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The fresh sea air has been swapped for a sulphur-like pong in the coastal town of Fleetwood. Locals claim the 'awful smell' is causing headaches, trouble breathing, itchy skin and even nosebleeds

Around 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action.

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Caroline McVicar, 72, from Hamilton in Scotland, was left 'high and dry' after DM Design ceased trading just days after she handed over her entire savings for the kitchen

Transport Focus surveyed passengers travelling on buses owned by 55 bus operators and discovered that those using Arriva in West Yorkshire were least satisfied

People living in a Lancashire seaside town have been forced to keep their windows and doors firmly shut for two months in a desperate bid to swerve the stink - but to no avail

The number of mortgages handed out to first-time buyers last year was the lowest since 2013, down 22.4% compared with 2022

Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Cardiff discovered the forest dating from 390million years ago in high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and Somerset coast

A new survey has revealed shocking figures which show millions of Brits have had to take time off work due to issues with oral health and a lack of access to NHS dentists

Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she's 'under no illusions' about the state of public finances, telling the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg cuts may have to happen

A woman has shared a public service announcement after discovering what was lurking in her washing machine filter - and people are horrified to learn that such a thing exists

The flatlining £3 billion NHS dentistry budget for England is increasingly made up of patient charges - this means more cuts to the direct Government funding for NHS dentists

Landlady Gina Birch has run the historic Lamb and Flag in Welney, Norfolk, for 25 years but now fears the 230-year-old business will have to close due to flooding

Gina Birch, 59, has been the landlady of the Lamb and Flag in Welney, Norfolk for 25 years but now fears for its future after the road it is on has closed for more than 80 days

Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt has defended Science and Tech Secretary Michelle Donelan after she falsely accused academic Professor Kate Sang of supporting Hamas

As he appeared on ITV's Peston, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt refused to answer question on how many properties he owns after announcing a Budget tax break for landlords

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Kate Garraway typically presents Good Morning Britain on Thursdays but was missing today as Ranvir Singh stepped in to host the ITV show alongside Richard Madeley

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt got annoyed as BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter Amol Rajan accused him of failing to do enough to turn around the economy in the Budget

'Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is gambling voters will swallow the sugar-rush of tax cuts and ignore the bitter taste of further public spending cuts,' the Mirror's Jason Beattie writes

Robert Palmer, executive director at Tax Justice UK, says Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered a 'cut and run' Budget which will spell more agony for public services

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the public should have been given a budget offering a 'glimmer of hope' - but instead there's just more of the same from the Tories

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warns that "zombie" Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has put forward a "deeply cynical" budget while public services are on their knees

'The fight has gone out of Jeremy Hunt and the Tories, that lightweight Budget a wave of white flag. It’s as if the battered Conservatives are surrendering after four election wins'

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces an NI tax giveaway and non-dom tax U-turn at the Budget in a desperate attempt to turn around the Tories' dire ratings in the polls