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Mon, 16 May 2022 15:04:00 +0100
One in four people skipping meals over rising cost of living worries, poll for Sky News suggests
Rising bills have meant one in four people have resorted to skipping meals, according to a survey of more than 2,000 Britons.

Mon, 16 May 2022 18:18:00 +0100
Fall in real wages intensifies and jobless rate hits lowest level since 1974 as more seek work
Real wages have dropped by 1.2% as regular pay growth fails to keep up with soaring inflation, according to the latest official figures, suggesting the cost of living crisis may also be forcing the unemployed to seek out work at record levels.

Tue, 17 May 2022 07:14:00 +0100
Minister 'surprised' at Bank of England's 'apocalyptic' food price warning
A Cabinet minister has said he was "somewhat surprised" to hear the Bank of England warn of "apocalyptic" food price rises.

Tue, 17 May 2022 09:38:00 +0100
Woman, 21, stabbed to death in alleyway in west London
A 21-year-old woman has been stabbed to death in an alleyway in west London in what police are calling a "truly shocking incident".

Mon, 16 May 2022 22:30:00 +0100
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers arrive in Russian-controlled town after evacuation from Mariupol steelworks
Dozens of badly wounded Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in Novoazovsk after being evacuated from Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol.

Tue, 17 May 2022 08:43:00 +0100
Elon Musk says Twitter has to show spam accounts less than 5% for takeover to go ahead
Elon Musk has warned his planned $44bn (£34.6bn) deal to buy Twitter will not move forward until the company's chief executive publicly shows proof the platform has less than 5% spam accounts.

Tue, 17 May 2022 07:13:00 +0100
Price of women's clothing increasing much faster than men's – here's why
Everyone in the UK is feeling the pinch from rising prices, but the pain is not being felt evenly.

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:41:00 +0100
Drug smuggling tunnel with railway track found under US-Mexico border
US officials have discovered an underground tunnel about the length of five football pitches used to smuggle drugs from Mexico to a warehouse in California.

Tue, 17 May 2022 00:03:00 +0100
'Metal detector' developed to spot the spread of cancerous tumours
A tool which has been likened to a metal detector could soon be used in the NHS to help determine whether a person's breast cancer has spread.

Mon, 16 May 2022 21:53:00 +0100
Struggling pensioners in Wigan fear they won't survive another winter
"We've had two bad winters, and luckily we've got through it," Godfrey Ward tells me, "but I don't think we'll survive another one."



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