One hundred MPs have joined forces to demand compensation for WASPI women ahead of a crucial update from ministers promised next month. The letter, signed by 100 MPs across 10 different parties, calls on the Work and Pensions Secretary to “reach the right decision” and to set out plans to compensate affected women as quickly as possible.

Last Wednesday's White House meeting between Marco Rubio and his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts wasn't your typical diplomatic gathering. They were there to discuss the United States essentially 'buying' Greenland.

Dear Editor, Many people want to give back to their communities, but sometimes finding the time to volunteer can be a real challenge. It’s not always easy to commit to a traditional volunteering shift, at a specific time or on a regular basis. Balancing giving back with work, family, and other responsibilities can be difficult.

Millions of UK households may already have an important financial safety net built into their life insurance – and many don’t even realise it. Research from life insurance expert MoneySuperMarket shows that millions of policyholders aren’t aware that many life insurance policies include terminal illness benefits.

New analysis suggests gross costs of net zero could exceed even the highest official predictions of £7.6 trillion. Official estimates of the cost of net zero are often driven by “fantasy assumptions”. Public bodies have consistently underestimated the cost of renewables, heat pumps and electric vehicles, while assuming implausibly low borrowing costs. New analysis warns that misleadingly low figures risk shutting down serious democratic debate over one of the most expensive policies in British history.

Columnist Claire Kenny paid a visit to South Leeds charity Women’s Whispers, a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping women and children who’ve experienced domestic violence, other types of abuse, ill-health, and other gruelling situations.

Every year the AJ Bell Great North Run is a bucket list event for runners across the globe – will you be one of the 60,000 people running the iconic 13.1 course from Newcastle to South Shields on Sunday 13 September? This is your chance as the January ballot for this year’s AJ Bell Great North Run is now open, but be quick, the ballot closes this Sunday 11 January at midnight.

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak has called on the Government to have a relentless focus on affordability in 2026 or risk the further rise of the far and populist right.  The call comes as new polling by TUC/38 Degrees, carried out by Survation, lays bare the scale of Britain’s affordability crisis: 

Around 10,000 offshore gas and oil workers are spending today and the rest of the Christmas and New Year holiday far out on the dark seas around Britain’s coasts, providing the energy to heat homes, cook turkeys, and power fairy lights.

The operator of the Tyne Tunnels, TT2, has gifted North East charities £120,559 over the last 12 months and is topping off the bumper year of giving by donating £12,000 to 12 charities, over the 12 days of Christmas.

Today’s data from the Office for National Statistics that showed that annualised inflation came in at 3.2% in November, down from the 3.6% reported in October. Core Inflation came in at 3.2% in the 12 months to November, down from the 3.4% in October. MoM inflation came in at -0.2% down from 0.4% in October.