[ad_1] Felicity EvansMoney editor, BBC Wales NewsBBCSam Brown, who receives Pip, is blind in one eye and has less than 25% vision in the otherA woman with severe sight loss has said she is losing sleep over changes to the welfare system announced by the UK government.Sam Brown, 43, from Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, is one of more than 3.6 million people in the UK who receive a disability
[ad_1] Joshua Nevett & Michael RacePolitical reporter & Business reporterGetty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves is to confirm a £2.2bn increase in defence spending in her Spring Statement, with details of previously announced welfare cuts also to be revealed. She will argue the UK has to "move quickly in a changing world" amid uncertainty surrounding the Ukraine war and US tariffs threatening to upend global trade.The chancellor faces pressure over the performance
[ad_1] After three days of talks in Saudi Arabia, at last some progress. Two separate texts outlining agreements between the US and Russia, and the US and Ukraine. There were some differences but much was the same. All sides agreed to "to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea". They also agreed "to develop measures
[ad_1] Nick OwenBBC Midlands TodayChloe HughesBBC News, West MidlandsBBCCharles Collingwood has been playing Brian Aldridge for 50 years"Yesterday they gave me a little party, they gave me a copy of the first episode I was in, six thousand and something. And tomorrow I shall be recording [episode] 20,599 - so a lot's happened."In The Archers, the world's longest running radio soap opera which is recorded in Birmingham, Charles Collingwood is
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[ad_1] Rushdi AboualoufGaza correspondentAFPHundreds of people took to the streets of Beit Lahia, with many chanting anti-Hamas slogansHundreds of people have taken part in the largest anti-Hamas protest in Gaza since the war with Israel began, taking to the streets to demand the group step down from power.Masked Hamas militants, some armed with guns and others carrying batons, intervened and forcibly dispersed the protesters, assaulting several of them.Videos shared widely
[ad_1] Getty ImagesBoth sides agreed to end military activity in the Black Sea, the US said (file photo)Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea in separate deals with the US, after three days of peace talks in Saudi Arabia.Washington said all parties would continue working toward a "durable and lasting peace" in statements announcing the agreements, which would reopen an important trade route.They have
[ad_1] ReutersThree weeks ago, Palestinian film-maker Hamdan Ballal stood in front of the world's cameras in Hollywood, picking up an Oscar for best documentary film.The cameras were watching him again on Tuesday, a hand to his bruised face, as he walked awkwardly away in bloodstained clothes after almost 24 hours in Israeli detention.The night before, he told reporters who had gathered outside, "settlers and soldiers [were] attacking my home". They
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[ad_1] PA MediaBarton has been found guilty of a single charge of assault by beatingFormer footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of assault by beating after pushing his wife to the floor and kicking her in the head.The midfielder, 42, who played for Manchester City and QPR, assaulted Georgia Barton, 38, in June 2021 during a drunken row at their family home in Kew, south-west London.The pair, who had
