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Nearly a third of people under the age of 60 could be forced to retire without being able to afford the basics, a new study has found.

Cuts to BBC Sport are just the “starter course for a bloodbath”, insiders warned, with TV channels and radio services set to close under a brutal savings drive that will mean the loss of thousands of jobs.

In the summer of 1998, shortly after his 30th birthday, Nick Dawson was driving through Cumbria with his wife, when his phone started ringing.

I have always been convinced that I am a terrible sleeper.

In our series, Supermarket Swap, we challenge a family to change where and how they do their weekly grocery shop.

It will come as a surprise to no one that musical theatre was not on the list of professions Hannah Lowther was given by her careers adviser at school.

The trouble with dating apps is that the carousel never stops.

Like the kid who returns from his first holiday in Spain declaring his desire to live there one day, Anthony Gordon is full of Hispanic immersion.

How clean is your home really?

My Sporting Life is The i Paper’s look behind the curtain at what drives sports stars to greatness.

At night, Fiona Shaw dreams of Alan Rickman.

There comes a time when every homeowner must ask themselves an important question: do we move or improve?

I made my way to the water’s edge, pebbles shifting under my feet.

CANARY ISLANDS – Thousands of demonstrators are expected to fill the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday, as part of major protests against overtourism.

Nearly 300,000 people have seen their local pharmacy shut this year, with dozens closing in shortage areas leaving patients with 17-mile round trips to pick up vital medicines.

Dr Amir Khan is a full-time NHS GP and bestselling author working in inner-city Bradford.

I have a stable job in sales that I don’t like, but that pays the mortgage.

US President Donald Trump’s grandiose state dinner for Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was a chance for both leaders to address major challenges facing the two global superpowers.

Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas – also known as Danny Tommo – has been charged with criminal damage after he was filmed slashing a boat in the English Channel with an emergency responder on board.

The Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey have been warned by a senior economist that further tax rises in the Budget next month could stifle economic growth and that “getting lucky isn’t a plan”.

Western Europe must brace itself for an escalation in Putin’s hybrid war including “state-sponsored terrorism and sabotage”, diplomats of nations bordering Russia have warned.

Is forcing out-of-work benefit claimants to use a “back to work card” for their groceries a good solution for our welfare system?

Ministers are refusing to rule out sending more asylum boats to south-coast towns, despite admitting “significant challenges” at a Portsmouth port where anti-migrant disorder erupted this month.

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In 1985, when the consumption of alcohol in the stands of English football grounds was banned in the top five divisions, football supporters were demonised to the point of exploitation.

Most of England’s mayors do not have enough staff or experience to take on new powers being given to them by Andy Burnham, insiders and experts have told The i Paper.

Sometimes it feels like Tony Blair works on a timer.

This is not to suggest that the altercation between Piers Morgan and Earl Spencer is Shakespearean in its resonance.

Even for a man who has long shown warmth to Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump’s move to invite the Russian leader to attend the G20 summit in Florida in December is jaw-dropping.

Is there anything worse for a bibliophile than a reading rut?

Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman are among four Reform MPs who would lose their seats if a general election were held tomorrow, fresh polling by YouGov shows.

Welcome to The i Paper’s new mini-series, in which former Moscow correspondent James Rodgers explores the Russian threat to the UK – and how Britain is fighting back Putin has taken Europe to the brink – the next Russian attack could target Britain Russia…

Forget “no carbs before Marbs” and sling out that beach-body-ready routine now that summer’s over, because this week in Alaska there’s no such thing as dieting.

A lot has happened to me this year.

Raising the state pension age to 68 will create a hidden benefits timebomb that could force tens of thousands of people in their late 60s to claim welfare support, leading experts have warned.

Another day, another loss in federal court for Donald Trump.

One might well have imagined that a musical created by Sting, about de-industrialisation in the 80s and a beleaguered shipyard in the north east of England, might have had its first major run in this country.

The average UK household is spending nearly £119 per week on food shopping, amounting to more than £6,000 per year.

Standing in the Cardiff sunshine this Monday, Nigel Farage unveiled the leader of Reform UK in Wales – a former English teacher and former teenage punk named Helen Jenner.

Everyone you speak to around the England camp highlights one reason why supporters left the USA this summer with that familiar feeling of deja vu.

If there is any item that collectively symbolises the callous indifference of late-stage capitalism, surely it is the Hermés Birkin bag.

Van Morrison’s five-night residency at London’s Olympia – reopened in June after a £1.3bn redevelopment – is something of a coup for the venue, as the veteran Northern Irish musician tends to prefer the hallowed environment of the Albert Hall.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has come under pressure to raise the tax-free personal allowance by up to £3,000 at next month’s Budget – but economists say the idea is a “non-starter”.

Incoming head coach Kevin Walters has continued his clearout at St Helens after the club’s worst season in 30 years.

Peter Gracey and his husband, James, swapped their buy-to-let property in Chester for an apartment in Tenerife and say they haven’t looked back – even though the rent they bring in is currently not enough to cover their expenses.

For generations, retirement has meant a clean break.

When Nicola Robinson started nursing in Manchester in 1987, she never saw children with type 2 diabetes; HIV was effectively a death sentence, and patients didn’t arrive on the ward having self-diagnosed from Google, ready to question their treatment.

Vladimir Putin may be basking in his triumph in last weekend’s sham parliamentary elections, but it is arguably the local elections, which have largely flown under the radar, that say the most about the state of his regime.

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“My head says 10 per cent, but my heart?