Disability Rights UK and the RNIB are warning that a cashless society could create barriers for disabled people.
Month: February 2025
Lloyds, Halifax and TSB banking apps down, thousands report
Technical issues are affecting UK banking app users on payday for the second-month running in 2025.
Brutally beaten man ‘cannot walk, talk or breathe for himself’
Charles Dooher was at home when a masked gang beat him with iron bars and other weapons on 20 January.
Auto-enrol eligible pupils for free school meals, say MPs
Education select committee calls for change “without delay”, warning that pupils who should be fed free are missing out.
Groomed girl was ‘fixated on Hitler’ before death
Rhianan Rudd was the UK’s youngest female terror suspect before charges were dropped and she was found dead.
Woman, 19, dies in suspected XL bully dog attack
Two people are arrested as police investigate reports the dog was an XL bully.
Tate brothers arrive in US after Romania prosecutors lift travel ban
The pair, facing trial for human trafficking, had been banned from leaving Romania in recent years.
BBC review finds ‘serious flaws’ over Gaza documentary
The documentary was pulled last week after it emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.
‘I’ve lost 4,500 sheep to thieves on Dartmoor’
A farmer has described Dartmoor as the “Wild West” amid ongoing sheep thefts.
Eggheads star Chris Hughes dies aged 77
The show paid tribute to the “great” quizzer, who also won Mastermind and Brain of Britain.
