80 m. ago Free bus pass for over 60s in England huge update after major breakthrough

A campaign for free bus passes for all people over the age of 60 in England has hit a key milestone today (March 31) - with MPs set for a parliamentary clash over the plan

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98 m. ago Katie Price left humiliated after being forced to delete 18th birthday tribute to daughter Princess

Katie Price was left humiliated after being forced to delete her 18th birthday tribute to daughter Princess on Friday.

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1 hour ago Lawrence Shankland won't start pre season with Hearts as transfer exit fears rise after fresh Tynecastle talks

The Scotland international has yet to make a decision on his future after the end of his Gorgie contract

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer warned of 'two tier' benefit system as he says U

Keir Starmer said the Government's welfare reforms 'strike the right balance' after he made major concessions to Labour rebels to avoid a potential Commons defeat

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3 h. ago BBC 'WILL show Kneecap at Glastonbury' despite calls for the outspoken Irish rappers to be banned from nation's screens

The broadcaster has been under mounting political pressure to deplatform the Irish rappers - with both Kemi Badenoch and Sir Keir Starmer critcising their upcoming set.

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4 h. ago Austrian Grand Prix 2025: Start time, schedule, how to watch F1 and weather forecast

McLaren team-mates and title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will hope to put chaos of Canada behind them at Red Bull Ring

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4 h. ago Alexia Putellas: ‘The cruciate, the meniscus: you’ve closed that cycle. Done. I felt free’

Spain’s icon, the world’s best female player, discusses her journey back from injury and going to the Euros to compete for ‘the trophy we are missing’‘It wasn’t my knee that hurt, it was my soul,” the Queen says, but now she is back. There is a look in Alexia Putellas’s eye, a light. “You know that feeling, that sense of security when it’s like you’re capable of anything?” the double Ballon d’Or winner says, leaning forward on a sofa at Spain’s Las Rozas HQ.“At that moment, I felt it. And now I’ve got that feeling once again. I’m happy; the desire for these Euros is huge. I can’t wait to start, to go and give my everything.” And Alexia Putellas’s everything is everything. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago WWE Night of Champions 2025: UK start time, live stream and confirmed match card

John Cena and CM Punk will headline WWE’s latest Premium Live Event

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4 h. ago Cameron Norrie takes 'The Ace' to Wimbledon training as Brit tennis star learns opponent

British tennis star Cameron Norrie hopped on a train ahead of the start of Wimbledon on Monday and mid-journey learned who he will face in his first match of the tournament

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5 h. ago Starmer ‘must hike taxes’ to plug £4.5bn black hole after welfare U

Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a choice between raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere

Economics

6 h. ago The tax hikes Rachel Reeves could impose to plug the benefits U

Britons are on high alert for further tax hikes after Starmer's latest U-turn on proposed changes to benefits.

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6 h. ago Olivia Rodrigo at BST Hyde Park 2025: start time, tickets and everything you need to know

Olivia Rodrigo will kick off the first night of BST Hyde Park

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6 h. ago Starmer says welfare concessions are ‘common sense’ but dodges funding question – UK politics live

No 10 has offered significant concessions to the rebels amid fears over Tuesday’s voteNo 10 climbs down over welfare billStephen Kinnock, the care minister, was the government voice on the airwaves this morning. Here are the main points he made about the welfare bill U-turn.Kinnock rejected claims that the U-turn was a sign of weakness. When it was put to him on the Today programme that this move, coming after the U-turns on winter fuel payments and a national inquiry into grooming gangs, showed that if Keir Starmer was pushed, he would give in, Kinnock replied:I think if you talk to people out there in the country, they respond very positively to politicians listening, engaging, recognising that you don’t get everything right from day one every time, and making the adjustments and the changes that are needed.And this prime minister will always put the country first. He puts country before party, and he does the right thing for the country.He defended having a “staggered” approach t...

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6 h. ago Mum shares horror pictures after son gets henna tattoo on Bali holiday

Black henna is a growing problem and what could start off as a pretty pattern on your skin can actually leave you with gruesome burns and scarring as one mum outlined online

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6 h. ago Charlotte Edwards has England ‘focused on winning’ again – Lauren Bell

It has been a positive start, with a clean sweep of the six-match white-ball series against the West Indies.

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7 h. ago Reeves 'set to raise taxes' to fund Starmer benefits surrender: PM says he is 'pleased' after Labour revolt forces guarantee that NO

Keir Starmer claimed he had 'listened' in making major concessions to rebels threatening to kill flagship legislation on health and disability benefits.

Economics

7 h. ago Wimbledon grass seeds used in brand new gin ahead of Championships

Top Seed Gin is on sale ahead of the start of Wimbledon next week

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7 h. ago Suspend UK from oil oversight body over protests crackdown, say campaign groups

Groups question UK membership of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative after actions of successive governmentsA coalition of civil society groups is calling for the UK government to be suspended from a key global body that oversees how oil and gas companies are run.The campaigners say Keir Starmer’s Labour party has overseen a “fossil-fuel sponsored crackdown” on peaceful protest and direct action in the UK since it came to power last year. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Starmer’s ‘cruel’ welfare cuts must be voted down despite concessions, say charities

‘We urge MPs to stand firm against a bill that continues to discriminate, harm, and marginalise’, said Amnesty International

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8 h. ago I'm NOT a huge lefty! Attorney General Lord Hermer dismisses claims he 'defends those who hate Britain' and hits out at 'two

Lord Hermer, who was hand-picked to be the Government's chief legal adviser by Sir Keir Starmer, defended himself from Tory attacks over his past client list.

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