45 m. ago HMRC sending 'nudge' letters to people who use eBay, Vinted and Depop

As of January 2025, online selling sites such as eBay and Vinted must now sharing selling information with HMRC for tax purposes - previously, HMRC had to request this information

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49 m. ago ‘Trump gold card’ to offer rich foreigners route to US citizenship for $5m

President says new visa program would be open to Russian oligarchs, some of whom ‘are very nice people’Wealthy foreigners willing to pay about $5m, Russian oligarchs potentially among them, will soon be able to apply for a visa to live in America courtesy of what is being billed as the “Trump gold card”.Donald Trump announced the new visa program from the Oval Office on Tuesday night, saying it could start in about two weeks. Continue reading...

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54 m. ago F1 testing LIVE: Red flag as power cut stops session in Bahrain after Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari bow

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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56 m. ago Amazon's £24 'elegant' garden item 'beautifully' transforms front of your house

Pleased homeowners say they love it and their neighbours have even complimented on how "gorgeous" it is

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65 m. ago Innes Fitzgerald, ‘Greta Thunberg of sport’, in first senior athletics squad

European Indoor Championships next step for teenagerRunner hopes to emulate Keely Hodgkinson with victoryFour years ago, Keely Hodgkinson went from being an unknown teenager to an overnight sensation by claiming glory at the European Indoor Championships. Next week Innes Fitzgerald, another 18-year-old British star, will hope to repeat the trick after being named in her first British senior squad.Fitzgerald, who recently smashed Zola Budd’s national under-20 indoor 3,000m record by 16 seconds, joins Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell and world indoor pole vault champion Molly Caudery in a 44-strong British squad for Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Are you a Type A traveller? Why the quest for perfection could be ruining your holiday – and your relationships

Tomas Telegramma’s endless quest to optimise his holiday was doing the opposite. Here’s how he learned to put down the to-do list and love uncertaintyRome. Late summer. The crowds aren’t easing, nor is the sun, and it’s about to sear a hole in my relationship. Hot, hangry and hungover – a diabolical combination – we’re our own kind of ancient ruins, skulking aimlessly in what feels like a black hole: an area nowhere near any of the 50-odd places I’ve saved on Google Maps for our four-day stay.A bakery appears. Then a panini bar. Then a trattoria. Then another. We don’t stop. Instead I feverishly research them online for any signs of superiority. None were pre-approved on my months-long mission to compile the ultimate Rome hitlist, cross-referencing recommendations from friends with what I had found online. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank

Major military operation causes largest displacement of Palestinians in West Bank since Israel seized it in 1967Waleed Lahlouh was 73, with a shock of white hair that marked his age, when Israeli soldiers shot him dead on a sunny February morning outside his home in Jenin refugee camp. Relatives said he was killed while trying to collect some winter clothes for his family.He had fled with his children and grandchildren a week earlier when Israeli troops moved into the camp and ordered residents out within an hour. They scrambled to gather documents, valuables and phones, and had little time to pack clothes. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax

Iconic performance amid Roman antiquity has been restored from original negatives, with a soundtrack newly mixed by prog star Steven WilsonOne of the most distinctive concert films in rock history, Pink Floyd at Pompeii, is to be rereleased in cinemas – including in Imax format – and have its first soundtrack release.Filmed in 1971 and released the following year, the film (previously titled Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii) captures the band shortly before The Dark Side of the Moon ushered in their most commercially successful phase. It will be in cinemas worldwide on 24 April. Continue reading...

Culture

68 m. ago 7 ways to instantly look more stylish — your London Fashion Week 2025 download

From haute hoodies and sharp ties to queenly quilting, Joe Bromley has your London Fashion Week round up — and shares top tips to get the look

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78 m. ago Christian Horner unhappy that Max Verstappen was booed at F1 curtain

Red Bull principal attacks driver’s treatment at F175 event‘The fandom has changed over the last few years’Christian Horner has said he was unhappy at the barrage of booing that greeted Max Verstappen when the four-time world champion was introduced at formula one’s F175 launch show in London last week and observed that the make up of F1 fans had “changed” in recent years.Both Verstappen and his Red Bull team principal Horner were received with jeers from the 16,000-strong crowd at the 02 Arena when they were introduced in what was a lively atmosphere. The sport’s governing body, the FIA, which also received enthusiastic booing when mentioned, issued a statement condemning what it described as a “tribalist reaction” and called for fans to treat all F1 participants with respect. Continue reading...

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79 m. ago BP to ramp up oil and gas output in major shift away from green goals

Fossil fuel firm will cut more than $5bn from low-carbon investment plan in ‘fundamental reset’Business live – latest updatesBP is dropping green goals, ramping up oil and gas production and slashing spending on low-carbon energy as part of a fundamental reset of the troubled company.The FTSE 100 fossil fuel company has promised shareholders it will increase its target for oil and gas production by 2030 to the equivalent of about 2.4m barrels a day – about 60% higher than the figure in its net zero plan set out five years ago. Continue reading...

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86 m. ago Fat Thursday 2025: When is Tłusty Czwartek, what is it & how do you pronounce it?

Known as Tłusty Czwartek in Polish - which translates to Fat Thursday in English - the tradition involves indulging in sweet treats.

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87 m. ago Texas measles outbreak worsens with 124 cases across nine counties

Highly contagious disease spreads among Mennonite community as 18 people hospitalizedA measles outbreak in rural west Texas has grown to 124 cases across nine counties, the state health department said on Tuesday, and 18 people have been hospitalized.The outbreak is largely spreading in the Mennonite community in an area where small towns are separated by vast stretches of oil rig-dotted open land but connected due to people traveling between towns for work, church, grocery shopping and other day-to-day errands. Continue reading...

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89 m. ago All eyes on Wandsworth: why the London Borough of Culture 2025 is the place to be

Loyal locals rave about their leafy south-west London home

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98 m. ago Abbey Road, aliens and Withnail: London fashion week autumn/winter 2025 – in pictures

Abbey Road, aliens and Withnail: London fashion week autumn/winter 2025 – in pictures  The Guardian

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1 hour ago New flight routes from London airports in 2025: what you need to know

London airports are set to introduce new flight routes to major destinations in 2025, with budget airlines like Wizz Air and Norse Atlantic announcing new services starting in summer and winter

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1 hour ago 15 music groups from the ‘90s that are still dominating Spotify playlists today

Here’s 15 bands and musicians from the ‘90s that still, to this day, appear regularly on digital playlists 🎶📱⏲

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1 hour ago England need 326 to defeat Afghanistan: Champions Trophy cricket – live

Champions Trophy updates from Lahore, 9am GMT startSign up to get our newsletter, The Spin | And mail Jim Is Livingstone living on a prayer?Yes, says John Starbuck:Hi. Unless he produces a whizzo performance today, I suspect Livingstone will be omitted from Saturday’s game, in favour of the (now) extra spinner. What do you reckon? Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Keep your valuables safe on beach holiday with mum's 'sneaky' trick

A mum has offered a 'sneaky' solution to keeping your valuables safe on the beach. However, not everyone is convinced by it, as some says there's a better way to protect your belongings

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1 hour ago 'UK's most hated mum' pulls daughter, 3, from nursery to 'count my cocktails on holiday'

Carla Bellucci, 42, has taken her youngest daughter, three-year-old Blu, out of nursery - claiming she is learning more by counting her cocktail intake while on a luxury holidays

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