48 m. ago British farmers ‘bewildered’ and scared for the future amid major concerns over tractor tax, review finds

The inheritance tax changes – which have been dubbed the ‘tractor tax’ – have been described as ‘cruel’

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56 m. ago Turning Point conference begins as Charlie Kirk’s death leaves leaders jostling for influence

Thousands are anticipated to attend the four-day summit in Phoenix

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2 h. ago Courtroom chaos as relative shouts 'smelly b*****, he was a boy half your age'

Jordan Ronan's family members stood up and left the courtroom when the jury delivered its verdict in the case of Patrick Murphy who was found guilty of manslaughter

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4 h. ago Rachel Reeves' budget blamed for Pep Guardiola's restaurant shutting down

Pep Guardiola and some of his Man City pals invested in Test Catala back in 2018 to bring a taste of his home country to the UK, but it has announced it is shutting its doors for the last time

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4 h. ago UK pensioners eligible for DWP payments that could be worth thousands

Around 13 million state pensioners could be eligible for DWP benefits including Pension Credit

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5 h. ago When panto goes horribly, painfully wrong: ‘it was the worst chafing of my life’

Panto season is upon us, and for the performers, anything could happen. Actors recall their most excruciating moments – from a panic attack while dressed as a cow, to dripping blood while in flight as Peter PanWhen panto goes wrong, the show must always go on. And there is a lot that could go wrong: malfunctioning pyrotechnics, panic attacks, chafing thighs, broken props, broken bones, bruised egos – and that’s before you get live animals involved. Missed cues and forgotten lines are small potatoes by comparison. So with panto season once again in full swing, we speak to seasoned professionals about the exhausting, error-laden, explosive truth behind the most “magical” season of the year.Adam Buksh played The Genie in Aladdin at Howden Park Centre, Livingston, West Lothian, in 2013 It was halfway through the show when Aladdin got trapped in the cave. Our version was based on the original story, One Thousand and One Nights (not Disney’s), in which Aladdin possesses two magical entiti...

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9 h. ago The London property bust: How property prices in the capital have plunged in wake of Rachel Reeves' budget

Homeowners in the capital have suffered the largest loss across the nation with almost 2 per cent - worth £10,541 - knocked off house prices from September to October this year, analysis shows.

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9 h. ago HMRC ISA switch could hit those nearing retirement as change come in

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced changes to ISAs in the Autumn Budget

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9 h. ago ISA tax rule change warning for people approaching retirement

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced changes to ISAs in the Autumn Budget

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11 h. ago Thousands of fans join tribute to reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff in his native Jamaica

Jamaica has held a tribute to honor reggae giant Jimmy Cliff, with officials asking that people celebrate him and not turn the ceremony into a sad event

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11 h. ago London mayor, city council spar over budget amendment the mayor claims will result in mass layoffs

London mayor, city council spar over budget amendment the mayor claims will result in mass layoffs  WKYT

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12 h. ago Mo Salah could be back at Liverpool sooner than expected as AFCON fears raised

Mohamed Salah will hope to lead Egypt to success at the Africa Cup of Nations and is set to miss a number of Liverpool matches as a result, but one supercomputer reckons he will fall short

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13 h. ago Town's Christmas tree that was chopped down just hours after its lights were switched on is restored by residents

The tree had stood proudly behind an £1,800 ornamental fence in the centre of Shotton Colliery, County Durham, for ten years before a vandal took a chainsaw to its trunk on Wednesday December 10.

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14 h. ago Member of 'premium' gym furious after designer items worth thousands are stolen from lockers

A member of a 'premium' Manchester gym has told of his frustration after £6k worth of belongings were stolen

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14 h. ago Coffee prices are soaring and caffeine addicts are switching vices

Budget-friendly drive-through and convenience store coffee locations are seeing strong, sometimes double-digit, growth in visits

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14 h. ago Man who boasted he was 'billy big balls' jailed over huge football ticket fraud

Joseph Johnson was part of a five-man fraud scheme which made hundreds of thousands of pounds by buying cheap football tickets and selling them on for much more

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15 h. ago Thousands of Londoners face larger council tax hikes than rest of country

Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Westminster, and the City of London will face cuts

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15 h. ago Doctors' strike in chaos as three in four turn up to work at some hospitals amid threadbare picket lines

Cancer patients among sick Britons 'worried for their life' after the NHS was forced to cancel thousands of operations and appointments when the medics walked out in a row over pay and jobs.

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16 h. ago Susie Wiles interview might be a useful distraction from how poorly things are going for Americans

The incendiary quotes don’t disguise how dissatisfied people are about jobs, inflation or the cost of livingThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdaySo it appears Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, agrees with many of us: she thinks Donald Trump’s cabinet is bonkers.From that bombshell Vanity Fair interview, which featured some truly terrifying close-up photos, we learned that Wiles considers JD Vance to have been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade”. She believes Elon Musk to be an “odd, odd duck”. Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is, in Wiles’ view, “a right-wing absolute zealot”.“If we’re judging by these numbers, Americans are completely dissatisfied with the way things are happening in this country.” Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Thousands of Londoners to face larger council tax hikes than rest of country

Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Westminster, and the City of London will face cuts

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