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The Government must extend the £20 weekly increase in Universal Credit payments for at least a year to prevent hundreds of thousands of families plunging into poverty, MPs warned today. The temporary uplift, introduced last March and worth more than £1,000 a year to those aged over 25, is currently due to end at the … Read more
The Netherlands has been hit by its first major snowstorm in a decade, forcing vaccination centres, schools and Covid testing sites to be closed. Storm Darcy has has swept across northern Europe, blanketing the UK, Holland and Germany in snow, bringing icy temperatures and major disruption. The Netherlands issued a ‘code red’ emergency after Sunday’s … Read more
A British mother has revealed her extended family have cut all contact with her after accusing her of hiding a lottery win and not sharing the winnings. The woman, who lives in the North West of England, took to Mumsnet to share the bizarre story, and asked other parents for advice about how to ‘deal with’ … Read more
Welsh lockdown rules Wales’ Alert Level 4 means that people must stay at home except for limited purposes. These include: Buying food and medicine; Exercise, alone or with members of your household or support bubble; For work purposes where it is cannot reasonably be done from home; Providing care to a vulnerable person; Visiting a … Read more
YouTube has indefinitely suspended Donald Trump from its platform and also barred his lawyer Rudy Giuliani from being able to monetize his content. The Google-owned social media behemoth imposed a temporary ban on Trump’s channel two weeks ago, depriving his 3 million subscribers of content ‘in light of the ongoing potential for violence.’ It joined … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more
Welsh lockdown is extended for three more weeks with supermarkets facing new restrictions while schools and colleges could stay shut until February without ‘significant’ drop in infections Mark Drakeford confirmed the Level 4 restrictions in Wales will not be lifted School and college students will continue learning online till February half-term The First Minister said … Read more
Welsh lockdown is extended for three more weeks with schools and colleges staying shut until February half-term without ‘significant’ drop in infections, First Minister Mark Drakeford confirms Mark Drakeford confirmed the Level 4 restrictions in Wales will not be lifted School and college students will continue learning online till February half-term The First Minister said … Read more
Stamp duty holiday could be extended beyond March due to England’s new national lockdown, say property experts Extending the tax break will be on Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s mind, they say Doing this would ‘keep demand alive’ in housing market during lockdown It would also take pressure off buyers trying to complete by 31 March deadline … Read more
EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy is ‘set to take an extended break from the soap as her character Sonia Fowler makes temporary exit’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 21:26 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 21:26 GMT, 29 December 2020 EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy is reportedly set to take an extended break from the soap, … Read more