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

The former prime minister backed reforms to gambling taxes in order to generate the £3.2bn needed to scrap the cap

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The uninhabited island being converted into a Gaza medical facility

Indonesia’s Galang Island will be used to treat about 2,000 wounded residents and temporarily shelter their families

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Interest rates live: Boost for mortgage holders as Bank of England cuts rate for third time this year

Monetary Policy Committee members have voted on a cut down to 4 per cent which will hamper savings but boost the mortgage market

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Rep. Cory Mills accused of threatening to release intimate videos of ex partner

Mills said the allegations were being pushed by a former political opponent

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Outrage as town in Spain bans Muslim celebrations in public spaces

Muslim groups and opposition leaders have condemned the decision, branding it Islamophobic

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Homelessness minister facing calls to resign after ‘hiking rent at London townhouse by £700’

Rushanara Ali has previously criticised ‘private renters being exploited and discriminated against’

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US auctions off $325M seized Russian superyacht – including helipad, gym and spa

America contends that Suleiman Kerimov, former Russian politician, owns the yacht

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Overflowing bins and climate change: Why might rats be getting bigger in the UK?

Adult rats can weigh up to 600g according to ecologists, and they probably became that big by eating our junk food

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Thailand and Cambodia to deploy ceasefire monitors despite deadlock over captured soldiers

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to establish interim observer teams to monitor a fragile ceasefire that ended five days of deadly border clashes

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Mapped: Worst areas for rat infestations in the UK as over half a million reported

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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