Seven out of 10 Brits providing homes for Ukraine refugees says cost-of-living crisis is hitting their ability to help their guests 21% of hosts said their ability to provide support has been affected ‘quite a lot’  The ONS surveyed all UK adults registered with the scheme as of July 7 – July 14 A total […]

Dicing with death on Britain’s railways: Children dance next to live tracks as a train approaches and dangle off a bridge just feet from power lines in terrifying safety campaign video British Transport Police have released CCTV of children around live tracks The children are seen dangling on a bridge ledge and dancing on the […]

Single mother, 31, avoids jail after being caught on drunken 50-mile motorway drive with her 15-month-old son in the back of her BMW Bernadette Halliwell, 31, was stopped on the M6 in March last year  The single mother was caught weaving around the carriageway near Keele Halliwell was detained on suspicion of drink driving and given […]

POLICE are probing the "unexplained" deaths of two people found dead in a home in Essex. Emergency crews were scrambled to Braintree at around 3.40pm yesterday amid concerns of welfare for the pair. Tragically the two people, aged in their 70s, were discovered dead inside the home. Police have now launched an investigation into the […]

Paris: French authorities say a beluga whale stranded for several days in the Seine River has died after it was successfully removed from the French waterway. The whale was being transported to a saltwater pool in Normandy. The Beluga whale swims near the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garenne lock in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, west of Paris on Tuesday.Credit:AP Rescuers overnight used […]

Illustration: Andrew DysonCredit: To submit a letter to The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. Mar-a-Lago raidsThe Democrats have seemingly got what they wanted, an intervention by the FBI into Donald Trump (“Trump goes on offensive after FBI […]

Fury as ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says Nicola Sturgeon is RIGHT to demand a second Scottish independence vote and blasts Boris Johnson for standing in her way Ex-Labour leader claimed that a new vote was ”absolutely the right thing to do’ And the 73-year-old politician attacked Boris Johnson for refusing to permit it Sturgeon, the […]

CHRIS Skidmore has become the first MP to switch allegiance from Rishi Sunak to Liz Truss in a major blow to the underdog's leadership campaign. The former minister last night claimed he swapped sides because the ex-chancellor was “consistently changing position” on policies. Just one day before defecting Mr Skidmore declared the next PM should […]

The beluga whale which was stuck in the River Seine for days has died, despite a mission to save its life. It was lifted out of the water close to Paris early this morning in preparation for a transfer to a saltwater basin in Normandy. ‘Despite an unprecedented rescue operation for the beluga, we are […]

TOKYO (AP) — Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan’s biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ black turtlenecks, has died. He was 84. Miyake died Aug. 5 of liver cancer, Miyake Design Office said Tuesday. Miyake defined an era in Japan’s […]