44 m. ago Universal Credit claimants can unlock £10,250 in savings with freebies

Universal Credit offers a lot more than just a monthly payment, with claimants able to access a range of freebies and discounts that could save them thousands of pounds

Economics

54 m. ago The 14 most valuable Lego sets and minifigures you might have in your home

Lego is one of the world’s best-loved toys, with the building bricks as we know them having been fuelling children’s imaginations since 1958.

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75 m. ago London council spent £13,400 making public toilets gender neutral

Kingston Council paid thousands to make toilets at Latchmere Recreation Ground in Battersea gender neutral

Economics

1 hour ago Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana Timerman

Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking outThe Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) maximum security prison in El Salvador is the crown jewel of President Nayib Bukele’s efforts to quash not only criminal gangs, but also criticism and political opposition to his government. The “mega-prison” is also one of the more visible destinations in the emerging map of American deportations – a sprawling archipelago that includes conservative US districts, the Guantánamo military base and Central American waypoints connected by a tangle of military and charter flights.That the two states have connected their penal architecture is no coincidence. Donald Trump’s aggressive policies towards foreigners build on Bukele’s infamous iron fist crackdown against criminal gangs: it’s a political toolkit that leverages anti-establishment anger to justify an authoritarian slide. In deploying strongman tactics to address social c...

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1 hour ago 'Keep an eye out' for 2p coin with this obvious error worth £1,350

This sought-after coin will look nothing like an ordinary two pence piece.

Economics

2 h. ago Sunscreen and snail slime: what skincare experts do – and don’t do – to their skin

Think you look better with a suntan? Worried you don’t have a 12-step routine? Dermatologists cut through the noise to reveal the products they swear by – and those they’d run a mile from• Anti-ageing products that actually work: Sali Hughes on the 30 best creams and treatmentsLooking after your skin used to seem so simple: for decades, a basic “cleanse, tone, moisturise” routine was seen as the gold standard. But the skincare industry has recently exploded with thousands of new products, while skincare influencers have been racking up millions of views with often bewildering (and conflicting) advice.So, should you be putting snail slime or beef tallow on your face, like that video you saw on TikTok? And which products are safe for your teenager to use, if any? We spoke to eight dermatologists to find out their own skincare routines – and which mistakes they see most often. Spoiler: none of them use snail slime. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Beautiful places to take your campervan in Wales with views worth waking up early for

Spring signals the beginning of campervan season when van lifers and casual road-trippers take to the roads to explore the most beautiful corners of Wales.

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8 h. ago How smoked salmon, artisan cheese, fine wine and single malt whisky are being stolen in vast quantities from the UK's top producers

They'll spend months planning a heist. Nurturing or placing a man on the inside. Learning every detail of how their target business operates - the supply chain, the distribution pattern.

Events

10 h. ago Donald Trump dealt major blow as Elton John makes huge announcement

Donald Trump's administration recently cut $450 million (£339 million) worth of funding allocated to HIV and AIDS research - but Elton John and co-star Brandi Carlile have teamed up in an effort to reverse the deficit

Politics

11 h. ago Lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

A class action lawsuit filed Friday asks a federal court to reinstate the legal status of international students who have been stripped of their visas in a Trump administration crackdown that has left more than a thousand fearful of deportation

Society

12 h. ago Reminder: Protect Your Gear! $26K ARRI Alexa Mini Stolen on London Shoot

Reminder: Protect Your Gear! $26K ARRI Alexa Mini Stolen on London Shoot  No Film School

Events

12 h. ago US releases thousands of files related to Robert F Kennedy assassination

Release of files, ordered by Trump, includes notes from killer, who said presidential candidate ‘must be disposed of’About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Robert F Kennedy, including handwritten notes by the assassin, who said the US senator and Democratic presidential candidate “must be disposed of” and acknowledged an obsession with killing him.The release continued the disclosure of national secrets ordered by Donald Trump after he began his second presidency in January. It comes a month after unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of president John F Kennedy were disclosed. The earlier documents gave curious readers more details about cold- war era covert US operations in other nations but did not initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK, RFK’s brother. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before

Contested discovery achieved by experiment firing laser pulses into eyes, stimulating retina cellsAfter walking the Earth for a few hundred thousand years, humans might think they have seen it all. But not according to a team of scientists who claim to have experienced a colour no one has seen before.The bold – and contested – assertion follows an experiment in which researchers in the US had laser pulses fired into their eyes. By stimulating individual cells in the retina, the laser pushed their perception beyond its natural limits, they say. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Chef's 'ultimate' crispy roast potato recipe are perfect for Easter Sunday

Chef Poppy O'Toole, aka The Potato Queen, has shared her ultimate roast potato recipe - and people are amazed at how delicious and easy they look

Politics

14 h. ago Man with knife and electric drill 'shouting and screaming' in street smashed up his own flat

Carl Pascoe's behaviour caused a neighbour to suffer a panic attack. He told police after he was arrested that he had taken £100 worth of cocaine

Science

16 h. ago The Guardian view on Sudan’s third year of conflict: a war against civilians | Editorial

The ambitions of two generals and the interests of other states have led to the massacre of adults and children already forced to flee their homesSudan has begun its third year of civil war in the bleakest manner imaginable: mourning the massacre of hundreds of civilians and relief workers in displacement camps in Darfur. What began as a power struggle between generals has led to the killing of tens of thousands of people and widespread sexual and ethnic violence. The International Rescue Committee says the result is the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded: 640,000 people face catastrophic hunger. Basic services and infrastructure, already woefully inadequate, have been destroyed.“One thing that has been consistent since day one,” the Sudanese activist and commentator Dallia Mohamed Abdelmoniem observed this week, “[is that] it’s a war on civilians. Now, I think we’ve become so desensitised to it, that doesn’t make much of a difference any more. There’s no impact.” Continue re...

Events

16 h. ago I was a typical teenager who lived online and saw the real world as a distraction. Until one miserable night when I, like thousands of other young men my age, found the Church

My childhood was standard for any British Gen Z boy. In other words, chronically online. Unaware I was destined for an adulthood filled with feelings of isolation.

Politics

17 h. ago Would YOU put fish sperm in your lips? Our guide to the new anti

A new wave of tweakments, tools and products can bring back volume to mature lips - subtly. Plump up without the trout, says Alice Robertson

Politics

18 h. ago Spanish holidaymakers on health alert as contagious disease hits popular resorts

Two resorts have been affected by the outbreak, with thousands of Scots families currently holidaying in the region

Events

18 h. ago Gogglebox's Amy Tapper flaunts six stone epic weight loss as she wows in clip

Veteran Gogglebox star Amy left fans stunned as she revealed her weight loss, and also hinted at her plans to strip off for a glamorous photo shoot once she gets to her goal

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