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People just finding out a cardboard coffee cup sleeve has a proper name

Millions of us use them with no idea what they are called

State pension issue effectively means some face 4 months without pension

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) highlighted analysis from Prospect

Nine items UK households urged to stockpile as defence secretary issues alert

The government's Prepare campaign is urging every household to build an emergency kit and stockpile essential items

Artist tells of escaping from North Tower during 9/11 attacks

Artist tells of escaping from North Tower as during 9/11 attacks

Torquay eyesore hotel owner to stand trial

Bashir Rana has appeared in court

‘Essential’ safety works to see about '100 to 120' dead or dying trees removed in Hampden Park

About 100 to 200 dead or dying ash trees will be removed in Hampden Park as part of essential safety works, Eastbourne Borough Council (EBC) has said.

Helicopters and RNLI lifeboats race to save vessel from sinking off Anglesey

The boat was around 15 nautical miles north of Point Lynas on Anglesey when it began to take on water

Coatbridge primary school receives one of the best inspection reports in Scotland

St Stephen’s Primary School has been awarded ‘excellent’ ratings for Leadership of Change, Learning, Teaching and Assessment, and Ensuring Wellbeing, Equality and Inclusion, and ‘very good’ for Raising Attainment and Ac…

Fears for Northumberland resident missing after devastating flash floods in Nepal

Anirban Battacharyya has lived in Newbiggin by-the-Sea for decades and has not been heard from since the 'horrific' Nepal floods

Schoolboy, 14, last seen in uniform and on pedal bike is missing

Police are appealing for help in finding Charlie Wilson who was last seen on Thursday morning

Why extreme weather means Sheffield NHS will be busier in summer as well as winter

Heatwaves are causing pressure on services in the same way as snow and ice

Bristol City Council leader rejects call to hand back £20k deputy mayor salary

Cllr Tony Dyer hit back at questions from a journalist

Glam mum and boyfriend 'caught with ketamine' in Australia face new crime gang charges

Demi McDaid, 23, and her partner Jack Farrelly, 30, from Edinburgh, face charges after allegedly supplying a prohibited drug in a large commercial quantity.

Man arrested after police shut M621 motorway near Leeds for almost three hours

The M621 was closed in both directions

Glasgow council staff hit hard by new pay structure could be redeployed or retire

Pay rates will be protected until April 2028 but the new system still means that while 63% of the workers will gain financially, 11% will see their wages cut.

Households urged to act now to secure mortgage deal before rates soar

Nicholas Mendes, of broker John Charcol, explained why households are at risk.

Warwickshire parent's car seized while doing the school run

Officers were on patrol this week when they stopped the driver

Family 'very worried' as Bolton man, 39, disappears in Benidorm but 'all friends return home'

'Paul is very recognisable as he has half an ear missing'

Boy, 17, accused of sex attacks at Sheffield railway station and The Sheffield College

The teenager is accused of multiple sex offences, including rape and sexual assault, which are alleged to have occurred over two separate incidents

'My mum took her own life because of inherited illness - and so will I'

Josh Cook, 35, knew what his mum was going to do and says some day he will do the same

Lanarkshire abuser 'punched and slapped' woman in disgusting 14-year campaign of terror

She did not attend a GP or hospital in fear of retaliation from James Stewart.

Autumn more likely to be wetter than average bringing increased risk of floods

NI traffic alerts: Co Antrim roads closed after crash, plus Lisburn Road entrance to Belfast City Hospital closed