30 m. ago Is the new Winter Fuel Payment £35,000 threshold for an individual or a household? STEVE WEBB replies

Is the new £35,000 threshold per pensioner or per household? Individually both myself and partner have less, but combined we are over it.

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33 m. ago Trump plans to keep Starlink at the White House operational despite rift with Musk

Federal government has been contracting with SpaceX to use Starlink technologies for several years

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41 m. ago The hunky father of seven personal trainer who has moved in with England star Millie Bright after she pulled out of Euro 2025

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45 m. ago 'Boil in a bag' funerals where bodies are liquified and flushed down drain could get go

The Co-op is hoping to bring water cremation to UK customers in what it called the ‘biggest change to funerals in over 120 years’

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50 m. ago ‘Send me some money!’ My unforgettable encounters with the legendary Sly Stone

He went from the towering highs of the 60s and 70s, where he changed the face of music, to the shambolic lows of a decades-long addiction. But interviewing the music genius over the years showed me a man who was awed, revered and strangely shySly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82A trailblazer and icon of hope and painSly Stone – a life in picturesIn 2013, there didn’t seem much point in requesting an interview with Sly Stone. It was 31 years since he had released an album of new material, Ain’t But the One Way, which he had abandoned midway through, vanishing completely from the studio and leaving the producer Stewart Levine to patch together what he could. It was longer still since he had produced any music that was even vaguely close to the standard he had set himself in the late 60s and early 70s – a six-year period bookended by the release of the groundbreaking single Dance to the Music in 1967 and his last truly classic album, Fresh, in 1973 – when he could...

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91 m. ago Concerns raised over World Cup tickets and travel as tournament draws nearer

The US will host the World Cup for the first time since 1994 - but several questions have been raised about the tournament

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96 m. ago The hunky father of seven personal trainer who has moved in with England star Millie Bright after she pulled out of Euro 2025

The Lionesses defender, who last week dramatically pulled out of Euro 2025, has been dating father-of-seven David Zetolofsky, 39, for several months.

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1 hour ago 'Boil in a bag' funerals where bodies are liquified and flushed down drain set for go

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Events

1 hour ago Why is sorry the hardest word? Keir Starmer joins Rachel Reeves in refusing to apologise for Labour's winter fuel chaos

The Prime Minister insisted it was 'the right decision' to originally axe the handouts, worth up to £300 a household, for around 10 million retirees last winter.

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1 hour ago Stella McCartney gets tested for killer disease with sister on same day every year

Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda's youngest daughter Stella speaks on the heartbeaking loss of her mum nearly three decades ago

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2 h. ago Suspended politician quits Labour amid WhatsApp group scandal investigation

The 'Trigger Me Timbers' WhatsApp group sparked shockwaves earlier this year

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2 h. ago Unmasked: The Godolphin and Latymer Deputy Head teacher who started sexual relationship with pupil in his office but escaped justice for a decade

Phil Culling, 52, began a sexual relationship with the teenager who was a talented musician and singer at the Goldophin and Latymer school in West London where day fees are now £33,000.

Society

2 h. ago Austria reels from ‘national tragedy’ after gunman kills 10 at former school

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2 h. ago Scottish Government refuses to rule out changes to pensioners’ winter payment

A spokesperson for John Swinney refused to rule out making changes in the wake of the UK Government’s U-turn on winter heating payments.

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2 h. ago Soaring food prices could deter tourists from Brit holiday hotspot

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Society

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Newport City Council say their visit had been in the calendar for several weeks

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2 h. ago Rent settlements, building safety and social homes: Three ways to ease London’s housing crisis

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Society

2 h. ago Tracy Beaker actress pays tribute to character that made her famous in unique way

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Politics

3 h. ago Welsh FM accused of doing ‘nothing’ to protect pensioners from winter fuel cut

Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, called for Eluned Morgan to apologise to the pensioners affected by the change last winter.

Politics

3 h. ago Man Utd star sends emotional message after being released by Ruben Amorim – 'Once a red'

Several Manchester United academy graduates have joined veteran first teamers in being released by the Red Devils as Ruben Amorim looks to build his new era at the club

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