Murray

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last month US marine veteran takes a stand against Trump: ‘He’s tearing the country apart’

Morgan Akin, 84, has taken down his American flag – and taken to the streets in his conservative California communityEarlier this year, Morgan Akin took down the American flag that had flown for decades outside his home in deep-red far northern California. It was a small gesture, one that did not echo through the halls of the US Capitol or make headlines.But for the 84-year-old Vietnam-era veteran and retired game warden, it represented a monument shift, one his family immediately took note of. It was Akin’s way of taking a stand in response to a country that had become increasingly unrecognizable to him. In the weeks before, masked officers arrested an international student who had co-authored a campus newspaper op-ed about Gaza in the street, the defense department temporarily removed Jackie Robinson’s biography from its website, and the president planned to host a massive military parade to celebrate his birthday. Continue reading...

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