16+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1109+ words) Millions of pensioners are set to miss out on the Government's proposed state pension tax exemption, with experts warning the policy could create "serious unfairness, steep financial cliff edges and a costly long-term problem for future Chancellors. New analysis by…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (511+ words) VATICAN CITY, May 5 (Reuters) - U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expects a "frank" meeting with Pope Leo during a visit to the Vatican on Thursday, the U. S. ambassador said, after President Donald Trump took "a fresh pot-shot at the pope for criticising…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (702+ words) A surprising world record lies hidden below ground in a Sussex town, rooted in fascinating stories of the Victorian era's workhouses. The Woodingdean Well, located near the entrance of Nuffield Hospital in Woodingdean, holds the title of the deepest hand-dug…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (395+ words) (Refiles to replace embedded graphic, no changes to text) By Humeyra Pamuk, Rami Ayyub and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV, March 24 (Reuters) - Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, a day after U. S. President Donald Trump said there…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (118+ words) President Rages After FOX Guest Skewers Him Over Rising Prices. .. (Top headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories: Trump struggles to persuade Americans to ignore affordability issues. ..'People aren't dumb'. .. Donald Trump called the loyalty of Fox News into question after the…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (633+ words) The outrage that greeted Sarah Pochin's comments about the number of black and Asian faces in television adverts has become its own kind of morality play. She was condemned and branded insensitive. Yet, behind the fury lies a deeper, more…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (492+ words) Thousands of jubilant Israelis gathered in a Tel Aviv square Thursday, hopeful for the return of hostages held in Gaza, after two years of fear and worry. A group of beaming Israelis sang, clapped and jumped in a circle in…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (395+ words) A California man charged with murdering a 71-year-old registered sex offender told police he'd been jonesing to do it for years and found it every bit as fulfilling as he'd anticipated. Varun Suresh, 29, was charged Monday with murder, armed individual…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (723+ words) Thousands of mourners paid homage Saturday to Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91, as his coffin was put on public display in Milan. Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace was among those who filed past Armani's closed…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (534+ words) Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress, and the president's allies across right-wing media have been trying everything to make public backlash to their botched handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation go away, amid reports that Trump himself appears in the government's…...