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Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%
Millions of people in Great Britain face increase from Thursday to an average of £1,723 a year for a typical homeJohn Healey is under growing pressure...
California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise
Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward AlaskaCommunities across California are rushi...
Rise in young Catholic converts points to spiritual longing in U.S. and Europe
As Pope Leo XIV visits France, the number of converts is growing in secular Western countries, and some in Gen Z are rediscovering the faith of their ...
Two-year NHS waiting times reveal system’s struggle with rise in ADHD and autism awareness
NHS assessment bottlenecks have knock-on effects, leading to delays in medical help and lack of access to specialist supportThat NHS boards have impos...
Racist abuse of French judo star Teddy Riner investigated after he spoke about rise of far right
Paris public prosecutor opens investigation into online harassment of Riner, one of France’s most popular sportspeople Paris’s public prosecutor has o...
Reported assaults on Britain’s railways rise to nearly 25,000 a year
Unions say record high figures, including assaults on rail workers as well as members of public, show need for more staff and policingBusiness live – ...
eBay bans airbag sales as concerns about faulty or counterfeit parts rise
eBay became the latest online retailer to ban the sale of airbags and many of their components. Aftermarket parts can be risky if they turn out to be ...
Canada’s Capital Bids Good Riddance to Trump Avenue as Tensions With U.S. Rise
Ottawa’s City Council decided that the street should no longer be named for President Trump, who recently signed an executive order changing Lake Onta...
Groceries rise by 7% across Australian supermarket chains, Choice finds
The price of a basket of items in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Aldi increased to an average of $43.62, survey saysGet our new political email, free app ...
‘Watermelons’: Zack Polanski and the rise of the ‘green outside, red inside’ eco-populists
Author Russell Warfield argues the Green leader’s brand of politics is not new but has evolved in the party over time Watermelons: the term used to de...
New powerful synthetic opioid behind sharp rise in Scottish drugs deaths
Eleven per cent increase in fatalities last year partly down to presence of nitazenes in Scotland’s illicit drug marketA new type of powerful syntheti...
Alex Antic’s rise in SA Liberals has coincided with a collapse in the party’s vote. Is there further to fall?
Election of rightwing senator – once called a ‘vote-losing machine’ – as state president in South Australia takes party further from the centreGet our...
Fears over interest rate rise and jobs send UK consumer confidence to three-year low
Blow to John Healey before budget as UK households face ‘notable strain’ on their financesBusiness live – latest updatesFears of a steep rise in mortg...
Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise
The Iran-backed Houthi militia was engaged in fierce battles with the Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen on Sunday, as it seeks to maintain momen...
‘Flip the table and rise up’: Lib Dems’ president in combative mood as party gathers in Brighton
Josh Babarinde wants to target big tech and crypto billionaires while giving power and cash back to the publicStanding outside Toynbee Hall in the Eas...
More Australians to live into their 90s as life expectancy forecast to rise over coming decades
Treasury’s latest intergenerational report projects life expectancy at birth will reach 89 for women and 86 for men by 2065/66Australian households wi...
