56 m. ago DWP full list of 23 medical conditions that can entitle you to a £368 monthly payment

People with specific medical conditions are being encouraged to check if they're eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), worth up to £368 per month from the Department for Work and Pensions

Economics

86 m. ago Prime minister backs NSW premier’s call for a royal commission into the Bondi beach terror attack

Anthony Albanese said he would ‘support whatever action the NSW government takes’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has backed a royal commission into last weekend’s attack at Bondi beach, after the NSW premier called for a full “comprehensive look” at the terrorist incident.Speaking to reporters on Saturday the premier, Chris Minns said the state needed a royal commission to probe the mass shooting that killed 15 people. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago A brief encounter, two attacks and then a break in investigations into the Brown and MIT shootings

Investigators are still trying to figure out much of what Claudio Neves Valente was doing in New England in the weeks before they say he opened fire in a Brown University lecture hall and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor

Events

2 h. ago NHS services ‘up and running this weekend’ as doctors enter final days of strike

Resident doctors will return to work at 7am on Monday.

Sport

4 h. ago US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria

US official describes strikes as large-scale response to recent attack that killed two US Army soldiers and interpreterThe US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials said on Friday.The attacks come after Donald Trump vowed to hit back after an attack last weekend in Syria by a suspected Islamic State member. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Nick Reiner 'diagnosed with schizophrenia' before night of parents' deaths

A source has said that the medication he was given left him 'erratic and dangerous'.

Events

6 h. ago Suspected Brown shooter was ‘socially awkward’ and complained about moving to the United States, college classmate says

“During his time at Brown, I was essentially his only friend,” Watson told The Independent.

Events

7 h. ago US military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield

The U.S. military will end its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone

Events

7 h. ago Prince William takes major SAS charity role in huge boost to Britain's elite troops

Heir to the throne Prince William takes on one of his most important roles backing the military so far as he agrees to be patron of crucial special forces charity the SAS Association

Politics

8 h. ago Man harassed his ex by threatening to shoot her and tying baby farm animal to her fence

“Broadhurst-Dodd believed he was invincible to any order placed on him, which he continuously breached"

Events

8 h. ago Hypothermia claims newborn in Gaza and more babies are at risk, doctor says

A doctor in Gaza says a fragile newborn boy became the second baby to die of hypothermia in recent days at Nasser Hospital

Events

8 h. ago Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student

Authorities have identified Claudio Neves Valente as the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor

Events

8 h. ago Shocking pictures show train station outside London completely flooded as it’s closed until Christmas Eve

The flooding at Rye House station is due to a burst Thames Water sewer pipe

Events

9 h. ago Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push

A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals

Events

9 h. ago Nick Reiner was schizophrenic and became 'erratic and dangerous' after doctors changed his psych meds weeks before parents were slain

Nick Reiner was suffering with worsening schizophrenia and became 'erratic and dangerous' when doctors changed his psych medication, insiders say.

Society

10 h. ago London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes

Planned £100mn overhaul of train station will seek to end ‘holding pen’ experience for passengers

Politics

10 h. ago Seven Colombian soldiers killed in rebel drone attack on base near Venezuela

Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group used drones and explosives in Thursday night attack that also injured at least 30 soldiersColombia’s ELN guerrilla group has attacked a military base near Venezuela with drones and explosives, killing seven soldiers and wounding 30.Founded in 1964 and inspired by the Cuban revolution, the ELN is the oldest surviving guerrilla group in the Americas, and controls key drug-producing regions of Colombia. Efforts to negotiate a peace settlement have repeatedly stalled. Continue reading...

Events

10 h. ago MAGA civil war erupts at Turning Point USA event as speakers turn on each other over Charlie Kirk shooting conspiracies

Several of the night's headliners sent the Thursday event in Phoenix, Arizona, off the rails.

Events

10 h. ago Teen boy charged after women racially abused at Scots train station

A 16-year-old boy has been charged after a group of women were racially abused at Glasgow Queen Street station.

Events

10 h. ago New train route between London and Scotland offers King's Cross to Glasgow tickets for less than £30

Campaigners hope more people will choose the train over short-haul flights

Economics