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A majority of Britons believe state pension payments for future retirees are “unaffordable” in their current reform but reject measures to reduce the benefit’s expense on public spending, according to new poll.YouGov’s latest survey found that 52 per cent of British people do not think the current state pension status quo will be affordable for current working-age people in their 30s and 40s.In contrast, 19 per cent of the 2,063 adults polled believe the state pension will remain affordable for future generations while 29 per cent do not know the benefit will or not.This latest polling from YouGov surveyed multiple…
Dame Sarah Mullally, the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury, has focused her first new year’s message on pressures facing the healthcare system and the importance of access to “holistic services”. Drawing on her experience as an NHS nurse, she said: “Good healthcare is incredibly important to me. It goes hand in hand with my Christian faith, inspired by Jesus’ call for us to love and care deeply for one another.”Support for people in their communities could help deal with the “root causes” of many hospital admissions, she said, adding that social and palliative services are “stretched”.Dame Sarah will be made the…
Dragons: O’Brien (co-capt); D Richards, Inisi, Owen, E Rosser; de Beer, Hope; Martinez, Burrows, Hunt, Woodman, Carter (co-capt), Keddie, Beddall, Wainwright.Replacements: G Roberts, W Jones, Dlamini, Douglas, Young, R Williams, Westwood, Anderson.Scarlets: Nicholas; Rogers, Roberts, James, Mee; Hawkins, G Davies; Mathias, van der Merwe, H Thomas, Douglas, Cuckson, Plumtree, Macleod (capt), Anderson.Replacements: Elias, J Morse, H O’Connor, J Price, D Davis, A Hughes, Leggatt-Jones, Page.Yellow cards: Cuckson 24′.20-minute red card: Douglas 43’Referee: Ben Connor (WRU)Assistant referees: Carwyn Sion & Gareth Newman (WRU)TMO: Aled Griffiths (WRU)Attendance: 8,369
A murder probe has been launched after a man in his 20s was found dead at a property in Greater Manchester.Police officers and forensics are in attendance in the residential area of Tarn Drive, Bury.Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has now confirmed a male and a female in their 20s have both been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody for questioning.Officers remain at the scene today with a with multiple tactical units and detectives seen combing the area.A GMP spokesman said: “At around 11.55pm on Wednesday December 31, 2025, we were called to reports of a disturbance at…
Sir Keir Starmer has been compared to a “James Bond villain” in a scathing assessment of his New Year’s message to the nation.Reacting to the message on GB News, hosts Tom Harwood and Nana Akua tore into the Prime Minister’s appearance in the footage, criticising his choice of “dark wardrobe” for the occasion.Looking ahead to the New Year, the Prime Minister told Britons in his message: “In 2026, the choices we’ve made will mean more people will begin to feel positive change in your bills, your communities and your health service.”But even more people will feel once again a sense…
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised to “defeat the decline and division offered by others” in his new year message, as he insisted 2026 would see people feel “positive change” in their lives.He acknowledged “things have been tough in Britain for a while” but said the public should now start to see improvements including lower bills, more police on the streets and new health hubs.It has been a difficult year for the PM, who has been battling slowing economic growth, poor poll ratings and speculation he could face a leadership challenge.In her own new year message, Conservative leader Kemi…
Searle had won 14 consecutive sets without reply to reach his first World Championship quarter-final.The 38-year-old Englishman extended that run to 17 with some clinical finishing in the first three sets against Clayton, who took a scrappy fourth to reduce his deficit.Searle’s 111 finish in the deciding leg of the fifth, one of his three ton-plus checkouts in the match, restored his three-set advantage and he dominated the seventh set to secure a spot in the last four.Clayton scored better for long spells of the quarter-final but too many missed attempts on the outer ring proved costly for the Welsh…
A retired geography teacher was slapped with a £100 penalty notice for discarding a cigarette butt from a vehicle, despite being hundreds of miles away in France when the alleged offence occurred.Ray Weatherburn, a former British running champion who has never smoked in his life, was accused of littering from a silver Vauxhall Corsa on Farnborough Road in Clifton on August 13. The 76-year-old was actually enjoying breakfast in Normandy when the offence was alleged to have happened. Mr Weatherburn, who maintains a primary residence in Berwick-upon-Tweed alongside a second property in Wollaton, Nottingham, received the penalty notice on September…
Sir Keir Starmer has been compared to a “James Bond villain” in a scathing assessment of his New Year’s message to the nation.Reacting to the message on GB News, hosts Tom Harwood and Nana Akua tore into the Prime Minister’s appearance in the footage, criticising his choice of “dark wardrobe” for the occasion.FULL STORY HERE.