The health secretary says this is “definitely a weekend to turn the heating on” after cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners.
Month: January 2025
Stormzy banned from driving after mobile phone use
An off-duty police officer caught him using a mobile phone behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce.
UK’s biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed
About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.
‘Everything’s gone’: Heartbreak after ‘stray firework’ causes fire
Two families “lose everything” in the fires in Holbeach, which happened early on New Year’s Day.
Friends take homeless man to darts championship
The men gave their guest a ticket to the PDC World Darts Championship as well as a hotel room.
Ex-Traitors player: ‘Beware those who talk too much’
Charlotte Chilton from Warwickshire was on the second series of The Traitors as “a faithful”.
Badenoch calls for national inquiry into ‘rape gangs’
Alexis Jay, who led a major inquiry into historical child sex abuse, says changes are needed, not more research.
Venue closure prompts calls to protect music scene
After another music venue in Cardiff closed, a former promoter called the scene’s future “bleak”.
GB out of United Cup after Boulter loses to Swiatek
Katie Boulter fell short of a stunning win over five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek as Britain’s hopes of reaching the United Cup semi-finals are […]
Neil Young shuns Glastonbury over ‘corporate control’
The rock star says the festival, which is partnered with the BBC, is “now under corporate control”.