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Millions to get first cost-of-

living payment from 14 July

THE first of two payments to help
the poorest households with the
cost of living will hit people’s bank
accounts from 14 July, the govern-
ment says.
More than eight million UK homes
on benefits will receive £326 by the
end of July, with a second payment
of £324 set to follow in the autumn.
High Street pharmacists ernment package to help families as
It comes as part of a £37bn gov-
to make referrals energy, food and fuel bills soar.
The consumer group Which?
said the cash would “bring relief to
many”.
PEOPLE with a worrying The NHS will also send out But policy director Rocio Concha
cough, problems swallowing or more “roaming trucks” to per- added: “The success of these meas-
blood in their urine will soon be form on-the-spot scans in the ures will ultimately be judged by
able to be referred for scans and community. whether financial help is getting to
checks by a pharmacist, rather Lung-scanner vans driven to the most vulnerable in time to help £2,800 a year. Bills had already risen in the UK, regardless of how well
than having to wait to see their locations, including supermarket them through this cost-of-living cri- by £700 on average in April. off they are, are set to get £400 for
GP. The new pilot scheme, in Eng- car parks and football stadiums, sis.” The two cost-of-living payments help with energy bills this autumn,
Inflation - the rate at which prices
land, aims to diagnose more can- have already resulted in more rise - is currently at a 40-year high - worth £650 in total - will be paid along with a previously announced
cers early, when there is a better people having checks. Now, some as the war in Ukraine and the pan- automatically to anyone in England, £150 council tax rebate. There will
chance of a cure. liver lorries will join them. demic push up the cost of every- Wales, Scotland and Northern Ire- also be a separate £300 payment for
High Street pharmacies will be About half of all cancers are di- day essentials. In May, the energy land receiving any benefit. To be pensioners, and a £150 payment for
funded to refer customers for the agnosed early - but the NHS wants regulator Ofgem said the typical eligible for the first instalment, peo- disabled people, both of which can
checks. this to be at least three-quarters. household energy bill was set to rise ple must have started a successful be paid on top of the £650 cost-of-
by £800 in October, bringing it to benefits claim by 25 May. All homes living payment.

Airlines told to cancel flights to

stop travel chaos Met Office issues heat alert ahead

UK airlines have been told to day, and British Airways, TUI and of 34C forecast this weekend
cancel flights they can’t deliver Easyjet have apologised.
this summer to stop a rerun of Staff shortages have been The warning covers parts of peratures will continue to rise as
May’s travel chaos. blamed, after thousands of air- England from midnight on Friday we go through the week, becom-
The government and the avia- line jobs were cut during the pan- until midnight on Sunday. ing well above-average by Friday
tion regulator wrote to carriers demic and have yet to be replaced NHS England and the Met Of- when many parts of the southern
on Tuesday telling them to ensure despite a spike in post-pandemic fice have issued a level two heat- half of the UK are likely to exceed
their summer timetables were travel demand. health alert for the East Midlands, 30C and may even reach 34C in
“deliverable”. In their joint letter, the Depart- east of England, the southeast some places.
They added that earlier cancel- ment for Transport and the Civil and the southwest, meaning “This is the first spell of hot
lations were “better” than axing Aviation Authority set out five there is a 60 per cent chance of weather this year and it is unusu-
al for temperature to exceed these
heatwave during this period.
flights at the last minute. “specific expectations” for the A level one warning covers parts values in June. Many areas will
It comes after tens of thou- sector. of northern England, where the also see some warm nights with
sands of passengers have been af- Airlines and unions told MPs on probability of heatwave condi- minimum temperatures expected
fected by cancellations and delays the Commons Business Commit- tions is 30 per cent, while there is to be in the high teens or even low
at airports. tee on Tuesday that the staffing a 40 per cent chance in the West 20Cs for some overnight.
The problem was particular- shortages blighting the industry A three-day heat alert has been Midlands. The highest temperature
ly bad during Easter and last were likely to persist this sum- issued as temperatures are set to Met Office deputy chief meteor- reached in the UK so far this year
month’s half-term school holi- mer. rocket to 34C. ologist Dan Rudman said: “Tem- is 27.5C at Heathrow on 17 May.

Instagram launches new parental controls in UK

INSTAGRAM owner Meta is activate the supervision tools - previ-
launching new parental controls ously these could only be initiated by
across the platform in the UK on 14 the young person.
June. They include the option of set- The new VR controls include pur-
ting daily time limits of between 15 chase approval, app blocking and the
minutes and 2 hours, after which a option to view their child’s friends’
black screen appears on the app. lists.
Parents can also schedule break Another Instagram feature be-
times and see any accounts their ing trialled is a “nudge” tool which
child reports, and why they did so. In prompts teens to look for differ-
addition, the tech giant is rolling out ent subjects, if they are repeatedly
a parent dashboard on all Quest vir- searching for the same thing.
tual reality headsets worldwide. Par- The Instagram tools were intro-
ents can now invite their children to duced in the US in March.