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Nearly three-in-five 35 to 54-year-olds who do not own a home may have given up hope of ever getting on the property ladder, research for a building society indicates. A fifth (21%) of 18 to 34-year-olds who are non-homeowners and 58% of those aged 35 to 54 are unsure if they will ever own a home or are not planning to buy one at all, Yorkshire Building Society found. The […]

The NHS has started vaccinating pregnant women and older people against a respiratory virus that can make some people seriously ill. Officials suggest the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme could prevent thousands of hospital admissions for babies and elderly people, easing pressure on the NHS in the run-up to the winter months. From September 1, women will be offered the vaccine from 28 weeks of pregnancy to protect themselves and […]

Single-headline Ofsted grades for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect, the Government has announced. Previously, Ofsted awarded one of four headline grades to schools it inspects: outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate. The announcement follows engagement with the sector and family of headteacher Ruth Perry, after a coroner’s inquest found the Ofsted inspection process had contributed to her death. Mrs Perry took her own life after an Ofsted report […]

The Culture Secretary has called the inflated selling of Oasis tickets “incredibly depressing” as she revealed that surge pricing would be included in a Government review of the secondary gig sales market. Before the furore from Oasis fans over standard tickets more than doubling from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster, the Government had pledged to “bring in protections to stop people being ripped off by touts”. On Sunday, Ms Nandy released a […]

A woman has been charged with murder following the death of a six-year-old boy. Karolina Zurawska, 41, from Gendros, Swansea, will appear before the city’s magistrates court on Monday in connection with the death of Alexander Zurawski. Alexander was found dead at a property in Cwm Du Close, Gendros, on Thursday. Zurawska has also been charged with attempted murder in connection with an incident involving a 67-year-old man earlier on […]

The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time on Sunday in the country’s east, and was roughly level with mainstream conservatives in a second vote, exit polls showed. A new party founded by a prominent leftist was also making an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government were set for […]

A Government minister has been hit by dynamic pricing, and eventually had to fork out more than double the original quoted cost of a ticket for Oasis. Fans called the “in-demand” pricing on Saturday for the band’s passes “sickening” and “scandalous” following standard tickets more than doubling from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster. When asked about this issue by the PA news agency, the ticket selling giant said it does […]

John Swinney has promised to make the SNP an “election winning organisation” again, vowing the lead his party to victory at the Holyrood vote in 2026. He made the commitment in the wake of what he conceded was “an incredibly tough night” in the July general election. That vote saw the SNP slump to just nine MPs at Westminster, down from 48 at the previous general election. Just weeks after […]

Kadeena Cox secured Paralympic redemption by retaining the mixed team sprint title alongside Jaco van Gass and Jody Cundy as Great Britain added three more golds on the final day of track cycling in Paris. The 33-year-old was left distraught on day one of the Games when her eight-year reign as C4-5 time trial champion agonisingly ended following a fall on the first bend of her final. Back at the […]