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The Midterms are expected to return marginal gains that could have huge implications on US politics according to early indicators. Spread betting data shows electoral shocks across key states could be in the offing, with the Republican’s slim majority likely to be upset by marginal swings. But political experts predict the Republicans will win out in November’s elections, despite the Democrats putting up a challenge in both Arizona and Nevada. This will be thanks to further consolidation in traditional strongholds...

The Trussell Trust says it has handed out a record number of emergency supplies between April and September this year as the government’s disastrous roll-out of Universal Credit continues to wreak havoc on the most vulnerable people in the country. More than 650,000 emergency supplies were handed out to people in crisis in the six months up to October, a 13 per cent increase on same period in 2017. The charity says if the five week minimum wait for a...

Yesterday the Government published the Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018. Despite the seemingly earlier positive announcement in the Autumn Budget for investment in mental health services, the regulations published today confirm many people with mental health problems on existing benefits will be forced to make a new claim for Universal Credit. People risk losing their income - and even their homes - in the process of re-applying for financial support they’re already entitled to. In areas where Universal Credit...

The car crooks used a scanner to intercept and copy the key's signal from outside the house in seconds

Greg Irvin, 26, butchered charity worker Anne James, 74, after she offered to give him money for an engagement ring

Festus Onasanya, 33, was accused alongside his sister, Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya, of lying about who was driving a speeding car

Jonathan Abora was 17 when he knifed Israel Ogunsola, who once had trials with Arsenal.

Reality TV star Marinika Smirnova, 34, whose family founded the Smirnoff empire, hired bailiff to seize £2,000 of property from Sergei Windsor's Chelsea home

The great apes are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, and are classified as "critically endangered"