22 m. ago DWP's new scheme to get disabled people working branded 'band aid on broken system'

The Department for Work and Pensions recently launched the rollout of its Connect to Work scheme, delivering £338million to 15 areas in England

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33 m. ago Mother who handed police a video of her following a car that clipped her wing mirror ends up in court herself and is banned for dangerous driving

Judy Keelan decided to pursue the careless driver after her wing mirror was hit, catching her daughter's long hair in the process, which lead to a four minute chase along roads in Strood, Kent.

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34 m. ago NHS chiefs demand urgent action over staff flu jabs after uptake halves since pandemic

‘Low uptake is neither inevitable nor irreversible,’ health bosses say as flu jab rates fall among staff

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34 m. ago Hiker, 85, trampled to death by herd of cows in front of his horrified wife

A couple, aged in their 80s, were hiking in Austria's Styria province with their dog when a herd of nine cows suddenly attacked them and trampled the man to death

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62 m. ago Best portable power stations and generators to prepare for a blackout – from £36.99

Power cuts are hitting closer to home – here are some of the best power stations, banks and generators you can grab now.

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75 m. ago India is selling Russian oil products to EU at record rate before ban kicks in

From January new EU sanctions will prohibit the import of petroleum products refined from Russian oil in third countries

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76 m. ago Former Labour councillor sexually assaulted woman at wife’s leaving party in London’s Square Mile

The woman was left ‘feeling dirty and worthless’ after the incident at an upmarket cocktail bar near Liverpool Street Station

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78 m. ago Disney Adventure stormed by police just days after new cruise ship launched

The Disney Adventure cruise liner set sail this week, but it was overrun by police just two days later at a German port which led to the arrest two members of staff

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87 m. ago Last chance to get TSB bank switch money deal worth up to £310 in cash and rewards

The deadline to switch accounts and claim is 11.59pm on Monday, September 8.

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89 m. ago Woman attacks bin lorry crew as she rips off windscreen wipers and tries to drive it

A shocking fight unfolded in Camden, London, as a bin lorry attempted to carry out its rounds, which ended up with a woman launching a violent attack on the truck

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96 m. ago 'September has my bank account crying'– shoppers 'need' viral pumpkin

The cozy season is quickly approaching and it's the perfect time to decorate your home to get you in the mood for the colder and darker evenings - and what better place to start than with some new bedding

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1 hour ago ‘Just being who we are is political’: disco trio Say She She on impressing Nile Rodgers and making bold protest songs

Their origin story may have been quintessentially New York, but the ‘discodelic soul’ band are now spread across the US – and they’re more determined than ever to be heardSay She She’s origin story is so perfectly New York it could have been lifted from a more racially diverse episode of Lena Dunham’s Girls. It involves a “gnarly” eight-floor apartment block on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a rooftop party turned sing-off and a debut show at Brooklyn’s coolest bar. So it’s mildly disappointing to discover that only one member of the trio still calls the Big Apple home.“I’m the last one standing,” Sabrina Cunningham confirms as she appears on Zoom, calling from her home in Brooklyn. She’s followed by Nya Gazelle Brown, who completed the band’s recent European tour, including a sold-out show at north London’s 3,000-capacity Roundhouse, while seven months pregnant. “I moved to Maryland over Covid,” Brown says. “I needed to stretch out and I wanted to be around family.” Th...

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1 hour ago Oh my God, they riled Donny! The 15 biggest South Park scandals ranked

After 28 years of scandal, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s eviscerations of Donald Trump are some of their greatest work. We rate their most explosive storylines from ruining Ed Sheeran’s life to episodes banned to this dayIt has been hailed as the most important TV show of the second Trump presidency. It’s currently in the form of its life and clocking up record ratings. Not bad for a cartoon about four potty-mouthed Colorado schoolboys.NSFW sitcom South Park might have been been on air since 1997, but it has never been more relevant. In an era when satirical talkshows are being axed, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s creation fulfils a vital function as it mercilessly mocks both sides of the political spectrum. Written and made the week of transmission, it has been able to incorporate topical stories and hold power to account. No wonder parent company Paramount recently won a $1.5bn bidding war for a five-year, 50-episode deal. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago The golden rule of Trump and Farage’s free speech crusade: they’re allowed to chat rubbish – you’re not | Marina Hyde

The Reform leader has been in the US, bemoaning Britain’s ‘awful authoritarian situation’. It’s a shame about his party’s own anti-media huff back homeSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and morePop quiz. Of whom did Donald Trump say admiringly: “I also learned that he loves his country very much”? And: “He wrote me beautiful letters. And they are great letters. We fell in love”?If you answered “Nigel Farage”, then I’m sorry. The Reform UK leader might have spent this pre-party conference week in his happy place – lodged several feet up the US presidential colon – and rhetorically demanding of US lawmakers: “At what point did [the UK] become North Korea?” But those Trump compliments were in fact previously made about Kim Jong-un, the dictator of well, you know the rest.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Tinder Swindler's Cecilie Fjellhoy life from Netflix fame to hosting new show

The Tinder Swindler shot to the top of Netflix's charts when it premiered in 2022 and now Cecilie Fjellhoy is back to help other romance fraud victims in Love Con Revenge.

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2 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover factory workers told to stay at home after cyber attack

The firm has paused production at its factories in Halewood on Merseyside and Solihull in the West Midlands, and its engine site in Wolverhampton.

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2 h. ago Walker Cup: Why captain Dean Robertson has faith in his 'band of brothers'

Scot has prepared meticulously for his bid to land rare win on US soil in event’s 50th edition

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2 h. ago Beast caged over rapes and sex attacks on five women across Scotland

Stephen Whitehurst was convicted of multipe offences, including rapes, against five women.

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2 h. ago Brits warned never to take a shower during thunderstorms for terrifying reason

A yellow weather warning is currently in place for the UK today, with 64 locations expected to be battered with a fierce band of rain sweeping across the country until 5pm

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2 h. ago I'm A Celeb and X Factor star had to work in coffee shop after blowing fortune

George Shelley was a finalist on I'm a Celebrity in 2015 but before he became a band member in Lightlines, he was forced to work in a coffee shop after spending all his money

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