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The £35,000 Winter Fuel Payment threshold is a cliff, not a taper — and opting out lasts forever. What to check before the 20 September deadline.

We rebuilt the energy price cap from Ofgem rates: the October 2026 VAT cut saves a typical home £43.51, against the £221.47 July already added.

The man, who has not been publicly identified, was pronounced dead at the scene on Downey Avenue on Saturday morning. No officers were hurt, and it remains unclear whether he was armed. A man was shot and killed by a Downey Police Department officer on Saturday morning, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In a news release, the sheriff’s department said its deputies responded to the 11800 block of Downey Avenue at about 7:50am following reports of an officer-involved shooting. On arrival, deputies learned that an officer had shot a suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene…

Parvez Rahman, 33, has been remanded in custody after a cyclist in his 50s was left fighting for his life following a collision in Stepney Green, with footage circulating online appearing to show a car striking him at high speed. A 33-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a cyclist was left with life-threatening injuries in a collision in east London. The cyclist, a man in his 50s, was taken to hospital following the incident on Aylward Street in Stepney Green at around 23:15 BST on Thursday, and remains in a life-threatening condition. Parvez Rahman, of Tower Hamlets,…

Everyone at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church and School escaped safely after North Metro Fire Rescue crews extinguished a blaze sparked outside the building by a blowtorch being used on weeds, investigators say. Firefighters were called to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church and School in Broomfield, Colorado, on Friday morning after a fire broke out on the grounds at around 10am. North Metro Fire Rescue crews brought the blaze under control by roughly 11:30am, and everyone inside the building escaped safely. Investigators have since declared the fire accidental, saying it began outside the church when someone used a blowtorch on weeds. The…

Tracy Daryl Mingo, 33, of College Park is accused of robbing ten Circle K, Subway and Family Dollar stores at gunpoint using a string of disguises, and faces a minimum of 63 years in federal prison if convicted, prosecutors say. A College Park man dubbed Atlanta’s “master of disguise” by investigators is facing federal charges after prosecutors accused him of robbing ten metro Atlanta stores at gunpoint. Tracy Daryl Mingo, 33, allegedly targeted Circle K, Subway and Family Dollar outlets between 20 October 2025 and 1 January 2026, wearing disguises that included a construction worker, a health care professional and…

Anthony Nunnally, 21, faces two counts of first-degree murder over the deaths of Sierra Evans, 19, and Gabriella Marie Arellano, 17, with prosecutors saying he admitted what he had done to a fellow gang member wearing a wire in Cook County Jail. A 21-year-old Chicago man has been charged with murdering two teenagers — both of whom, prosecutors say, he was dating at the time of their deaths — just over a year apart on the city’s Far South Side. Anthony Nunnally faces two counts of first-degree murder after police identified him as the gunman who shot and killed 19-year-old…

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said deputies found multiple people shot at a Caswell County property before 8am on Wednesday, with one victim taken to Duke University Hospital and no ongoing threat to the public. Multiple people have died in a shooting at a home in Caswell County, North Carolina, on Wednesday morning, according to the state’s Bureau of Investigation. Officers were sent to the property, in a rural area north of Raleigh, after gunfire broke out shortly before 8am. One person was taken to Duke University Hospital with a gunshot wound, the Bureau said, while authorities have…

Council members unanimously passed Resolution 26-R-3801 calling for a formal citywide heat plan — with longer opening hours, weekend cover and clear triggers — after a stretch of “feels-like” temperatures in the upper 90s and low 100s lasting more than a week. Atlanta City Council has unanimously called on Mayor Andre Dickens’ administration to draw up a formal citywide plan for responding to extreme heat, as the city endures repeated spells of dangerous temperatures. The resolution, approved on Monday and designated 26-R-3801, asks officials to widen access to cooling centers, step up public outreach and set clear triggers for opening…

The 32-year-old wide receiver has agreed a one-year contract with more than $10m guaranteed, taking him back to the league — and to his home state of Maryland — for a 12th season. Stefon Diggs will play in the NFL in 2026 after agreeing a one-year, $12 million contract with the Washington Commanders. The 32-year-old wide receiver, who spent a productive 2025 season with the New England Patriots before departing, joins his fifth team ahead of his 12th year in the league, with more than $10 million of the deal guaranteed. The signing, first reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz,…