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Nit pickers ban litter pickers: Council jobsworths forbid volunteers from cleaning streets because they bought the wrong red bin bags

Volunteers in Newport, Gwent, have been trawling their streets armed with bin bags to tidy their neighbourhood for years but have now been blocked by 'petty' council orders. Bureaucrats in Newport city council's waste…

Bonfire on main road 'reckless and sectarian', minister says

The fire on the Lecky Road flyover - one of the main roads in and out of the area – has sparked widespread criticism after images of First Minister Michelle O'Neill, as well as flags and emblems, were burned on it.…

August bank holiday 2026 benefit payment date changes and cost of living support

But the summer holidays can also bring extra expenses for parents as kids enjoy their six weeks away from school. At the same time, concerns remain around the disruption caused by the US-Iran war and back-to-back…

Kushner hails 'very good' meeting with Netanyahu after Hamas talks on Gaza peace plan

Hailing the "very good meeting", Kushner told Fox News that there could be "progress in as little as 30 days, hopefully, on starting to take some of [Hamas's] weapons out," but added: "we do need cooperation from both…

But gen Z and millennials in the US are finally normalizing conversations about money, openly sharing about salaries, rent and investment strategies, but also their (sometimes substantial) debt. In recent years…

Amy Hunt’s haters are embarrassing themselves

Hunt became the first athlete in the 92-year history of the championships to win four golds at a single edition, completing a sprint double before anchoring British teams to glory in the women’s 4x100m relay and mixed…

Home Office bid to stop migrants using family to stay in the UK faces block

A watchdog that independently assesses the quality of evidence behind new rules gave the Home Office’s impact assessment of the changes a red rating, meaning it considered it “not fit for purpose”. It means that Labour…

The flaws in Reform’s plan to scrap PIP and slash £50bn from benefits bill

Unveiling the policies at a press conference, the party’s Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick , said the “broken” welfare system was a “moral and an economic catastrophe” and Reform would stop some claimants “taking…

Julian Lloyd Webber ‘very grateful’ for successful treatment for prostate cancer

The 75-year-old musician announced his diagnosis in April shortly after he made his return to the concert platform following a 12-year absence due to an injury. On Monday, he said he was “so thankful” for all the care he…

Irish police to be given ‘whatever resources they require’ after horror crash

Four people in the other car, all members of the same family, were seriously injured in the crash on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare in the early hours of Sunday morning. A body representing rank-and-file members of…