PM hosts 'Help for Households' round table with businesses
Boris Johnson hosts a round table meeting with businesses at 10 Downing Street to discuss details to help families through the cost-of-living crisis during the summer holidays and beyond.
The alert will be implemented just six hours after an amber extreme heat warning ends on Sunday
Personal finance expert Gemma Godfrey has been answering your questions on the cost of living and money saving dilemmas: Could your pension contribution be put to better use for things like paying your bills? The most important thing to say is that when making any financial decisions, it's important to speak to a financial professional who can review your particular situation and offer personal advice. First of all, pensions offer some serious financial benefits, such as being able to contribute with a gross salary (without tax being charged), an employer can add their own contribution, and the pension pot can eventually be drawn down tax-free as well.
Advertising standards regulator says content ‘falls outside our jurisdiction’ as opponents decry ‘cruel reminder’ of China’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters
Jacinda Ardern’s tourism minister said the country should be targeting wealthy holidaymakers to New Zealand at the expense of “dried noodle” eating backpackers.
Chelmsford City Council has pledged to keep its swimming pools open despite rocketing costs to keep them heated.
More than 1,000 firefighters are struggling to contain a huge wildfire that has destroyed a large area of pine forest in southwest France. Around 6,800 hectares (26 square miles) in the Gironde region and neighbouring Landes have been burnt by the blaze, which began on Tuesday. At least 16 houses have also been destroyed, and emergency services have forced around 10,000 people to evacuate the area.
‘If he had said, ‘Tiff, don’t say that no more. I don’t like it. I’m not comfortable with you saying that,’ I would stop saying it,’ comedian said
The festival will return in October for ten days of literature, music and food.
Researchers say their promising results bring hope to those suffering from corneal blindness and low vision.
The 4th Congressional District in Washington state is a land of snow-capped volcanic peaks and lush irrigated apple orchards
Noughties-style baggy trousers dominated the catwalks and street style around Copenhagen this week
Seven cities have been shortlisted for 2023 contestEurovision
West Oxfordshire Conservative Associaton welcomed Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss to Carterton this afternoon.
HOW should the Isle of Wight Council recruit its new £138,000 top boss?
I HAVE much sympathy for the Don't Pay UK campaign which now claims to have 100,000 supporters. When Bulb phoned me in April, months before the present crisis broke, to tell me my direct debit was going to increase from £104 to £196 I said: 'No way, Jose.'
Dozens of people were killed or injured in drink driving incidents in Southend over just three years, new figures show.
Prosecutors in South Florida have announced a second-degree murder charge against social media model Courtney Clenney related to the fatal stabbing of her live-in boyfriend
The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to the highest level since records began 15 years ago, while victims of crime are facing long delays for their cases to be heard in court. As Conservative Party members chose a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson this summer, the problems his successor will have to deal with are stacking up. Last month, 6.7 million people were waiting to start treatment in Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS), the highest number since records began in August 2007, new data released on Thursday showed.
Earlier this year, Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana pledged to go fur-free and adopt more sustainable means of manufacturing
Tyson Fury has announced his second retirement from boxing after failing to entice Derek Chisora into a trilogy fight. The 34-year-old revealed he would step back into the ring and had publicly revealed he was keen to face Chisora, who he has twice beaten before. Fury turned 34 on Friday and posted a message on social media saying: "Massive thanks to everyone who had an input in my career over the years & after long hard conversations (I’ve finally) decided to walk away & on my 34th birthday I say Bon voyage."