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'The final indignity' - Families battle to claw back care home cash
Relatives say it has taken months, and in some cases years, to get back money owed by a care home operator.
Benefits and pensions rise as two-child cap ends
Families on some benefits with three or more children will get an average rise of £4,100 a year.
Even Republican election officials say Trump’s mail-in voting order will be shot down in court
Experts doubt legality of Trump’s order to block the Post Office from sending ballots to voters who don’t appear on a fe
One of America's last true secret societies: The Mardi Gras Indians | 60 Minutes
The Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, have been around since the 1800s. Members spend months painstakingly h
Neighbours' fury as 'unneighbourly and overbearing' newbuild six-bed mansion still has not been demolished despite homeowner being ordered to get rid of it TWICE
Locals say Yasmin Akhtar's 'eyesore' property in High Wycombe blocks all the light from their gardens and is out of keep