66 m. ago DWP to deny thousands of people the £300 Winter Fuel Payment

There are six groups of people who will not be eligible for the DWP's Winter Fuel Payment, which is worth up to 300 to eligible households

Economics

5 h. ago France braces for ‘block everything’ protests after PM Bayrou resigns

Blockades, disruption and strikes planned for Wednesday with about 80,000 police and gendarmes to be deployedThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has resigned after losing a confidence vote as authorities prepare for a day of disruption and protests ranging from road and school blockades to transport strikes.About 80,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed across France on Wednesday to monitor a day of anti-government demonstrations organised under the slogan “block everything”. Continue reading...

Events

8 h. ago Thousands of people call for review of Welsh school transport rules

A petition has been submitted to the Senedd calling for a review of the guidance around home to school transport across Wales

Politics

12 h. ago Rick Davies brought a peculiar funk to Supertramp, a band that existed on its own unfashionable terms

The tension between co-founders Roger Hodgson and Davies – who has died aged 81 – was the driving force of a band who refused to fit into any genreIt must be odd to have been a band’s co-founder and joint frontman and to know that when thousands of people came to see you, they did so on condition that not only did you play songs you neither wrote nor sung, but had also initially agreed not to perform. That was what happened to Rick Davies, who formed Supertramp with Roger Hodgson in 1970. Hodgson left the band in 1983 – on the agreement that he took his songs, and Davies took the name. But touring as Supertramp is impossible without The Logical Song or Dreamer or Breakfast in America, and so, to Hodgson’s irritation, Davies played the songs.It was fitting though, because the tension between Davies and Hodgson was very much the driving force of Supertramp. Davies loved jazz and blues, whereas Hodgson was in love with pop. And it was in the combination of their two impulses that Super...

Culture

16 h. ago Disabled little girl returns to school after council axed her transport to school

Jessica McMillan, who battles life-limiting condition Hurler syndrome, had to stop going to school after East Ayrshire Council stopped her transport - and her parents were furious

Politics

18 h. ago Disabled Scots youngster returns to school after council denied her transport

The Record revealed last month how Jessica McMillan, who battles a life-limiting condition, was being refused a place on her school bus for the first time in five years.

Politics

33 h. ago Great North Run chiefs say 'wear sorry' after medal sparks route change rumour

Thousands of people collected medals after taking part in the annual event on Sunday leaving some asking if a change is planned for next year

Politics

33 h. ago Tear gas and water cannons fired at Nepal social media ban protests

Police fired tear gas at protesters during clashes as tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Nepal's capital on Monday (8 September) after authorities blocked most social media platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube.

Events

51 h. ago Driver set off for Blackpool Illuminations...and ended up in custody

Tens of thousands of people travel to see the lights every year - this motorist did not make it

Politics

2 d. ago Tens of thousands of Britons face vision loss or blindness from lung illness

Tens of thousands of people in the UK are facing vision deterioration and even blindness without knowing it, experts have warned.

Politics

3 d. ago Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands

A scramble is underway in Ohio over a staple of the back-to-school season: rides on the big yellow school bus

Politics

4 d. ago Daughter of Holocaust survivor plans to be arrested in support of Palestine Action

Carolyn Gelenter plans to be arrested when she joins over a thousand people supporting Palestine Action in Parliament Square on Saturday

Events

4 d. ago HMRC brutal social media tax rules could catch out thousands of people

HMRC rules could end in a financial penalty, warns one specialist

Politics

4 d. ago Anger as NHS may have wrongly diagnosed thousands of people with Type 2 diabetes

NHS says at least 55,000 people will need further blood tests after errors were discovered at one in ten NHS labs in England as national clinical director Dr Clare Hambling called it "worrying"

Science

5 d. ago US government blames power company for LA fires that destroyed hundreds of homes: suit

The Eaton Fire killed 19 people in January as it raged across Los Angeles, destroying thousands of structures

Politics

5 d. ago Federal government sues California utility, alleging equipment sparked deadly wildfires

The federal government has filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked fires in the Los Angeles area that destroyed thousands of structures and killed 17 people

Events

5 d. ago UK Government urged to scrap any plans for nationwide digital ID cards

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling on the Uk Government not to introduce digital ID cards as part of new immigration control measures.

Politics

5 d. ago Drug use, assaults and human waste in tent camp in Cardiff city centre underpass

The underpass is used by thousands of people every day

Events

6 d. ago 'Absolute carnage' reported in Welsh county as parents blame new school year transport cuts

Parents who now live outside the free school transport zones in Rhondda Cynon Taf claim it was a 'shambles' as children struggled to find their way to school

Politics

7 d. ago Afghanistan earthquake death toll passes 1,400 as Taliban appeal for aid

Rescuers search into the night for people trapped under debris of mud and stone homes in steep valleysThe Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured.Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Continue reading...

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