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Lowri Williams is struggling to cover her basic expenses. Earning a low income with very little support, she says she feels like she's "living hand-to-mouth" and barely getting by.She's one of a large group of people in low-income households who are caught in a precarious position, earning too little to comfortably support themselves, but too much to qualify for significant financial help.For people like Lowri, working more or earning a higher income could mean losing vital support like Universal Credit,…

Young adult care leavers are nine times more likely to become homeless than their peers, a charity has said, calling on the government to find an end to the "appalling" situation.Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, analysed government figures and population estimates and said the group is at risk of falling off a "care cliff" as they reach adulthood. In a report published today, the group found that approximately 9.13% of care leavers aged…

Alex Salmond will be laid to rest in a private funeral later today.The former first minister of Scotland died from a heart attack earlier this month at the age of 69 during a conference trip to the lake resort of Ohrid in North Macedonia. The late Alba Party leader had earlier delivered a speech before collapsing in a crowded room during lunch.His death shocked the political world in the UK, with tributes pouring in from the prime minister, the King…

A new radioactive therapy has shrunk a man's deadly brain tumour by half, in what experts hope could be a breakthrough cancer treatment. Paul Read, a 62-year-old engineer from Luton, noticed he had a severe headache last December. Two weeks later, his wife Pauline was concerned he had a stroke as his face appeared to have dropped on one side. He was diagnosed with recurrent glioblastoma - a type of brain cancer which kills most patients within 18 months -…

Thousands of Oasis tickets listed on unauthorised sites will start to be cancelled "in the coming weeks", promoters have warned.There was huge demand when they went on sale and many fans were angry at being stuck in online queues for hours only to miss out or find prices had rocketed. People trying to sell their tickets for a profit are breaking the terms and conditions of sale.Tickets will be cancelled by Ticketmaster or See Tickets and made available again at…

The budget will deliver billions of pounds of new funding for the NHS to unlock two million extra appointments a year, the government has announced.Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is expected to unveil £1.5bn for new surgical hubs and scanners alongside £70m for radiotherapy machines. An additional £1.8bn will also be put towards elective appointments since July.Speaking ahead of the budget on Wednesday, Ms Reeves called the NHS "the lifeblood of Britain" and pledged to put an end to the "neglect…

There is one fight Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves want to have after Wednesday's budget - one they hope if it lands right this week they could run pretty much all the way to the next election. And there is another they are keen to avoid at all costs that could drag down their government and mean the second hundred days bear a greater resemblance to the first than they would like. Nobody yet knows which will dominate - but all…

People who hear bullying or abusive voices could find peace with the help of therapy using computer-generated avatars, according to new research.The digital animations are created by people with psychosis to fit the voices they hear. They then role-play with the avatar under the guidance of a therapist, learning to push back against their tormentor. Image: The avatars are used in role-play for therapy A study by clinical psychologists at Kings College London (KCL) shows just a few sessions of…

A paedophile who made thousands of pounds by creating child abuse images using AI and real pictures of children has been jailed for 18 years in a landmark case.Hugh Nelson used a 3D character generator to turn ordinary, non-explicit pictures of children into child abuse images, before selling them on an internet forum used by artists.People who knew the children in the real world would send the 27-year-old images of them.Nelson, from Bolton, would then charge his network of paedophiles…