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Reeves to reinstate winter fuel allowance for nine million pensioners

The chancellor is yet to set out how the government will pay for the change in policy

Politics

A car engulfed in flames during a protest.
Trump launches fresh attack on Newsom amid troop deployment in LA

President sends in 300 guardsmen in Los Angeles after protests erupted over series of ICE immigration raids

US news
18 minutes ago

What are the LA protests about? Five things to know

President Trump sent in the National Guard as Los Angeles residents rose up against immigration raids they called an ‘oppressive paramilitary operation’



Surveillance footage of the Madleen yacht's crew raising their hands as a bright light enters the vessel.
Israel seizes Thunberg’s Gaza aid boat

The Madleen was boarded overnight while on a humanitarian mission to bring supplies to the besieged territory, with the activist saying she had been ‘kidnapped’



Nigel Farage speaking, pointing upwards.
Farage’s steel plan is more of a vibe. But hey, he’s on TV


Nigel Farage speaking, pointing upwards.


Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, in Moscow, in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral.
Musk’s father praises Putin as ‘pleasant man’ at Moscow conference

Mark Simpson KC standing next to his recovered stolen Jaguar.
Couple ‘steal’ back their own Jaguar after police ‘too busy’ to help

Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, in Moscow, in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral.
Musk’s father praises Putin as ‘pleasant man’ at Moscow conference






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Farmer sitting in a field of wildflowers with cattle.
Farmers ‘will ditch nature-friendly methods’ if subsidies are cut

In a poll, 88 per cent of farmers said they would revert to harmful intensive agriculture if government funding was pulled

Environment
25 minutes ago


A girl hugging her missing therapy dog.
The search for Louie, the therapy dog missing in the Highlands
Scotland
53 minutes ago




Five women in red, white, and blue can-can costumes walking down a street.
News in pictures: Britain marks D-Day with vintage fun


Tens of thousands of tree saplings killed by drought in England


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Editor's picks



Family photo of a girl with her parents.
‘Our only daughter died aged nine — we moved but didn’t run away’

After Lizzie Bramall died from a rare brain tumour, grief led her parents, Mark and Sally, to a new healing home, five doors from their old one


Headshots of two women.
Polly VernonIn the Sasha Swire v Sarah Vine feud, whose indiscretion wins?



Three men in suits and thigh-high boots.
I tried the A-list hunks’ hot boots!


Mother and two daughters holding hands walking to school.


Kylie Jenner at the 2025 Met Gala.
Is fessing up to cosmetic work really the new status brag?




Atlas V rocket launching the Perseverance rover.

Has an over-reliance on SpaceX and its ‘volatile’ owner left space exploration exposed to death by a billion cuts?


Illustration of a person mowing a lawn in front of a French flag, with an inset image of a woman covering her ears in bed.
Lawn-mower bans enflame village tensions in France



a man in a suit and white shirt smiles for the camera
Tories and Labour need each other to be strong

Democracy demands they compete vigorously but if either main party collapses it will open the floodgates to Reform



Illustration of two people walking past Reform HQ, one whispering to the other.

Cartoon by Peter Brookes



a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
I’m having doublethink over trigger warnings






a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
I’m having doublethink over trigger warnings48 minutes ago




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Portrait of Helen Kirwan-Taylor.

The birth of her first grandchild was joyous for Helen Kirwan-Taylor — but it also brought back memories of childhood trauma


a woman with long brown hair is smiling for the camera
Sarah JosselThis is what I would tell my younger self about beauty





a man in a white shirt smiles for the camera
Oliver ShahMelrose men’s £1bn cash call shows London’s death is exaggerated





Brentford manager Thomas Frank applauding fans.
Spurs make formal approach to Brentford to make Frank next head coach


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Promotional image for the ITV series *Shardlake*, showing Shardlake (Arthur Hughes), Cromwell (Sean Bean), and Barak (Anthony Boyle).
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Shardlake



Christopher Purves as Saul in a Glyndebourne production.
Saul — a demented favourite returns to Glyndebourne




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