The Standard Minimum Guarantee for Pension Credit is one of the payments that will increase by 4.1%, in line with the increase in Average Weekly Earnings in the year to May to July 2024. This also ...

TV presenter Paddy McGuinness has said he was pushed to his “absolute limits” by Sir Chris Hoy while preparing for his BBC ...

The taxpayer-backed lender said it bought 263 million shares from the Government at a price of 380.8p each, reducing the Government’s stake to around 11.4% from 14.81%, as at the end of October.

Pakistan’s railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a south-western province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and ...

Hezbollah began firing into Israel on October 8 2023, in solidarity with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Since the conflict erupted, more than 3,100 people have been killed and nearly 13,900 injured in ...

Direct Line Group has revealed plans to axe around 550 jobs as it looks to cut costs amid a turnaround at the insurer. The group said it is consulting on the cuts as it seeks to save £50 million in ...

The former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director was widely expected to rejoin Mr Trump’s second administration.

JUST £273 was made from public donations to contribute towards this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, the Echo can reveal.

There have long been rumours that China is planning to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but the research by the Middlebury team is the first to confirm that China is working on a ...

An annual crafting event returns to light up Lodmoor in Weymouth this year, inviting people to turn jam jars into lanterns ...

A STREET in Weymouth will be closed while building works are carried out to a church. Mill Street in Weymouth will be shut between its junctions with Dorchester Road and Watery Lane, a distance of ...

A vote is mandatory following an election, and Mr Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the opposition leader.