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Some Americans are discovering that monetary help they received from friends, neighbors or even strangers may be treated as ...

It's bad news for one Midland borough where women's healthy life expectancy has collapsed by nearly nine years ...

Weekly food waste collections will help to support more community growing sites in Hull, the council said. As part of a government scheme, all local authorities must collect household food waste on a ...

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has issued fresh advice ...

A total of 18 ST postcodes covering Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire have been triggered - full list ...

Anyone wishing to check whether their address for Cold Weather Payments can also use the UK Government's postcode tool ...

Payments are issued when temperatures are recorded or forecast to be zero degrees Celsius or lower for seven consecutive days ...

Cold Weather Payments are dished out to eligible households experiencing temperatures at zero degrees or below for seven days. The seasonal benefit will be closing in a few weeks on March 31, with ...

For a growing number of Australian families, the real education decision now happens at auction. Instead of committing to ...

Lion DNA has been used to successfully prosecute poachers for the first time in the world, it has emerged. Wildlife crime ...

MILLIONS of households will see their energy bills fall by an average of £117 a year in April. Ofgem has just revealed its latest price cap, which sets the maximum amount energy companies can ...