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Council tax 'cut for state pensioners' update in new 'means test' MP campaign

Campaigners fighting for a major council tax discount for all UK state pensioners have started a new campaign off. Increasing calls have been made for pensioners to get either reductions or a total...

UK Foreign Office issues new travel alert for all Brits heading to Egypt

The Foreign Office has updated its travel guidance for Britons in Egypt or those planning a trip there soon. The Foreign Office cautioned that on Sunday, August 31, a Cairo British embassy building...

Huge blow for troubled UK seaside town as plans scrapped to improve its high street

Plans to revamp Paignton’s high street have been shelved after Torbay Council confirmed it will divert regeneration money to accelerate construction of a supported housing project. The council said...

Police issue statement after 3-year-old British boy vanished in Spain

Spanish police have insisted the search for missing British boy Oliver Pugh was ongoing – despite the country’s Ministry of Interior mysteriously deactivating an alert for the...

Randy Boone dead: Hollywood western legend dies as emotional tributes pour in

Legendary actor Randy Boone has died aged 83, his family has confirmed. The Hollywood star was best known for riding his own horse as he portrayed the singing and guitar-playing ranch hand Randy...

Fury as refugees handed £300k town houses with electric car charging while locals struggle

Asylum seekers have been moved into luxury £300,000 town houses complete with en-suite bathrooms, electric vehicle charging points and underfloor heating - sparking outrage from local residents who...

Experts pinpoint Amelia Earhart mystery crash site using a carefully restored 1937 radio

Aviation experts believe they may finally be on the brink of solving one of history's greatest mysteries - the disappearance of legendary pilot Amelia Earhart nearly 90 years ago.The trailblazing...

Family reunion rules to be tightened in asylum cases

Family reunion rules to be tightened in asylum cases7 minutes agoJoe PikePolitical correspondent andGeorge WrightBBC NewsGetty ImagesHome Secretary Yvette Cooper is to announce details of a...

Four people feared dead after two planes collide mid-air at US airport

In a shocking mid-air collision near an airport in Colorado, two small planes crashed into each other.The terrifying incident was first reported at around 10:40a.m. local time on Sunday August 31 and...

Queen Camilla 'sexually assaulted on a train before beating off attacker with heel'

Queen Camilla was sexually assaulted on a train as a teenager, a bombshell new book writes. Valentine Low reveals the shocking account in her new book Power and the Palace: The Inside Story of the...

Brits sent urgent passport text before heading on holiday

British passport holders have been receiving urgent alerts from HM Passport Office. With holidays and business trips happening all year round, officials are urging travellers to carry out one crucial...

Boy, 11, pepper-sprayed by cops at migrant hotel protest

The Met Police pepper sprayed a child during anti-migrant protests in Canary Wharf, London. This comes after footage online has seen disorder break out in a shopping centre in Canary Wharf, close to...

British woman stabbed to death 'by knife attacker in love triangle row'

A British woman has died in Cambodia following an alleged knife attack, with reports claiming the suspect is a woman she was tangled in a love triangle with. Jessica Cariad Hopkins, 34, was found...

Ukrainian civilian ship blown up by 'unidentified explosive device' in Black Sea

Ukraine has revealed a civilian ship was blown up by an unidentified explosive device in the Black Sea, off the coast of Odesa.The information was confirmed by Dmytro Pletenchuk, the spokesman for...

Ray Mayhew dead: 80s legend dies as bandmate pays heartbreaking tribute

Drummer Ray Mayhew, who was part of the iconic punk pop group Sique Sique Sputnik has died. The news was confirmed by the band's vocallist Martin Degville on Facebook. "It is with great sadness that...