When Jane Wallbank found out she’d been awarded free upgrades to make her home warmer and cheaper to run, it sounded like “a fairytale”. “Bills have become astronomically expensive in the last few years,” said Jane, a support worker for people with learning needs. Then she qualified for internal wall insulation, smart radiator sensors and […]
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The death of three people at a waterfall spot in Wales over an 18-month period has prompted a warning about the safety of the popular location. Rachael Patching, 33, and Helen Patching, 52, drowned while visiting the Ystradfellte waterfalls in Powys in January 2023, while Corey Longdon, 26, died during a trip to the same
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A man in his 60s suffered fatal head injuries after he fell from a ladder while tying a Union flag to a lamp post, an inquest has heard. Paul John Lumber, 61, a married painter and decorator from Bristol, had been drinking alcohol while at a football match on 22 November. After arriving home at
Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase (JPMC), accusing it of debanking him and his business empire after his first term in the White House ended. The US president claims America’s largest bank by assets and its chief executive Jamie Dimon closed a number of personal and business accounts in February
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The remains of dozens more people killed in an inferno at a shopping centre in Pakistan have been found, bringing the total number killed to 67. The fire at the multi-storey Gul Plaza in the country’s largest city of Karachi was extinguished late last Sunday, nearly 24 hours after it broke out. By the time
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have detained a five-year-old boy – after using him as “bait” to capture his father, officials claim. The pair have since been flown more than 1,000 miles from their home in Minneapolis to a facility in Texas. It makes him the fourth school student to be detained by
While Sinners has surpassed all expectations at this year’s Oscar nominations, coming away with a whopping 16 nods, not all movies will be coming away from the nominations with the same happy glow. Wicked: For Good may have done fairly swift business at the box office, but that simply did not translate into Oscar votes.
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Nigerian bandits who kidnapped more than 150 churchgoers are demanding 17 motorbikes in return. It comes after attackers raided three different churches in conflict-hit Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, on Sunday. They seized 177 people – before 11 managed to escape. It marks one of the largest mass abductions in recent months for the country –
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Elizabeth Hurley hit back at suggestions of “leaks” among her friends as she gave evidence in the privacy trial against the publisher of the Daily Mail – and became tearful as she spoke about the impact of articles written about her private life. The actress and model spent about three hours in the witness box
The family of a pensioner killed in a “ritual sacrifice” by a woman who escaped from a mental health unit said authorities “failed on every level” to protect him. Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times by Emma Borowy, 32, while walking his dog in a Sheffield park in August 2023. The attack occurred after
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