19 h. ago 'Politics of envy': Fury as Labour opens the door to an inheritance tax raid on Middle England as ministers fail to deny push to end tax

Dame Diana Johnson, the policing minister, failed to rule out changes to the so-called 'death tax' this autumn amid growing concerns about the state of the public finances.

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9 d. ago The Mountains review – a beautiful portrait of a family’s attempt to process a tragedy

Christian Einshøj’s debut feature unearths home video footage taken by his father, as he and his siblings explore their long-buried feelings about their brother’s deathIn his debut feature, Christian Einshøj tends to the hidden wounds of family by rewinding to the past. As a young boy, he moved from Norway to Denmark with his parents and his brother Frederik. The change was supposed to be temporary. Tragedy, however, struck: Kristoffer, one of Einshøj’s brothers, was born with a terminal condition. His illness and later death cast a dark shadow over a once tightly knit household: they would never return to Denmark to live as a family again.Through voiceover, Einshøj recalls this painful history with profound introspection, as well as humour. Grainy home videos, largely shot by Einshøj’s father, Søren, resurface, but while Søren used his camera to preserve Kristoffer’s memories before his death, Einshøj turns to film-making as a means of reconciliation. Unable to process Kristoffer’s...

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3 w. ago UK's oldest Flymo cuts its final lawn as owner reveals exact date he bought it

Britain's oldest Flymo is 60 years old but has now finally cut its last lawn and been retired to the British Lawnmower Museum, where it can live on through history

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4 w. ago Man United outcast Alejandro Garnacho caught driving into training illegally in top of the range Audi

The player in question is among a group of stars seemingly destined for the exit door after failing to find a place in Amorim's future plans, and was in fact set to train away from the main squad.

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4 w. ago 'I live in historic apartments featured on TV, but the lift's broken, my door's failed fire safety, and masonry's fallen down'

The Capital&Centric apartments have been managed by UrbanBubble and now Zenith, but one resident has hit out

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4 w. ago Sycamore Gap vandals to be sentenced over 'moronic' felling of historic tree they filmed themselves chopping down: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest from Newcastle Crown Court where Daniel Graham, 39 and Adam Carruthers, 32, are being sentenced for the illegal felling of the Sycamore Gap tree.

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