Universal Credit claimants will see their payments automatically increase next year, after the DWP set new benefit rates from April 2025.

A former Sinn Fein press officer has been jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to a series of child sex offences. Michael McMonagle, 43, from Limewood Street in Londonderry, was sentenced at ...

TOM Shanklin believes Ben Thomas must start at inside centre for Wales when they begin their Autumn Nations Series campaign against Fiji ...

VALVONA Joseph Passed away peacefully on the 16th October 2024. A Funeral Service will take place on Monday 18th November 2024 at St Marys ...

Ryan Wilson believes newly-installed Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu can cement his place on next summer’s Lions tour with impressive displays ...

PARDEY June Our wonderful Mum, Nan & Great grandmother sadly passed away peacefully at home, aged 91, on 30th October. Dave, Helen, ...

LACK Christine Mary Sadly passed away on 24th October Aged 67 The funeral will take place at The Isle of Wight Crematorium on Friday 29th ...

HULME Ann Winifred Passed away on the 26th September, aged 78 years. Greatly missed by all her family and friends. Funeral service at The Isle ...

Benefits including Child Benefits, Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will increase by 1.7 per cent next April, in line with inflation figures from September. Liz Kendall later ...

Prices at Wetherspoons could be set to rise, the pub chain’s boss has warned. Tim Martin, Wetherspoon’s chairman, has warned over price rises after the autumn Budget, as he said the pub chain’s tax ...

Fewer than one in five people pass this IQ test, thought to be the shortest in the world only three questions long. The Cognitive Reflection Test has a pass rate of just 17 per cent, leaving the ...

Professional dancer Johannes Radebe has issued an update on his Strictly Come Dancing future after rumours surfaced he may be leaving the show.