When winter temperatures plunge, many diesel truck owners make starting their vehicles easier with a block heater. But when, ...

The Clarke County Board of Supervisors awarded the 2025 fuel bid to Agriland, FS, Inc. (FS), at their Jan. 20 meeting by a 3-0 vote. In 2024 and 2023, the fuel bid was awarded to NEW Cooperative, Inc.

One of the most critical lessons learned from past storms-like the Texas winter storm that froze diesel supplies and left ...

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Judith Howard wears her coat indoors and has been forced to make many cutbacks as she tries to survive without the winter fuel payment Judith Howard, 78, wears her coat indoors and has been forced ...

The weather is turning milder, but there have been calls to rethink the government's cold weather support for the elderly and vulnerable, including the means-tested winter fuel payment.

Synthetic Food Dyes: Additives like Yellow No. 5 and No. 6, and Red No. 40 are permitted in the US but require warning labels in the EU, as outlined by Advisory. Consumer Advocacy and Industry ...

With elderly Brits anxious about their heating bills after the Chancellor removed the Winter Fuel Payment from millions of people, two Labour-run councils are handing out food vouchers for ...

Scottish Labour has slumped to fifth place among older voters in the wake of the UK Government’s Winter Fuel Payment cuts. A new poll has found Anas Sarwar’s party on 11% among pensioners and ...

Pensioners who are not eligible for winter fuel payments are being offered free supermarket vouchers by some councils in West Sussex. Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council said in ...

Residents are reportedly being targeted by a suspected scam text claiming to offer a “Winter cold weather allowance”. The text claims to be offering people an extra £300 to help cover the ...