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Unite Union May Bring Legal Action Over Winter Fuel Payments

//The Unite union has called on the government to reverse its decision to cut the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners or has warned it may face judicial review. A pre-action letter from... ...

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Odd Expressions

I've just searched the house calling for one of my dogs and finding him shut in an upstairs room said to him, 'You soppy date. Why didn't you bark?' Unsurprisingly he didn't answer .... but... ...

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Is The Office For Value For Money Poor Value For Money?

Set up to advise the Chancellor, the title of the new Government department could have come straight from the pages of Orwell's 1984. An independent chairman who has come in for considerable... ...

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Are You Spicy Or Herby?

I had a herby dish last night, but would have preferred the lovely beef cooked in spices instead.

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Gps, Care Homes And Hospices Voice Concern Over Budget Tax Rises

//GPs, care homes and hospices have voiced concerns about the impact of the rise in employer National Insurance contributions announced in the Budget. The NHS and rest of the public sector are... ...

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Farmers 'Betrayed' By £1M Inheritance Tax Relief Cap

//Farmers across the UK have met the news that inheritance tax relief for farms will be limited to £1m with anger. The National Farmers' Union said it had been a “disastrous budget” for family... ...

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Radiohead Singer Confronts Gaza Protester At Australian Gig

//Radiohead singer Thom Yorke briefly walked off stage during his Australian solo tour after an exchange with an audience member who heckled him with a protest about deaths in... ...

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The Weather Wreaks Havoc In Spain

Absolutely dreadful. Those poor people. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckmgmdxg254t ...

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Why Do You Buy A Poppy?

The Royal British Legion has just appointed a new Diversity Officer on a salary of between £64,122 and £67,437. Your money well spent - or not?

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Cap On Single Bus Fares Raised …

.... from £2 to £3, Keir Starmer has announced. Not a lot you might think but it's £10 plus per week extra for workers going to and from their jobs, not to mention the cost to those living in... ...

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Money For Old Rope

A shipwreck museum in Cornwall us selling its collection. A piece of rope from the Tudor warship Mary Rose is expected to fetch up to £10,000 at auction and a lump of coal from Titanic £600. ...

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With Halloween Fast Approaching ...

... do you have any tales of ghosties, ghoulies - (not to be confused with goolies) - and things that go bump in the night? Are you a believer - or is it a load of old rubbish? To set the... ...

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Why Did Our Parked Electric Car Burst Into Flames?

//A mother said her family was "lucky to have got out safely" after their parked electric car exploded and engulfed their house in flames. Georgina Bayliss from Spratton, Northamptonshire, said... ...

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Employers' National Insurance Hike To Raise £20Bn

//The chancellor is set to increase the National Insurance rate for employers to boost funding for public services including the NHS. Rachel Reeves is also expected to use Wednesday's Budget to... ...

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Catching The Catfish Killer

//Phone calls and 64 seized devices snared child sex abuser... Some of the children were as young as four. Some had never told anyone what they had been through - until police knocked on their... ...

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Gisèle Pelicot Takes Stand In French Mass Rape Trial

//Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman whose former husband is on trial for drugging and raping her when they were married, and inviting dozens of other men to rape her, took the stand in court on... ...

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Pie 'N' Mash Needs To Be Protected, Says Essex Mp

//An Essex MP is to lead a parliamentary debate calling for traditional pie 'n' mash with liquor to get protected status, like champagne and Cornish Pasties. Richard Holden, the Conservative MP for... ...

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Did The Chaser ‘Throw’ A Couple Of Questions Today?

I can't believe he didn't know Gerald du Maurier or Decolletage. I think he was being kind.

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Joker

The story of why and how one of Batman's arch enemies became the menace he became. I don't think I've ever seen Joachin Phoenix in anything before - I've only vaguely heard his name - but in the... ...

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I’m Fed Up With Strictly Already

I stopped watching it for a while and then tried again but even though I record it and zoom through all the hysterical chatter and clatter, I'm now finding I can't be bothered at all. Samey,... ...

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Unite Union May Bring Legal Action Over Winter Fuel Payments

Odd Expressions

Is The Office For Value For Money Poor Value For Money?

Are You Spicy Or Herby?

Gps, Care Homes And Hospices Voice Concern Over Budget Tax Rises

Farmers 'Betrayed' By £1M Inheritance Tax Relief Cap

Radiohead Singer Confronts Gaza Protester At Australian Gig

The Weather Wreaks Havoc In Spain

Why Do You Buy A Poppy?

Cap On Single Bus Fares Raised …

Money For Old Rope

With Halloween Fast Approaching ...

Why Did Our Parked Electric Car Burst Into Flames?

Employers' National Insurance Hike To Raise £20Bn

Catching The Catfish Killer

Gisèle Pelicot Takes Stand In French Mass Rape Trial

Pie 'N' Mash Needs To Be Protected, Says Essex Mp

Did The Chaser ‘Throw’ A Couple Of Questions Today?

Joker

I’m Fed Up With Strictly Already

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