Near Dalston, Cumbria This four-bedroom, two-bathroom property has triple glazing, solar panels and intelligent controls, giving it a rare EPC rating of A. Made by local trade businesses and specialists, the original shape of the barn has been honoured: the bedrooms upstairs all have high, curved ceilings. The main bedroom has views of Caldbeck and…
Thousands of people may have had their social security payments wrongly reduced or cancelled because the mutual obligations system was not “operating in alignment with the law”. On Friday, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) announced it had paused more payment reductions and cancellations, with more than 10,000 people understood to be affected.…
More than 9,000 unpaid carers looking after ill and disabled loved ones have become the latest to be hit with carer’s allowance overpayment debts in the past year, prompting calls for ministers to suspend the controversial practice. While the government has promised to tackle the carer’s allowance scandal and launched a review, the latest figures…
Australians are no longer happy little Vegemites, according to new research. The latest World Happiness Report shows Australia has failed to make the top 10 world’s happiest countries list. After just scraping into the top tier in 2024, the report now ranks Australia at 11th, with New Zealand just behind in 12th spot. Nordic countries…
At least seven international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said on Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation’s east erupted, shooting dark ash 8km into the sky. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703m (5,587ft) twin-peaked volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted for 11 minutes and nine…
More than half a million people have signed an online petition calling for an independent investigation into whether security forces in Serbia used a sonic weapon – what the petition described as a “sound cannon” – during Saturday’s huge anti-corruption rally. Days after as many as 325,000 people took to the streets of Belgrade, rights…
A fire at an electrical substation in west London has left more than 16,000 homes without power, and forced more than 100 people to evacuate. London’s Heathrow airport released a statement saying ‘to maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23h59 on 21 March.’ Hayes fire: Heathrow airport closed…
Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo cousins hop instead of walk. Kangaroos and closely related wallabies are the only large animals to hop upright on two legs, researchers from Australia’s Flinders University said Thursday, but why…
A FedEx plane prepares to leave the FedEx Cargo Hub at Miami International Airport on Feb. 12, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images FedEx lowered its full-year profit and revenue forecasts on Thursday, as the parcel delivery firm battles stubbornly soft demand and uncertainty in the U.S. industrial economy as President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on trading…
A Florida man who killed an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed on Thursday. Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8.15pm after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida state prison outside Starke under a death warrant signed in February by Governor Ron…
