'Sickfluencers' accused of 'coaching people' on how to make mental health benefit claims for anxiety, ADHD and other conditions

Daily Mail - Nov 9, 2026

Social media figures coach how to maximise payouts in a system that already 'exploits' those who have depression or milder anxiety, according to the shadow work and pensions secretary.

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'Sickfluencers' accused of 'coaching people' on how to make mental health benefit claims for anxiety, ADHD and other conditions

Nov 9, 2026

'Sickfluencers' accused of 'coaching people' on how to make mental health benefit claims for anxiety, ADHD and other conditions

Social media figures coach how to maximise payouts in a system that already 'exploits' those who have depression or milder anxiety, according to the shadow work and pensions secretary.

Fury as Scottish Government ignores Remembrance Sunday on social media - but posts about Sikh festival at 11am as nation honours war dead

Nov 9, 2026

Fury as Scottish Government ignores Remembrance Sunday on social media - but posts about Sikh festival at 11am as nation honours war dead

As the whole of the UK fell silent at 11am for the two-minute silence for the nation's war dead, the Scottish Government sent a message to its followers about Bandi Chhor Divas.

Average council tax bill is set to hit £3,000 in just five years, warn Tories

Nov 9, 2026

Average council tax bill is set to hit £3,000 in just five years, warn Tories

Despite vowing to give hard-pressed families 'breathing space' on the cost of living, Prime Minister Andy Burnham will instead preside over a fresh cash grab, the Mail can reveal.

Paedophile PC with hundreds of indecent images tried to join child protection unit

Nov 9, 2026

Paedophile PC with hundreds of indecent images tried to join child protection unit

A serving officer who said indecent images of children were downloaded onto his phone when he tried to stream football and films has been sentenced.

Remembrance Sunday: Kate joins Queen Camilla in paying tribute to Britain's fallen heroes as King Charles and Prince William lead the nation in emotional memorial service at the Cenotaph

Nov 9, 2026

Remembrance Sunday: Kate joins Queen Camilla in paying tribute to Britain's fallen heroes as King Charles and Prince William lead the nation in emotional memorial service at the Cenotaph

Thousands of mourners, including Andy Burnham attending the first service of his premiership, bowed their heads as the Last Post played during an emotional ceremony on Whitehall.

Fog chaos to continue as Met Office issues NEW '100m' warning for Greater Manchester

Nov 9, 2026

Fog chaos to continue as Met Office issues NEW '100m' warning for Greater Manchester

A new yellow weather warning has been issued from 6pm on Monday

When my husband started forgetting things, doctors dismissed us... and told me I was imagining it because of menopausal brain fog. Then he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 55 - these were all the warning signs

Nov 9, 2026

When my husband started forgetting things, doctors dismissed us... and told me I was imagining it because of menopausal brain fog. Then he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 55 - these were all the warning signs

Nine o'clock is bedtime in the Ruscoe house. But it's not the children 58-year-old Emma puts to bed - it's her husband Simon, 62, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's six years ago.

Burnham's mixed signals on Net Zero: Ministers 'finally poised to cut EV targets' as PM heads for climate summit

Nov 9, 2026

Burnham's mixed signals on Net Zero: Ministers 'finally poised to cut EV targets' as PM heads for climate summit

The Government finally looks set to water down rules demanding that 80 per cent of new cars sold in the UK are electric by 2030.

Is Russell Brand moving his fortune out of his victims' reach? Rapist applied to change ownership of £5million family home just SIX weeks before his conviction

Nov 9, 2026

Is Russell Brand moving his fortune out of his victims' reach? Rapist applied to change ownership of £5million family home just SIX weeks before his conviction

The fallen comic has applied to transfer the ownership of his £5million Oxfordshire cottage to his wife Laura Gallacher, 39, the mother of his three children, Land Registry documents suggest.

BBC 'ignored claims Russell Brand exposed himself to woman' in their LA office - even after rapist actor 'laughed about it on air'

Nov 9, 2026

BBC 'ignored claims Russell Brand exposed himself to woman' in their LA office - even after rapist actor 'laughed about it on air'

Russell Brand, 51, is alleged to have followed the victim, known by the pseudonym 'Olivia', into the toilets and flashed his penis at her in June 2008.

Thomas Markle 'justified child sex in the Far East by saying their families needed money'

Nov 9, 2026

Thomas Markle 'justified child sex in the Far East by saying their families needed money'

The Duchess of Sussex's father allegedly told his first wife that having sex with young girls in the Far East was justified as their families needed the money.

Fresh fog warning for Britain sparks misery for commuters with flights and trains axed

Nov 9, 2026

Fresh fog warning for Britain sparks misery for commuters with flights and trains axed

A yellow weather warning for fog, which stretches from York to Bath and covers most of the South East and eastern England, is in place until 11am.

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