7 h. ago Trump admin brainstorms aggressive tactics to clear homeless camps in cities and forcibly hospitalize people, report claims

Justice Department asks employees for ideas on how to ‘more efficiently shift chronic vagrants away from the public square and into a more concentrated space’ to better deploy services

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64 h. ago Record number of people exercising and playing sport, report suggests

But experts warned that ‘barriers to getting active are still too high’.

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3 d. ago Living in most polluted part of UK could increase risk of major killer, study suggests

American researchers - who tracked almost 300 people from pregnancy until they turned 24 - found those who had lived in areas with higher levels of pollution were at increased risk of two conditions.

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4 d. ago Trump admin sues Uber alleging company makes it too hard to cancel subscription

‘Americans are tired of getting signed up for unwanted subscriptions that seem impossible to cancel,’ the FTC chairman said

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4 d. ago What the most stereotypical families from UK cities look like, according to AI... but do YOU think it's accurate?

The AI generator formed together what it believes a typical household looks like in cities such as Nottingham, Brighton and Liverpool. But is it accurate?

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5 d. ago Government accused of ‘sabotaging’ tourism with ‘barriers to travel’

A report by the World Travel and Tourism Council found people visiting the UK spent £40.3 billion in 2024.

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6 d. ago Missing people: What to do when someone goes missing and how to report it

It may be hard to know what to do when someone goes missing, but here is the key information to know when reporting missing people to the police or to the media for publicity

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8 d. ago People on PIP never need to report any of these six changes to the DWP

Not every change in circumstances will affect your entitlement to PIP or see payments paused.

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9 d. ago Credit card late fee cap scrapped as Trump admin sides with Wall Street banks

Last month, President Trump tried to dismantle the bureau completely by slashing £100m in contracts and firing 70 employees

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1 week ago Trump admin closes State Department office battling foreign disinformation

Marco Rubio claims office ‘spent millions of dollars to actively silence and censor the voices of Americans they were supposed to be serving’

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1 week ago Police chief hits out at people who report 'fluff and nonsense' and says officers must stop dealing with 'guff' and prioritise real crimes

Police should stop wasting their time investigating 'guff' and tell people reporting 'fluff and nonsense' on social media to 'grow up', one of Britain's top chiefs has said.

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1 week ago New York AG Letitia James targeted for criminal prosecution by Trump admin

Prosecutor’s office says she will not be ‘intimidated by bullies – no matter who they are’ after being hit by mortgage fraud allegations

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1 week ago The great Mississippi tops list of most endangered rivers amid fears over Trump rollbacks

Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new reportThe Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal climate disaster agency – and the full-throttle deregulation of fossil fuels and water-guzzling datacentres – could prove catastrophic for America’s endangered rivers, threatening the food, water and livelihoods of millions of people, according to a new report.American Rivers’ annual most-endangered rivers list lays bare a myriad of human-made threats including floods, drought and other extreme weather events driven by the climate crisis, as well as industrial pollution and poor river management – all of which Trump’s regulatory rollbacks will almost inevitably make worse. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024

European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on recordThe home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year affected 413,000 people, a report has found, as fossil fuel pollution forced the continent to suffer through its hottest year on record.Dramatic scenes of cars piled up on inundated streets and bridges being ripped away by raging torrents were seen around the continent in 2024, with “high” floods on 30% of the European river network and 12% crossing the “severe” flood threshold, according to the European State of the Climate report. Continue reading...

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1 week ago EU targets Iranian prison and justice officials over arrests of its citizens

The European Union has imposed sanctions on seven Iranian prison and justice officials over what the it says is a politically motivated campaign by the Islamic Republic to detain its citizens

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2 w. ago Trump admin planning PR blitz to convince Greenlanders to ask to be part of U.S.

Aides have discussed possible advertising and social media campaigns to change public opinion among 57,000 Greenlanders

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2 w. ago White America: Map reveals surprising American cities with most cocaine users

Residents of cities in the Rocky Mountain and Southwestern US have the most cocaine usage nationwide, a new study found.

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2 w. ago British tourists warned as popular Spain holiday hotspot taken over by giant slugs

The giant slug Laevicaulis alte has been found in the southern region of Tenerife in the Canary Islands with government officials urging people who spot the pest to report it

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2 w. ago Trump admin refuses to engage with reporters who include their pronouns in email signatures

The use of preferred pronouns has become the target of conservative politicians and media personalities

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2 w. ago People on PIP must report these changes to DWP or monthly payments could stop

PIP claimants may also have to pay a penalty if they give the DWP wrong information.

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