11 h. ago State pension 'gap' warning as hundreds of thousands of people urged to act

Analysis of Office for National Statistics data has found around 740,000 single retirees and 500,000 retired two adult households are 'mainly reliant' on the state pension

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35 h. ago State pension warning as 1.2million people 'need to bridge gap' in retirement

The ONS defines as a household that has at least three quarters of its total income provided by the state pension or other similar pension-related state benefits

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9 d. ago Kemi Badenoch backs US action to help overthrow Iran's regime amid widespread protests

More than a hundred people have been killed and thousands detained in the uprising against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's rule.

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1 week ago Friends in Tehran tell me they've never seen anything like it, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS. This revolt is momentous. Yet from Starmer and the BBC, near silence...

The videos do not stop. They come in waves, minute after minute. Iranians marching, in their hundreds, then thousands, then tens of thousands. Streets choked with people.

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2 w. ago Times Square revelers brace for coldest New Year’s Eve in years as nasty weather derails iconic celebrations

Snow flurries could hit hundreds of thousands of people in Times Square

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2 w. ago Times Square revelers brace for coldest New Year’s Eve temps in years as nasty weather derails iconic celebrations

Snow flurries could hit hundreds of thousands of people in Times Square

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2 w. ago Sydney New Year’s Eve strikes more sombre tone as fireworks follow minute’s silence for Bondi

Terror attack victims remembered with menorah projected on to Harbour Bridge ahead of traditional dazzling displayAustralia paused to show solidarity with the Jewish community as New Year’s Eve festivities rolled across the nation.Weeks on from the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, hundreds of thousands of people around the Sydney Harbour observed a minute’s silence and shone a collective, defiant light following the recent atrocity. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Climate disasters of 2025: From Hurricane Melissa to Los Angeles wildfires

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have been impacted by extreme weather and climate disasters in 2025

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3 w. ago Zelenskyy heads to Florida for talks with Trump amid fresh strikes on Kyiv

Attacks leave hundreds of thousands without heating as Ukrainian leader readies for intense weekend of diplomacyA third of Kyiv is without heating after a Russian drone and missile barrage on the Ukrainian capital cut off power supplies, leaving hundreds of thousands of people facing freezing temperatures.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Moscow had used nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles, including ballistic missiles, in the overnight attack. “The primary target is Kyiv – energy facilities and civilian infrastructure,” he said in a post on X. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Zelenskyy to hold talks with European leaders amid fresh strikes on Kyiv

Attacks leave hundreds of thousands in city without heating as Ukrainian leader prepares for flurry of weekend diplomacyA third of Kyiv is without heating after a Russian drone and missile barrage on the Ukrainian capital cut off power supplies, leaving hundreds of thousands of people facing freezing temperatures.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Moscow had used nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles, including ballistic missiles, in the overnight attack. “The primary target is Kyiv – energy facilities and civilian infrastructure,” he said in a post on X. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 'I followed Martin Lewis advice and got £5,989 council tax paid back'

Personal finance expert said a 'little known' discount could have a massive impact on hundreds of thousands of people

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