2 h. ago Gardeners urged to mix 59p kitchen ingredient with soap and apply to plants

If slugs, flies and ants are plaguing your garden this summer, no need to pick up a bottle of pest-killer - this handy household item can make a great and effective pesticide instead

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3 h. ago Southport monster Axel Rudakubana has tests in prison to see if he’s 'mad not bad'

Axel Rudakubana was jailed for a minimum of 52 years for killing Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Alice Aguiar, nine, and six-year-old Bebe King at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport

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3 h. ago Men have hundreds more saved in ‘rainy day’ funds than women, research indicates

IE Hub also found a fifth of people surveyed said they have no savings to call upon in an emergency.

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3 h. ago Starmer’s welfare cuts will see 340,000 more people in poverty than previously predicted, charity warns

340,000 more people in disabled households could face hunger and hardship by the end of the decade, new report says

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3 h. ago Disability cut impact could be even worse than expected warns food bank charity

Research commissioned by food bank charity Trussell found that 340,000 people in disabled households will be pushed into severe hardship by benefit changes being brought in by the Government

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3 h. ago ITV Good Morning Britain's Dr Hilary Jones reveals he would help sick people die if law changed

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would mean terminally ill adults with only six months left to live could apply for assistance to end their lives, returns to Parliament this week.

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3 h. ago Stormont minister calls for terminally ill to be allowed state pension early

Figures from charity Marie Curie show that around 111,000 people die in poverty each year in the UK.

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3 h. ago Scientists celebrate bowel cancer breakthrough in bid to tackle surge in young people

Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the UK

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3 h. ago Scientists link gut bacteria to early stages of Parkinson’s disease

According to the Alzheimer’s Society, around a third of people with Parkinson’s eventually develop dementia

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4 h. ago Manchester murder victim 'ran to house for help' with serious injuries before tragic death

Three people have been arrested amid Greater Manchester Police's murder investigation after a teenage boy died in the New Moston area of the city on Sunday evening

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4 h. ago Manchester murder probe: Boy, 13, 'ran to house for help' with serious injuries before he died

Three people have been arrested amid Greater Manchester Police's murder investigation after a teenage boy died in the New Moston area of the city on Sunday evening

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4 h. ago Post Office choir founder says BGT stint was 'life changing' after depression battle

Mark Wildblood, the founder of Hear Our Voice - the choir made up of people impacted by the Post Office scandal - says the initiative has been 'therapeutic' after a battle with depression.

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4 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz: ‘The match is not finished until he wins the last point’

Spaniard saves match points before beating SinnerFrench Open win Alcaraz’s fifth grand slamCarlos Alcaraz says he never stopped believing he could find a way to fight back against his great rival Jannik Sinner and win the French Open despite facing three championship points in an incredible 5 hour 29 minute battle.“The match is not finished until he wins the last point,” said Alcaraz. “It’s just one point away from losing the match, yeah, but a lot of times people came back from match point down in the final of a grand slam or even in other matches. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘The level was insane’: Alcaraz did not stop believing in epic French Open final triumph

Defending champion saves match points before winningJannik Sinner: ‘I have improved as a player since last year’Carlos Alcaraz says he never stopped believing he could find a way to fight back against his great rival Jannik Sinner and win the French Open despite facing three championship points in an incredible five-hour-and-29-minute battle.“The match is not finished until he wins the last point,” said Alcaraz. “It’s just one point away from losing the match, yeah, but a lot of times people came back from match-point down in the final of a grand slam or even in other matches. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN: 'People are now being punished just for existing in this US tyranny'

"Behind Trump is a rogue’s gallery of thugs who helped design this dystopia. They’ve spent years seeding the idea that cruelty is strength, that immigration is an invasion, that democracy is optional"

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4 h. ago Notorious paedophile jailed for abusing girls allowed to live feet from children's playground with no knowledge from Probation Service

Todros Grynhaus was imprisoned for more than 13 years in 2015, found guilty of seven offences against two young girls between 1996 and 2004.

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4 h. ago Moment thug shows up at his ex's house to burn it down while she sleeps before killing her dog

Adrian West, 61, had subjected Louise Simpson, 53, to a campaign of violent attacks last year which included strangling, punching and kicking before she kicked him out of her house.

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4 h. ago Murder probe launched after teenage boy 'stabbed to death outside pub'

Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident on Sunday night.

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4 h. ago Covid alert as doctors issue warning about new variant with 'unusual' symptoms

Doctors have warned people to look out for new symptoms of coronavirus, stressing that the latest strain is different from the rest. People could mistake Covid for other common issues due to the similarities

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5 h. ago Family of Nottingham attack victims complain about ‘offensive’ watchdog meeting

Valdo Calocane killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in the city in June 2023.

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