33 h. ago Scottish Nationalists back unlimited council tax rises for second home owners

The SNP last night backed a Green amendment to the Housing (Scotland) Bill which will allow councils to more than double the amount of tax that second home owners pay.

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53 h. ago Warning to cat owners over rising trend that is 'stressful and scary' for pets

A survey from animal charity Cats Protection has revealed that putting a harness on a cat can make them feel stressed and scared

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56 h. ago Cat charity warns new habit is causing psychological damage to pets

Research shows there has been a change in who is owning cats as it becomes 'a luxury'

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57 h. ago What is ear seeding? The TikTok trend promising to reduce stress and fatigue

The wellness trend is said to do wonders for fatigue, stress, pain, puffiness, poor posture, sleep problems and more

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7 d. ago South West Water owner hails 'strong return to profitability' as household bills rise

Water group Pennon expects a 'strong return to profitability' this year, despite paying out millions of pounds to settle historic wastewater and sewage issues.

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1 week ago I tried the viral ‘cortisol cocktail’. Here’s what I discovered

With the cortisol cocktail trending on TikTok, Brittany Miller explored whether it’s worth the hype

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1 week ago The viral ‘cortisol cocktail’ promises to reduce stress – but I discovered something else

With the cortisol cocktail trending on TikTok, Brittany Miller explored whether it’s worth the hype

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2 w. ago Cat owners warned after counterfeit flea treatment innocently bought online nearly kills Persian tabby

Alan Wall thought he was using the same brand he had for years to protect his Persian tabby, Smokey, from catching any infections.

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3 w. ago Martin Lewis issues stark 'warning' to parents' that 'no one wants to hear'

Martin Lewis issued a 'warning' to parents across the country whilst he joined Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard on Tuesday's edition of This Morning

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3 w. ago Electric car battery 'nearly halves when driving during heatwaves' new study finds

According to WhatCar?, while the UK doesn’t typically see such levels of excessive heat, the recent rise in heatwaves is already posing a considerable challenge for EV owners across the nation

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4 w. ago FDA warning over raw pet food after cat euthanized with bird flu

Certain lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats were contaminated with the H5N1 virus

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4 w. ago Jumanji review – startling 90s game fantasy adventure with Robin Williams in winning form

Williams is exuberant but controlled as elephants trample the town and a waterfall crashes down the stairs in bizarre Kiplingesque fantasy that still holds upThe Jumanji franchise has been enjoyably revived in the last few years, but the new reboot films don’t have the purely startling quality of the original fantasy-surreal adventure from 1995, now rereleased for its 30th anniversary. Adapted from a 1981 children’s picture book by Chris Van Allsburg, it starred Robin Williams in an exuberant, winning but notably controlled lead performance. This is an entertainment in the broad Hollywood tradition of Capra and Spielberg, with a boisterous touch of Peter Pan in that the stern father figure and the scary villain are both played by the same actor. But there’s something else, too, a dash of something that, if it were played straight, would be genuinely creepy. And actually, even played just the way it is, it’s still pretty creepy.Williams plays Alan Parrish, a guy who in his childhood ...

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