61 m. ago New DWP online service allows pensioners to claim up to £440 a month

More than 1.7 million elderly people in the UK are currently receiving this payment

Economics

62 m. ago How to turn £40 a month into £226k for your child – plus the surprisingly easy way to make them an adult millionaire

IT'S every parent's dream to leave their little one with a nest egg to set them up for life. Even just small savings can snowball into giant pots of cash over a long period of time - here's how to give the gift of a lifetime to your child and the accounts you can set...

Economics

77 m. ago Major energy firm to pay £2,000 to UK households as bills rise again

The Energy Support Fund is available for existing British Gas customers who are in energy debt or at risk of fuel poverty during the winter

Economics

2 h. ago Plainclothes review – shame and anxiety in entrapment yarn about a gay cop going undercover

A quietly observed New York police story explores desire, friendship and the pressures of identityOne day, someone is going to make a film about a cop who goes undercover and doesn’t get too close to the people he’s spying on and doesn’t start questioning his own identity and life choices. Until that day comes, here’s Carmen Emmi’s drama about a cop in early 90s New York who is part of an entrapment team at a suburban shopping mall prosecuting gay men who cruise the bathrooms (a type of police work that you might think went out in the era of Alan Turing).Tom Blyth plays Lucas, an undercover officer suffering from depression after the death of his dad and breakup with his girlfriend to whom he confessed having feelings for men; his nervous unease is not made any easier by a loudmouthed homophobic uncle at family gatherings. The movie is interspersed with Lucas’s anxiety-flash glimpses of his own life, significantly shot in the same dull, flat analogue video that the cops use to recor...

Politics

2 h. ago Lush launches new collaboration with famous dog that Brits love

Fans of one '90s cartoon will be thrilled to learn that Lush has collaborated with a famous dog to make a whole new collection, and people are praising the collab

Politics

3 h. ago Winter Fuel Payment 2025: UK pensioners face tax on winter fuel allowance

Pensioners earning a certain amount will see their Winter Fuel Payments reclaimed 💡

Economics

3 h. ago UK pensioners snorting cocaine on the rise as even OAPs in their 90s are getting high

Hospitals are seeing a surge in admissions for coked-up OAPs who are in some cases as old as 90, as NHS figures show 723 pensioners needed hospital treatment between March 2023 and March 2024

Politics

3 h. ago DWP state pensioners born in these years get £100 boost to Winter Fuel Payment

The Winter Fuel Payment will once again be paid to all state pensioners this coming winter, but the amount you get paid will depend on your age

Economics

4 h. ago Huge 90s pop star looks unrecognisable 30 years after drink and drugs hell

D:Ream frontman Peter Cunnah was the face of the dance group and helped them to score a number one single - but he looks very different now.

Events

4 h. ago DWP to send millions of UK households letters about changes to major payment

The DWP is sending out letters to millions of pensioners this month

Economics

5 h. ago ‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends

AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypesEleanor, 24, is a Polish historian and lecturer at a university in Warsaw; Isabelle, 25, is a detective serving with the NYPD; Brooke, 39, is an American housewife who enjoys an opulent Miami lifestyle financed by her frequently absent husband.All three women will flirt and chat and send nude photographs and explicit videos via one of a soaring number of new adult dating websites that offer an increasingly realistic selection of AI girlfriends for subscribers willing to pay a monthly fee. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago OAP dies in hospital days after being hit by bus in Edinburgh

Police say inquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing.

Events

5 h. ago Winter heating payment deadline this week for people over State Pension age

Pension Age Winter Heating Payment has replaced Winter Fuel Payments for older people in Scotland.

Economics

6 h. ago How Gap became cool again: Brand was known for '90s mall nostalgia' is now loved by A

Far from purely selling underwhelmingly reliable denims, the American brand is now Hailey Bieber's go-to; with A-lister Gwyneth Paltrow and her daughter Apple fronting a glossy campaign.

Economics

6 h. ago The three appliances experts say you should never plug into extension leads

This advice comes as fire services across the UK have reported a rise in electrical fires caused by overloaded and misused extension leads

Events

6 h. ago Older people with ongoing health issues could be due up to £1,362 every month

Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment are providing extra financial support for over 1.7 million pensioners across the UK.

Economics

8 h. ago My wife is due a full state pension so why does HMRC want £179 more in National Insurance?

My wife has had an HMRC letter saying 'Self employed class 2 national insurance contribution due'. To the unsuspecting it looks like a tax demand.

Economics

10 h. ago SNP hiring spree continues as civil service 'bloats' while NHS struggles

Shona Robison has pledged to reduce the size of the civl service by 2030 but staffing numbers continue to rise.

Sport

10 h. ago Pensioners snorting cocaine skyrockets as UK hospitals in crisis

Recent NHS data has shown that 723 over-65s were admitted between March 2023 and March 2024 for cocaine-related issues, including a handful in their 90s

Events

13 h. ago Number of OAPs admitted to hospital for snorting cocaine soars... including pensioners in their 90s

Of 723 snorting seniors who sought medical treatment for using the Class A drug in the year to March, eight were aged above 90.

Politics