Month: November 2024

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UK energy suppliers to spend £500m to cushion pain of rising bills.H

Exclusive: Government helps to broker deal involving 12 suppliers following winter fuel payment cuts Energy suppliers will spend £500m helping customers with their energy bills this winter, after the government helped broker a deal involving 12 of the biggest companies…

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UK’s longest-serving MPs issue joint plea for Commons to reject assisted dying bill.H

Diane Abbott and the Conservative Sir Edward Leigh, mother and father of the House, say law has been rushed Britain’s longest-serving MPs, Labour’s Diane Abbott and the Conservative Sir Edward Leigh, have issued a joint call urging the Commons to reject…

Images of the 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Fuelie Convertible

The 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Fuelie Convertible is an American sports car icon from the late 1950s, part of the first-generation (C1) lineup. The term “Fuelie” refers to its advanced fuel injection system, which enhanced both performance and fuel efficiency, making…

Angela Rayner fails to rule out further inheritance tax raid on farmers.uk

Up to 10,000 farmers protested on the streets of London yesterday against the Government’s changes to inheritance tax at last month’s budget. Angela Rayner deputising for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer who is at the G20 in Brazil (Image: PA) Angela…

Amazing Photographs Capture Everyday Life in East Berlin in the Mid-1980s.H

The first time Harf Zimmermann visited East Berlin’s Hufelandstrasse neighborhood, he sensed it was unlike any other neighborhood he’d known in East Germany. Linden trees lined the streets, as did many privately-owned shops, an unusual sight in a socialist state….

After the Fall: Haunting Photographs Document the Scene Inside Hitler’s Bunker and the Ruins of Berlin.H

William Vandivert photographed for LIFE from the late 1930s through 1948. In April, 1945, as Russian and German troops fought — savagely, street-by-street — for control of the German capital, it became increasingly clear that the Allies would win the war in…

Fury as Keir Starmer says BBC is backing Labour on inheritance tax raid.uk

Up to 10,000 farmers arrived in London yesterday to protest against Rachel Reeves’ inheritance tax raid on farmers. The BBC has been accused of bias after Sir Keir Starmer claimed the broadcaster backed him over the Government’s inheritance tax raid…

Images of the 1957 Ford Fairlane Country Squire

The 1957 Ford Fairlane Country Squire is an iconic station wagon of the 1950s, blending practicality with upscale styling. As the premium wagon in Ford’s Fairlane lineup, it featured the distinctive “woody” design with simulated wood paneling on the exterior,…

Pioneering Female Photographer Marianne Breslauer’s Stunning Photography From the 1920s to 1930s.H

Marianne Breslauer (November 20, 1909 – February 7, 2001) was a German photographer, photojournalist and pioneer of street photography. She belonged to a generation of women photographers who managed to take advantage of the freedom afforded them by the Weimar…

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UK sends £7.2bn abroad 40 years after Live Aid – do they know we’re not rich anymore?.uk

Band Aid was a rare point of light in the 1980s, a decade when Margaret Thatcher, Arthur Scargill, AIDS, crack and the Cold War made everyone more miserable than we remember today. On July 13, 1985, Live Aid briefly brought…