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Getty ImagesClaims for pension credits – allowing low-income pensioners to also receive winter fuel payments – have seen a sharp rise since the government announced cost-cutting plans.Chancellor Rachel Reeves has withdrawn fuel payments to 10 million pensioners, to help plug what she called a £22 billion black hole in the public finances.The decision announced in July has since resulted in 150,000 applications for pension credits, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).But only 42,500 of them were successful, thousands of them were rejected and others are awaiting a decision.Most people will only be eligible for the new means-tested…
The German patriots are scheduled to return to Poland in January. “This allows us to protect Polish logistics hubs, which are crucial for delivering supplies to Ukraine,” the German Ministry of Defense told Polsat News correspondent Tomasz Reimann. German patriots return to Poland. berlin approves “Therefore, we are securing the urgently needed supplies of vehicles, weapons and ammunition to protect Ukraine from Russia's illegal and brutal attacks. Together with our Polish friends, we will continue to support NATO as we did last year. We will also protect our airspace.'' Boris Pistorius, head of the German Ministry, stressed: “We would like…
The head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, Bruno Kahl, warned of a possible Russian attack on NATO. – Russia is preparing for war with the West. He estimates that by the end of the decade, the Russian army will be able to attack the West, both in terms of personnel and material. – I am not surprised, I think most of the analysts of this part of Europe, which is closer to Germany, are not surprised – Lieutenant Colonel Maciej Korowai said in the “Newsroom” program of the Polish Army. He emphasized that it should also be taken into account…
Turkeys will literally fall from the sky to dozens of people living in the woods of Alaska, USA. Thank you to Esther Keim, a volunteer and pilot who was part of the Alaskan Turkey Bomb campaign. Although Keim now lives in the city, he grew up on a farm isolated from civilization and knows the hardships of the people who live there. Although many locations are accessible by plane or snowmobile, only 20% of Alaska is accessible by land. position. Many years ago, a woman learned that her family living on an isolated farm had only roasted squirrels on the…
A 32-year-old man, who killed his parents and brother during a family dinner on Sunday in one of the houses in Namyslov (Opole Voivodeship), fired a series of semi-automatic weapons at them – the autopsy showed. Father and brother were wounded several times and mother twice. The man then left alone with his brother's partner and her two children. In the evening, the woman managed to escape and call for help. When the counter-terrorists entered the house, the man was already dead. In a life-threatening emergency, call 997 or 112. If you are facing emotional problems and need advice or…
Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its Senate approved the world's toughest laws.The ban – which will not come into force for at least 12 months – could result in a fine of up to A$50 million ($32.5 million; £25.7 million) if they do not do not comply with it.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the legislation was needed to protect young people from the “harms” of social media, which many parent groups echoed.But critics say questions about how the ban works – and its impact on privacy and social connections – have gone unanswered.This is…
Motorists are paying more for fuel than they should because retailers' profit margins remain “stubbornly high”, the competition watchdog has said.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said seller margins – the difference between what a retailer pays for its fuel and what it sells it for – remained above historic levels, even as prices fuel prices have fallen since July.Supermarket margins increased to 8.1% in August from 7% in April.The CMA added that the “sustained” increase was concerning and that there was not enough competition in the fuel market, which continued to drive up prices.Margins on fuels excluding supermarkets increased…
“The decision-making center in Kiev could become a target of 'Oleshnik',” President Vladimir Putin said, referring to the Russian military's plans for war with Ukraine. The Russian President announced that the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff are currently drawing up a list of targets that will be fired with this missile. The Russian President spoke during a visit to Kazakhstan, where a meeting of the UOBZ Collective Security Council is being held. One of the main elements of the speech was the issue of the use of hypersonic ballistic missiles “Oleshnik” by the Russian military in response to…
We use them for a few minutes and then they decay for hundreds of years. We are talking about common plastic bags, which the European Union wants to limit further. For our sake and the environment. After many years of negotiations, a preliminary agreement was reached. The mechanism of reducing and limiting the use of bags or collecting additional taxes from them is considered. This may exclude thin bags in which, for example, meat or cheese are packaged by weight. Marek Gorczak asked what the residents of Bialystok, who went shopping, think about this. What bags do they use themselves?…
Fatal accident in Novi Dvor Mazowiecki Source: PSP Nowy Dwór MazowieckiIn Novi Dvor Mazowiecki, the driver of a car ran off the road and crashed into a tree. A 46-year-old man died on the spot as he was traveling alone. The incident happened on Wednesday on the national highway number 62 in Novi Dvor Mazowiecki. The fire department was informed about this incident at 18:56. – A car left the curve of the republic road number 62. It was probably moving at high speed. He hit a tree, said the captain. Pavel Plagovsky from the fire brigade in Novi Dvor…