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National News
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Complaints about financial products jumped by around 70% between April and June, compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Consumers raised 74,645 cases with the resolution service about financial products between April 1 and June 30 this year, compared with 43,953 complaints reported in the same period […]
A third of people in England who have experienced a severe allergic reaction to food are not carrying live-saving adrenaline pens, analysis shows. Prescriptions for adrenaline auto injectors (AAIs) – devices given to those who are at risk of life-threatening reaction (anaphylaxis) – are also less common for people living in more deprived areas of […]
A spike in searches for homes near Jeremy Clarkson’s new pub has been recorded by property website Rightmove. The pub in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire, reopened to the public on August 23 after being renamed The Farmer’s Dog. Hundreds of people queued to wait for the doors to open on the first day of […]
The Met Office has revealed the storm names for the 2024/25 season. The new storms list – first launched in 2015 – for each year generally runs from early September until late August the following year, coinciding with the beginning of autumn. James, Lewis and Mavis are all included in the new list in honour […]
Beavers need to be back in the wild to help tackle the climate and nature crises, wildlife experts have said as they called for a “bold approach” to bring back the keystone species. The Wildlife Trusts has published a report calling for licences to release the semi-aquatic mammals into the wild, rather than only in […]
Nearly three in 10 teachers in England personally provided food to pupils in the summer term out of concern for their welfare, a survey has suggested. More teachers have been forced to bring in food for children in their school than last year – especially in the most deprived areas of England, according to the […]
UK children are facing a “happiness recession”, a charity has said after its analysis pointed to lower life satisfaction than youngsters in other European countries. It also found that girls and teenagers from poorer backgrounds feel worst off. The Children’s Society’s latest Good Childhood Report collated data from various research in recent years which it […]
The sun shone on the Champs-Elysees as athletes from across the world descended on a packed Place de la Concorde to launch Paris’ first Paralympic Games. Medal hopefuls from 168 delegations paraded through the French capital in glorious weather conditions for an ambitious opening ceremony designed to put disability at the heart of society. ‘From […]
Three people have died in a road collision in a Welsh coastal town, police have said. North Wales Police said officers responded to reports of a road collision in Beaumaris on Anglesey, shortly after 2.45pm on Wednesday. Three people were pronounced dead at the scene in Alma Street which runs along the seafront past Beaumaris […]
Oasis fans who booked rooms in a Manchester hotel in anticipation of seeing the band on its reunion tour have been left feeling “frustrated” and “scammed” after their reservations were cancelled because of a “technical error”. Oasis fans who booked rooms in a Manchester hotel in anticipation of seeing the band on its reunion tour […]