Reeves says winter fuel payments to be restricted to poorer pensioners Reeves says pensioners not in receipt of pension credit will no longer get the winter fuel payment. That means it will only go to poorer pensioners. She says this is not a decision she wanted or expected to make. But this is an urgent … Read more
Trump faces backlash after telling supporters they ‘won’t have to vote again’ if he wins Democratic lawmakers and Kamala Harris’s campaign joined a chorus of critics sounding the alarm over recent remarks by Donald Trump telling a crowd of supporters they won’t “have to vote again” if they return him to the presidency in November’s … Read more
Children’s hospital declares ‘major incident’ after Southport stabbings Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool says it has declared a major incident and asked parents to only bring their children to the emergency department if it is absolutely necessary. In a statement on its website, the hospital said: We can confirm that the Trust has declared … Read more
Key events Rob Davies HS2 has revealed more than £2bn in costs linked to Rishi Sunak’s decision to downgrade the high-speed rail line. In the annual report of HS2 Ltd, the company revealed that it had written off £1.1bn in costs incurred during “phase two” of the project, which was due to link Birmingham to … Read more
In a video message before her death, Edina Slayter-Engelsman said she existed but she did not live Edina Slayter-Engelsman lived in Scotland for more than 30 years, but last month the Dutch national returned to the country of her birth to end what she describes as the “unbearable suffering” she had experienced living with severe … Read more
Bedfordshire Police Carol Morgan’s murder remained unsolved, despite regular reviews by the police For more than four decades, Allen Morgan thought he had got away with a murderous plot. But he had not banked on cold case detectives knocking on the door of a witness, back then a teenager, who told officers she had “been … Read more
Bedfordshire Police Allen Morgan has been jailed for hiring a hitman to murder his former wife Carol A husband who hired a hitman to murder his former wife while he was having an affair has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years. Carol Morgan, 36, was killed in a “frenzied attack” inside … Read more
Getty Images Angry students have held protests after the deaths in Delhi The drowning of three students in the basement of an exam coaching centre in India’s capital Delhi has sparked anger and protests. The students, all in their 20s, died on Saturday night after getting trapped in the flooded basement where they were studying. … Read more
While it is 67 years since Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat, his dire warnings about the consequences of leaving bored children stuck indoors on a rainy day still hold true. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. If you don’t … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature As we mentioned in the opening summary, several thousand soldiers and civilians gathered at Kyiv’s Independence Square on Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 Ukrainians that Russia held in the Olenivka prison barracks … Read more