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Pensioners are being urged to check their eligibility for Pension Credit before December 21 to ensure they do not miss out on vital winter support worth an average of £3,900 per year.The call comes as new research from Royal London reveals widespread reluctance among older people to seek financial assistance, even when entitled to it.Pension Credit serves as a gateway benefit, providing access to additional support including help with NHS dental treatment, energy bills through the Winter Fuel Payment, prescriptions and housing costs.Those who wish to qualify for this winter’s Winter Fuel Payment must submit their Pension Credit application before…

Courtney Burgess, an investigation court witness in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial, fired back at the rapper’s sons, Christian Combs and Quincy Brown, after they filed a cease and desist against him.Combs’ sons previously came together to send Burgess a cease and desist order after he started selling an unauthorized tell-all about and purportedly written by Christian and Quincy’s late mother Kim Porter.They claimed Burgess is trying to capitalize on their late mother’s fame by selling a book to be titled Kim Porter Tell It All. In response, Burgess, an investigation court witness in the disgraced media mogul’s trial, made a pointed…

One of the most common features in vehicles for millions of drivers has all but vanished from UK roads, with just one model launched in the past year still offering it as standard equipment.A new study has revealed that among 42 new cars launched over the last 12 months, only the Dacia Spring comes equipped with a traditional manual handbrake.The finding highlights the dramatic shift in automotive design, as manufacturers increasingly favour electronic parking brakes over the conventional lever-operated system.The Romanian-made Dacia Spring stands alone in maintaining this traditional feature, while its parent company Dacia remains one of the few…

Mia says she doesn’t want people to feel pity, she just wants to feel “ordinary”Mia spends much of her time staring out her bedroom window, the view dominated by a nearby housing block.With no lift, the only way the 14-year-old can leave her second-floor flat is by shuffling down the stairs on her bottom.It’s been years since Mia felt ordinary, a near lifelong sense that she didn’t fit in. It all got too much for her a few months ago when she made a suicide attempt that has left her with paraplegia, unable to move the lower part of her…

Purchasing managers’ index at 48.1 in November, down from 50 in SeptemberData sent euro plunging to just above $1.03 versus the dollarThis is its lowest since November 2022 The euro sank to a two-year low against the dollar yesterday as political turmoil in Germany and France dragged the single currency zone’s economy into reverse.A closely-watched monthly survey of business activity fell unexpectedly to 48.1 in November, down from 50 in September – on an index where the 50 mark separates growth from contraction.The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data sent the euro plunging to just above $1.03 versus the US currency,…

Tammy Hembrow and Matt Zukowski are officially husband and wife.The fitness influencer, 30, and the former Love Island Australia star, 29, tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony at Chateau Du Soleil in Byron Bay, surrounded by family and friends.Tammy looked stunning in a strapless ivory and blush pink gown that featured an elaborate tulle train and a corset bodice, highlighting her ample cleavage.The blonde beauty completed her look with a long ivory veil and her hair was styled with long hair extensions in a half ponytail with a middle part. As the couple held hands, Tammy became emotional and broke…

 Brad Pitt and George Clooney will not be teaming up anytime soon again as their sequel for Wolfs has been canceled by Apple TV+ despite being announced months ago.The news came just months after the original film – which was rumored to have cost upwards of $200m – had flopped despite reports of it being the most expensive TV movie of all-time. The two A-listers had worked on the film alongside director Jon Watts in what was touted as AppleTV’s biggest premiere in the streamer’s history.The 43-year-old filmmaker was promoting Star Wars series Skeleton Crew when he revealed the news.He told…

AFL clubs have reportedly been ordered to include women in their decision making process at the 2024 draft in a move that has been labelled “tokenistic”.All 18 clubs bolstered their lists with rising young footy stars across two night at Marvel Stadium.Now Tom Elliot has told 3AW listeners that AFL Executive General Manager Football Laura Kane ordered all clubs to include a woman in their ‘war room’ where club management strategise their draft selections and trades.   ‘A prominent footballing identity who you all would have heard of rang me yesterday,’ he said.’They said that Laura Kane, who is a senior executive at…

A baby gorilla was tragically crushed in an accident deemed as ‘human error’ when a zoo employee activated the wrong door inside the enclosure, fatally injuring the animal.Eyare, a 2-year-old female Western Lowland gorilla, died on Wednesday after Wilder Institute-Calgary Zoo member triggered the incorrect enclosure door, striking the baby animal and causing traumatic head injuries.The gorilla was moving around in the back of the enclosure, roaming from bedroom to bedroom, interacting with the other gorillas when the harrowing incident occurred.’A member of [Eyare’s] care team intended to activate a door to separate Eyare from other members of the troop for…

Wales’ Labour government have awarded the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community £500,000 to keep warm this winter while roughly half a million Welsh pensioners lose their winter fuel allowance. A senior Tory source in Wales said: “The Labour government are happy taking money from our pensioners and forcing them to choose between heating and eating, yet they can find half a million pounds for the gypsy traveller community. “Obviously, we don’t want to see anyone getting cold, but our pensioners are clearly vulnerable. Let’s put our pensioners first.”The source was referring to Keir Starmer’s Westminster government who axed winter…