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Most Brits would like to see Winter Fuel Payments made available to everyone who needs it – regardless of their age, a study found. Researchers who polled 2,000 UK adults found two thirds think the scheme should be expanded to support anyone who is currently living in hardship. And 59 per cent of existing beneficiaries think it should too - while 34 per cent admit they don’t really need the allowance. Of these, a quarter say they don’t use the...

Brexiteer Michael Gove last night revealed his Game of Thrones ‘soulmate’ is Tyrion Lannister as negotiations over Britain's exit from the European Union reach a crucial juncture. The environment secretary was criticised after he posted on Twitter the results of a quiz entitled “Who’s your ‘Game of Thrones’ soulmate?” last night. He got Tyrion Lannister, who known as being an instinctive schemer. In a 2014 interview, Gove said: "“My favourite character in Game of Thrones is undoubtedly Tyrion Lannister, and the moment...

A real-life robot based on homicidal HAL 9000 - the most terrifying computer in movie history - has been created by scientists

“If we look at the alternative to that deal with the European Union, we see that it will either be more uncertainty and more division, or it could risk no Brexit at all.”

Using a technology featured in the cult sci-fi fantasy series, scientists say it combats both air - and noise - pollution

Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it.

The Conservatives have been dubbed a "zombie party" after they were defeated in the House of Commons for the third day in a row. Not a single Tory voted to support the government in an appeal to change the horse racing betting levy order in a joint regulatory reform committee. Ministers and civil servants were unable to make a coherent argument for the legislation, and the shadow body, which has already been set up with Sir Hugh Robertson at the helm,...

Denise Coates, the multibillionaire founder and boss of gambling firm Bet365, paid herself £265m last year. This is a record-breaking pay deal for a chief executive of a British company. Denise's pay is over 9,500 times the average UK salary, and 1,300 times that paid to Theresa May. Luke Hildyard, a director of the High Pay Centre, said: “Why does someone who is already a billionaire need to take such an obscene amount of money out of their company? It...

Riley Siswick, three, was found unresponsive at his home address in Huddersfield, West Yorks on February 6, 2016.