Day: August 7, 2025
UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown in call to scrap two-child benefit cap
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The former prime minister backed reforms to gambling taxes in order to generate the £3.2bn needed to scrap the cap
Read MoreThe uninhabited island being converted into a Gaza medical facility
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Indonesia’s Galang Island will be used to treat about 2,000 wounded residents and temporarily shelter their families
Read MoreInterest rates live: Boost for mortgage holders as Bank of England cuts rate for third time this year
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Monetary Policy Committee members have voted on a cut down to 4 per cent which will hamper savings but boost the mortgage market
Read MoreRep. Cory Mills accused of threatening to release intimate videos of ex partner
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Mills said the allegations were being pushed by a former political opponent
Read MoreOutrage as town in Spain bans Muslim celebrations in public spaces
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Muslim groups and opposition leaders have condemned the decision, branding it Islamophobic
Read MoreHomelessness minister facing calls to resign after ‘hiking rent at London townhouse by £700’
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Rushanara Ali has previously criticised ‘private renters being exploited and discriminated against’
Read MoreUS auctions off $325M seized Russian superyacht – including helipad, gym and spa
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America contends that Suleiman Kerimov, former Russian politician, owns the yacht
Read MoreOverflowing bins and climate change: Why might rats be getting bigger in the UK?
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Adult rats can weigh up to 600g according to ecologists, and they probably became that big by eating our junk food
Read MoreThailand and Cambodia to deploy ceasefire monitors despite deadlock over captured soldiers
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Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to establish interim observer teams to monitor a fragile ceasefire that ended five days of deadly border clashes
Read MoreMapped: Worst areas for rat infestations in the UK as over half a million reported
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Analysis of Freedom of Information (FOI) responses from councils showed over 500,000 reported rat infestations from 2023 to mid-2025
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