5 million people have fallen off SNAP rolls, and Arizona has seen the biggest decline. I spoke to the world's first food bank about the unique pressures they're facing supporting an increasing number of people in need. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

5 million Americans have fallen off SNAP rolls. Now the world’s first food bank is dipping into its savings

In Arizona, where SNAP enrollment has fallen sharply, food banks tell Yahoo they are being asked to fill the gap.

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‘It wasn’t long until he asked me if I’d ever had sex before’: David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex

Comedian and former Britain’s Got Talent judge alleged to have groomed fans he met when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the workplace over a number of years. He denies the allegations

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Nothing like wiping the make-up off from under your eyes and realising it's actually your eye bags

What the hell? This is shocking. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2665180...

Actor describes 'abysmal racism and homophobia' he faced in Chichester

An assault on a cast member of a play in Chichester was "just the tip of the iceberg" of the "racism, xenophobia and homophobia" the cast faced in the town, an actor has claimed.

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PIP recipients report a huge variety of conditions, and most have multiple conditions. While three-in-ten (31 per cent) report having depression, just 2 per cent of all PIP recipients report depression as their only condition. Only one per cent (or less) report having only anxiety or ADHD.

Exclusive: Reform mayor Luke Campbell is under police investigation for allegedly cyberflashing a female member of staff Campbell, an Olympic gold boxer, is accused of having shown a a senior female officer four fully “naked and sexualised images” of himself observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Reform mayor under police investigation for alleged cyber...

Luke Campbell, an Olympic gold medallist boxer and rising star in Nigel Farage’s party, is accused of showing naked pictures of himself to female colleague

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oh my god

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Another Reform councillor in South London called for the King to be decapitated for being a secret Muslim. Reform say they are taking disciplinary action against a small number of councillors who do not share their values. I believe both would be welcome in Restore www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

Wait, so Alix Earle doesn't read? What her comment says about Gen Z's "literacy crisis." www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

Wait, Alix Earle doesn't read? What her comment says about Gen Z's literacy crisis.

Concerns are rife that fewer young people are reading. Has the internet generation abandoned books?

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Well, this is a marmalade dropper

Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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Reform UK gets another £4m from crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump

Reform UK gets another £4m from crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump

Ben Delo, who was convicted in 2022 for failure to apply anti-money laundering controls, is party’s second biggest donor Reform UK has been given a further £4m from the British crypto billionaire Ben Delo, with the party saying it is confident the formerly Hong Kong-based businessman will not be caught by the new overseas donor cap. Delo, who was convicted in the US in 2022 for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls in his cryptocurrency business before being pardoned by Donald Trump, has previously given £4m to Reform in January. Continue reading...

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I'm writing an article about cuts to UK higher education and want to know what's happening on the ground. Are classes getting bigger? Contact hours reduced? Heating being switched off!? If you work at a UK university and might have something to contribute, please let me know!

A federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, struck down Texas's ban on drag shows, telling people offended by them "just don’t go."

So many Dolly classics that everyone knows but especially liked her cover of What’s Up? with Linda Perry just a few years back.

Dolly Parton - What's Up? ft. Linda Perry

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

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I am honestly thrilled

Nothing but respect for my friends' requests to rejoin their fantasy league teams, even though I forget to update them past week 3 of the season every single year

Yahoo is hiring a senior writer for its newsletter. Experience or interest in tech is also desirable: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

Planting the seeds? Teenagers from across global divide talk peace in Devon

Planting the seeds? Teenagers from across global divide talk peace in Devon

UK hosts decades-old event for first time where many participants are from opposite sides of global disputes from Israel and Palestine, to India and Pakistan

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Why is Andrew Neil allowed to get a free hit on the BBC when he's so so partisan

There’s a lot in this look at Dacre’s legacy though tbh the line that struck me was a throwaway at the end, asserting: “About 40% of the Telegraph’s disproportionately male, affluent and elderly readers now live abroad.”

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Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...

Bayswater Support Group internally discuss torturing kids and preventing them from accessing ChildLine or rape crisis counselling www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024... www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

‘One day they may thank us for that “abuse”’: Inside the Bayswater…

On Discord, parents discussed destroying their children’s belongings and blocking access to Childline to ‘stop’ them being trans

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Have your say and help shape Sheffield’s bid for UK City of Culture in 2029 #Sheffield haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/cityofcultur...

City of Culture 2029 - Get involved!

Sheffield is a city of artists, makers and do-ers, with a cultural life that is shaped at a community level and powered by the people who live and work here. We now have the opportunity to develop our...

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Taxing vulnerable people for the crime of fleeing from war, torture and persecution. A new low from Shabana Mahmood

What in the draconian?! BBC News - Refugees will be told to repay £10,000 under new asylum rules - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Refugees will be told to repay £10,000 under new asylum rules

Ministers will be given powers to recover costs from adults who have received asylum support under new laws.

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Andy Burnham confirms he's creating a "Number 10 North", based in Manchester, which will focus on devolving power across the country and driving growth locally. It'll be "the nerve-centre of a rewired Britain", he claims.

DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs buff.ly/kFZZ1ww Fresh concerns are raised about a long-term toxic culture within DWP, which successive governments have been unwilling or unable to address @marisharay.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social

DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs

A senior figure in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) loudly “joked” about disability equality and reasonable adjustments as he waited to give evidence to a committee of MPs, Disability New…

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So it turns out the massive scandal here is that Bridget Phillipson's mum bought a council house for £9k in 1990 and then sold it *33 years* later for £99k. That's the entire story

Social Security can withhold retirement benefits from workers. Experts say many misunderstand the rule. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Social Security can withhold retirement benefits from workers. Experts say many misunderstand the rule.

If you claim Social Security early and keep working, the government may hold back some checks while you're under full retirement age.

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I've spent years working towards a ban on conversion practices, hoping to see a bill published. Today, I just feel so profoundly sad. As many others have noted, the draft has a carve out for "healthcare" so broad it makes a mockery of the idea this is a 'ban'. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Conversion practices draft bill

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I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house