2 h. ago Aston Villa ‘killed’ by spending rules in transfer window, says Ezri Konsa

Club affected by Premier League and Uefa financial fair play‘It’s crazy. We’re going to have to deal with what we’ve got’Ezri Konsa has said that football’s spending regulations “killed” Aston Villa during a difficult summer transfer window. The club, who have started the season badly with one point from three games and no goals scored, were hemmed in by the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules and the equivalent in Uefa competition.Villa paid out one major fee – £30.5m to Nice for Evann Guessand – and made only four further first-team additions, Marco Bizot being followed in on deadline day by Victor Lindelöf, Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho. The club were open to selling Emiliano Martínez only for there to be no buyer and moved Jacob Ramsey to Newcastle for £39m despite Unai Emery preferring to keep him. As a homegrown player, Ramsey counted as pure profit on the books. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago A California Gold Rush town was like ‘going back in time’. Then came a wildfire

A 19th-century settlement founded by Chinese miners and said to have hosted outlaw Black Bart was devastated by fireShortly after lightning sparked dozens of wildfires in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills this week, author Stephen Provost received news that devastated him.Fire was sweeping through Chinese Camp, a Gold Rush-era town that a group of Chinese miners founded in the 19th century after they were driven out of a nearby settlement. The town’s almost 100 residents were forced to evacuate and news reports showed flames consuming historic buildings. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Conveyancer denies giving tax advice to Angela Rayner over stamp duty row

The conveyancing firm said its lawyers were being made 'scapegoats'

Politics

4 h. ago Angela Rayner's position hangs in the balance as stamp duty row deepens

Deputy PM Angela Rayner's political future hangs in the balance amid an ethics probe into her admission she underpaid stamp duty on the seaside home in Hove

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5 h. ago Teacher sacked for refusing to 'call a boy a girl' in trans row is fined £195,000 for ignoring court order not to return to the school

Enoch Burke, a secondary school teacher from Castlebar, has already racked up £68k in previous fines - and his latest punishment comes as the court grows frustrated with his defiance.

Economics

5 h. ago 10K race held for more than 30 years blocked by council over 'one complaint' claim organisers

The Helena Tipping 10k - run in memory of a former runner - was due to take place in Wrexham on September 14 but has been cancelled amid a row between the organisers and the council

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5 h. ago Rayner lawyers ‘made scapegoats’ and ‘did not give her tax advice’ on flat at centre of row: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

Politics

6 h. ago Professional bridesmaid who is paid THOUSANDS to attend weddings shares brutal downsides to her job

Jen Glantz, 37, from Brooklyn, New York, offers 'professional support for brides on one of the most stressful days of their lives.'

Society

7 h. ago Deborah Meaden says Angela Rayner Stamp Duty row is distraction from real issues

Deborah Meaden tells LBC's Tom Swarbrick the Angela Rayner stamp duty furore distracts from the real issues facing the country - and calls on Labour to tax the ultra-wealthy more

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7 h. ago Calling your boss a 'd*ckhead' isn't a sackable offence, tribunal rules

The ruling came in the case of a female office manager in Northampton who was sacked on the spot when she used the insult about her manager and a director during a row

Politics

8 h. ago Angela Rayner's cabinet colleagues support Deputy Prime Minister in tax row

Deputy Prime Minister fighting for her career

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9 h. ago Starmer says ‘of course’ he will act on standards probe into Rayner tax row

Angela Rayner has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks after reports emerged she had saved £40,000 in stamp duty.

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9 h. ago Prime Minister condemns 'appalling' graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s flat amid stamp duty row

Words such as 'tax evader' and 'Rayner tax avoidance' were daubed on the walls outside the seaside property

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9 h. ago Angela Rayner breaks down in tears on Sky amid property tax row

The Deputy Prime Minister was in tears on Sky News as she admitted to underpaying £40,000 on stamp duty

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10 h. ago Starmer condemns graffiti outside Rayner’s home as stamp duty row deepens: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

Politics

10 h. ago 'They shouldn't be removed, they should be compulsory': Americans claim Brits are oppressed as they wade into St George's flag row

Americans, it's safe to say, love their flag - so it was only a matter of time until they started sharing their views on the debate over flying the colours here in Britain.

Politics

10 h. ago Tributes paid to first victim named in Lisbon funicular crash: ‘Dedicated, kind and always smiling’

Portugal has declared a national day of mourning to remember those killed in the crash

Events

10 h. ago Keir Starmer hits out at 'appalling' vandalism at Angela Rayner's flat as Deputy PM's new seaside home is daubed with 'tax evader' graffiti amid stamp duty row

Ms Rayner's apartment in Hove, East Sussex, was targeted overnight following her tearful admission that she failed to pay enough stamp duty on the £800,000 property.

Events

10 h. ago Parking firm admits fined drivers had tickets, but tells them to pay £20 anyway

The drivers paid to park, but have been told they must pay an admin fee to stop debt collectors and court action

Economics

11 h. ago The 70 top things about the 70s that Brits can't get enough of

A survey of 2,000 adults has paid tribute to the era naming TV and music as some of the best things about the decade.

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