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New state pension changes means retirees could have £5.55-a-week increase
The state pension rises in line with inflation, earnings or 2.5% – whichever is higher
Laura Hartley
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Queen declines Oldie award and says ‘you are only as old as you feel’
She still keeps a busy diary of events and audiences and deals with her daily red boxes of official papers
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Councils spent more than £171m on housing costs last year alone
These payments are top-ups given out by councils to help people on benefits experiencing financial difficulty with housing costs
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Petrol prices close to record high
The RAC has attributed rising petrol prices to several factors, including the increase in the cost of oil
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Government "keeping an eye" on new Covid variant
There have been 14,385 cases of the Delta Plus strain so far in the UK
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Boris Johnson and wife Carrie accused of breaking lockdown rules
There are claims they broke rules around Christmas-time in 2020
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Most popular baby names in England and Wales revealed
In 2020, the largest movers into the top 100 boys’ names were Milo (80th) and Otis (96th), both rising 28 places since 2019
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Virgin Money Giving fundraising pages need urgent action before November 30
Donations will no longer be accepted after November 30, but the site won't fully close until February 2022
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House sellers’ average asking prices hit new highs across Britain in October
The number of sales being agreed was up by 15.2% in September compared to the same period in 2019,
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Russia ‘will come to rescue’ of UK if needed during gas crisis, ambassador says
Andrei Kelin also denied that Russia is withholding gas supplies
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The UK local authorities for highest Covid infection rates
The 50 worst local authorities for Covid infection rates have been revealed. The figures, released on Friday October 15, show the five biggest week-on-week rises are mainly in Surrey. They also rank local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales from highest to lowest. We've pulled out
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Sir David Amess stabbing: What we know so far as suspect named as Ali Harbi Ali
As part of the investigation, officers were carrying out searches at three addresses in the London area