Does Reform’s plan to cut £50bn in welfare spending add up?
The UK welfare bill stands at £353bn for the current financial year, a figure that dwarfs most other lines in the national…
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Emotional farewell to ‘global, iconic superstar’ Bonnie Tyler
On a July morning in 2025, the streets of Swansea filled with thousands of well-wishers who had gathered to watch a hearse…
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Parents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC told
Mothers who skipped meals to keep lights on. Fathers whose accounts were inflated by children they never had. Arrears stacking up into…
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Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump’s chief of staff
Andy Burnham exchanged messages with person claiming to be Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff under President Donald Trump. The…
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Tributes to actress Hayden Panettiere as coroner finds ‘no signs of trauma’
The entertainment world is reeling after the sudden death of Hayden Panettiere, the actress best known for her roles in the television…
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Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ over Iran deal
President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman - a US ally - if it "gets in the way" of his administration's…
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Watch moment police arrest wanted man while he slept on roof
A two-day police operation in Salford concluded in one of the most unusual arrests recorded in recent Greater Manchester policing history: a…
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Four ‘extraordinary’ Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
Three of the five surviving panels of the Polyptych of San Gregorio were taken Four Renaissance paintings of "extraordinary value" have been…
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Murder inquiry after man bitten by dog dies
A fatal confrontation between two men on a quiet walking route in West Yorkshire has escalated into a formal murder investigation after…
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Ferrari’s first ever electric car sold for record $40m at auction
The prancing horse's inaugural battery-electric vehicle has just set a new benchmark in the world of automotive auctions. A one-of-one Ferrari Luce…
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