内容摘要：Photographer Valerie Phillips was sent to Pontllanfraith, south Wales, in 1991 to photograph the Manic Street Preachers during the making of their first album, Generation Terrorists.

Photographer Valerie Phillips was sent to Pontllanfraith, south Wales, in 1991 to photograph the Manic Street Preachers during the making of their first album, Generation Terrorists.

For one thing, Anas Sarwar has always said he's uncomfortable with the UK Labour government's criteria around who gets a winter fuel payment. He thinks it's too restrictive.Also, after Keir Starmer's rough start upon entering Downing Street, he's perhaps made the calculation that a bit of distance between him and UK Labour is no bad thing.

Indeed, in a huddle with press this morning, Sarwar was keen to stress areas where he's taken a different approach (such as joining workers on picket lines).Remember the context here: there's a Holyrood election in 2026, and Scottish Labour won't want to be associated with any UK Labour unpopularity around that time.Finally, there's a bit of a challenge to the Scottish government in all of this.

As the budget approaches, there are rumblings that Scottish ministers could throw some extra cash towards pensioners.In the wake of today's announcement Anas Sarwar can claim he made the first move.

But there's no denying this also comes with an element of awkwardness - as Scottish Labour are acknowledging that the UK government's policy on winter fuel payments falls short.

tore its way through Suffolk and caused up to 80mm of rain to fall in just a few hours.Work to demolish a bridge over the M25 in Surrey is "progressing well", National Highways has said.

A full closure of the motorway between junction 10, near Wisley, and junction 11, for Woking, saw both carriageways shut over the weekend from 21:00 GMT on Friday.The section of motorway is due to reopen at 06:00 on Monday.

The work is part of a £317m project to add extra lanes to improve safety and cut congestion where the motorway meets the A3.Diversion routes have been put in place around the closure, although National Highways said on Saturday there were delays of up to 30 minutes on the approach to both junctions.