6 h. ago Where you're most likely to get a parking ticket in Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire Council has issued penalty charge notices to thousands of people over a 12-month period and received almost half a million pounds in fines

Politics

21 h. ago Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve

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28 h. ago Barracuda, grouper, tuna – and seaweed: Madagascar’s fishers forced to find new ways to survive

Seaweed has become a key cash crop as climate change and industrial trawling test the resilient culture of the semi-nomadic Vezo peopleAlong Madagascar’s south-west coast, the Vezo people, who have fished the Mozambique Channel for countless generations, are defined by a way of life sustained by the sea. Yet climate change and industrial exploitation are pushing this ocean-based culture to its limits.Coastal villages around Toliara, a city in southern Madagascar, host tens of thousands of the semi-nomadic Vezo people, who make a living from small-scale fishing on the ocean. For centuries, they have launched pirogues, small boats carved from single tree trunks, every day into the turquoise shallows to catch tuna, barracuda and grouper.A boat near lines of seaweed, which has become a main source of income for Ambatomilo village as warmer seas, bleached reefs and erratic weather accelerate the decline of local fish populations Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Families wait in line for hours to buy masa for Christmas tamales at beloved LA grocer

During the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year’s, tens of thousands of people will flock to Amapola Market in the Los Angeles area to buy freshly produced masa for making tamales, a cherished holiday tradition for Latin American families

Politics

50 h. ago 'I followed Martin Lewis advice and got £5,989 council tax paid back'

Personal finance expert said a 'little known' discount could have a massive impact on hundreds of thousands of people

Economics

55 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian forces attack Odesa twice in one day

Emergency crews at work after port facilities and ship damaged, governor says, while Donald Trump says peace talks going ‘OK’. What we know on day 1,399Russian forces struck Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa late on Monday and damaged port facilities and a ship, the regional governor said, in the second attack on the region in less than 24 hours. Oleh Kiper said on Telegram that emergency crews were tackling the aftermath of the latest attack and that no casualties had been reported but provided no further details. An earlier overnight attack hit port and energy infrastructure in the Odesa region, causing a fire at a major port and disrupting electricity supplies to tens of thousands of people. “Russia is attempting to disrupt maritime logistics by launching systematic attacks on port and energy infrastructure,” deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram.A Russian general was killed after an explosive device detonated beneath his car in what Moscow described as a likely a...

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2 d. ago 'Great omen for 2026' spotted at Stonehenge winter solstice celebrations

Thousands of people gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire over the weekend to welcome in the winter solstice, and one detail has been hailed as a 'great omen' for next year

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3 d. ago Winter solstice marked by magical Stonehenge sunrise celebrations

Thousands of people gathered to mark the winter solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire early on Sunday morning (21 December).

Politics

3 d. ago Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah

Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destructionA group of the world’s top economists – including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.More than 600 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed across the island, in what Sri Lanka’s president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, called the “largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history”. Continue reading...

Economics

6 d. ago A sunrise crowd gathers at Bondi Beach in solace and defiance after a massacre

Thousands of people have returned to Australia's Bondi Beach in the first full day of opening since a mass shooting killed 15 people

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6 d. ago New update on heating payments for pensioners, people on disability benefits and low income households

Thousands of people have already received payments with the vast majority expected before New Year.

Society

6 d. ago Man hacked people online and then stole thousands from their relatives

Haroon Zaman hacked into victims' social media accounts and impersonated them to promote fraudulent cryptocurrency opportunities

Politics

7 d. ago A simple blood test could one day predict your risk of early death

A study measured blood proteins in tens of thousands of people and tracked who survived or died over time

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8 d. ago Photos show a bullfight in Kenya, where an ancient sport attracts modern

The bullfighting tradition is deeply rooted among the Luhya community in Kenya’s Kakamega County. It started as entertainment and a form of celebration after harvests, and has evolved into a sport that attracts thousands of young people who place bets on the bulls.

Culture

8 d. ago Families could be hit with 40 per cent tax bill if they don't use one form

Thousands of people don’t realise their families could face an inheritance tax charge over the life insurance policies they’ve taken out

Economics

9 d. ago Levee fails sparking emergency evacuations in Seattle after a week of torrential rain

Tens of thousands of people had already been told to evacuate after floods prompted scores of rescues throughout western Washington state

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9 d. ago HMRC letters to thousands of people ahead of income tax change in April

Around 200,000 people have received the letter from HMRC.

Politics

9 d. ago New calls to scrap Council Tax payments for people over State Pension age

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for people on the State Pension to be exempt from paying Council Tax.

Economics

1 week ago Dog play afternoon: dachshunds overrun Hyde Park for Christmas walk

Hundreds of sausage dogs gather for annual festive parade that organiser started to help her puppy socialiseThe pitter-patter of tiny paws has brought joy – and more than a little chaos – to Hyde Park in London as hundreds of dachshunds and their owners gathered for the annual sausage dog Christmas walk.Now in its eighth year, the event was started by organiser Ana as a way to help her dachshund, Winston, socialise as a puppy. Meeting at noon by the Physical Energy statue in the centre of the park, the dogs – well, the owners really – competed in a best-dressed competition before enjoying an hour of play and socialising before the parade. Ana said previous years’ events had ended up attracting as many as a thousand people and dogs. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Thousands of people march in Crowborough for the sixth Sunday in a row to protest against 600 migrants moving into army barracks

The camp in Crowborough, east Sussex, will soon have 600 migrant men staying there. The Mail can reveal around 100 are believed to soon be moving in from another camp in Kent.

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