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1 week ago | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | Cullen Willis |David Dubas-Fisher
Gloucester is the cheapest place to buy a home in Gloucestershire. Homes in the GL1 postcode area sold for an average of £209,802 each in the 12 months to the end of February. That’s less than any postcode area in our county with at least 20 sales over the last year. Cinderford is the next cheapest place in our county to buy a home. Houses sold for £268,122 each on average in the GL14 postcode area.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis |Veronique Hawksworth
If you're a Croydon-based motorist planning any journeys in the borough this coming weekend, you might want to be on the look out for the cheapest spots to refill your tank. Right now, the cheapest place in Croydon to fill up your car with petrol is at a Sainsbury's garage in Waddon. According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £4 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
bristolpost.co.uk | Elaine Blackburne |Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis
The Department of Work and Pensions has announced that Cold Weather Payments will be extended to an additional 160 postcode areas. This means that some households are receiving their third payment this winter due to the persistently low temperatures. The new payments will cover regions including the Home Counties, Norfolk, Essex, Kent, and almost down to the South Coast in Sussex. Approximately 170,000 low-income households will receive a £25 contribution towards their heating costs.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
cheshire-live.co.uk | Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis |Gary Porter
Millions of people across England are eligible for Cold Weather Payments during the winter. As temperatures dip below freezing across the country, households will be looking out for updates on the payments by the DWP which help people with heating bills during cold snaps. During the winter of 2024/25, the payments have already been made in a number of postcode areas. Each received a £25 payment towards the extra cost of heating their homes during the current cold snap.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis |John Rogan-GAZ
The DWP has triggered new Cold Weather Payments for people living in 51 postcode areas, it was announced today (Thursday). Around 95,000 eligible households in these regions will receive a £25 payment towards the extra cost of heating their homes during the current cold snap. The new payments will cover 45 postcode areas around West Yorkshire. Eligible households in another six postcode districts in North Yorkshire and County Durham will also receive the payments.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis |Dylan Hayward
Thousands of people in England are eligible for Cold Weather Payments this winter. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that 10,000 people could receive £50 payments during the ongoing cold snap. The DWP has issued alerts for 18 postcode areas following freezing temperatures, with the most recent announcement made on Thursday, January 2. Money is automatically sent to residents when temperatures are forecast to remain below zero degrees for seven consecutive days in their area.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
somersetlive.co.uk | Cullen Willis
Motorists travelling to visit loved ones this Christmas face a postcode lottery at supermarket petrol pumps with the cost of filling up a family car varying by up to £8 across the country. A Sainsbury’s garage in Frome, Somerset, has been identified as the most expensive supermarket fuel outlet in the country - charging 141.2p per litre of standard petrol.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
mylondon.news | Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis |Lucy Williamson
The cheapest place in Greater London to fill up your car with petrol is at a ASDA garage in Brent. According to the latest data supplied by retailers, a driver in an average family car could save up to £17 by filling up at this forecourt, compared to the most expensive petrol station. The ASDA garage at 418 Ealing Road, Brent is charging motorists 127.7p per litre, which means it would cost £70 to fill up an average 55 litre tank.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Samuel Webb |Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis
The Met Office has issued a new yellow weather warning for snow and ice which covers a 300-mile long stretch of the UK. The alert was issued this morning for people living in areas on the East coast of England and Scotland. It stretches for 300 miles from Halesworth in Norfolk all the way up the North Sea coast to just south of the Scottish town of Dunbar.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Greta Simpson |Paul Gallagher |Cullen Willis
The first Cold Weather Payments of winter 2024/25 have been triggered across Cumbria, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, as the first snowfall of the year blankets large areas of the UK. Around 10,000 people living across the affected areas will now be eligible for £25 payments towards their heating bills from the DWP. The Cold Weather Payments were triggered for twelve postcode areas in Cumbria, four in Northumberland, and two postcodes in the Scottish Borders which cross into England.
