7 h. ago Why Labour MPs are starting to crack under pressure from farmers over inheritance tax

Dozens of Labour MPs decided to abstain on a vote about inheritance tax changes that will affect farmers

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7 h. ago Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

Big farmers grab the lion’s share of US government support, and recent cuts have chipped away at small growers’ markets and marginsThe most significant food system failure since the pandemic was not a natural disaster: in October, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) was temporarily suspended for the month of November due to the government shutdownMore than 40 million people had to ration food, skip meals and make sacrifices we might associate with the Great Depression, not 21st-century America. Churches, community groups and neighbors sprang into action. They checked on single moms juggling multiple jobs, elderly friends living alone, people with disabilities and large families with children too young for school lunch programs. And though food stamps were restored, the Trump administration is now threatening to pull Snap funds from Democratic-led states. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Florian Wirtz has been a total flop at Liverpool and the press need to stop gaslighting us

BRENT A GOB: This week, Harry's taking aim at Florian Wirtz and the bizarrely positive reporting of his performances for Liverpool, and at the term 'farmers league'

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16 h. ago Vocal Jeffrey Epstein accuser urges judges to unseal his court records ‘to lead to justice’

Annie Farmer and other victims fought for the passage of the law, known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act

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20 h. ago The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?

Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has vowed to spend his remaining years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A tax-dodging snail empireIt is a drizzly October afternoon and I am sitting in a rural Lancashire pub drinking pints of Moretti with London’s leading snail farmer and a convicted member of the Naples mafia. We’re discussing the best way to stop a mollusc orgy.The farmer, a 79-year-old former shoe salesman called Terry Ball who has made and lost multiple fortunes, has been cheerfully telling me in great detail for several hours about how he was inspired by former Conservative minister Michael Gove to use snails to cheat local councils out of tens of millions of pounds in taxes. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recordedRecord heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded, analysis has estimated.Three of the five worst harvests on record have now occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of the climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops. Farmers are already facing heavy financial pressure as the costs of fertilisers and other inputs have risen faster than prices. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Labour MP has whip suspended after rebelling on farming inheritance tax vote

The Penrith and Solway MP rebelled and voted against the Government’s plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers on Tuesday night.

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32 h. ago Cummins conundrum is key as Australia try not to overthink tactics

Will the captain return? Will Nathan Lyon play? Who will open? Ashes hostilities are renewed and the hosts don’t need to ask too many questionsAt last, at long last, an Ashes series is about to start. It feels that way, anyway, after so many months of lead-up, such an eternal blur of preview and prediction and preamble, were supposed to reach their end – only to find that the end was instead a momentary interruption, a hiccup, an indigestion-dream of a Test from Perth, a contest done in the span of 31 hours, leaving everyone to return to punditry and prognostication for a further 11 blasted and benighted days.We are, for pity’s sake, in a discussion cycle about Ben Stokes correctly applying a bike helmet while not on a bike, or Steve Smith correctly applying eye-black stickers in his Tim Tebow tribute act, or the archaeologically uncovered fact that Australian teams have a good record at the Gabba. Like farmers waiting for the rains, we are praying for play to start to let us talk a...

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38 h. ago Fresh blow for Reeves as Labour hit with rebellion over tractor tax

Dozens of Labour MPs abstained from the vote, while one backbencher voted against controversial measures to impose inheritance tax on farmers

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43 h. ago Surge in Myanmar opium poppy farming as conflict pushes farmers into illicit trade

The UN office on drugs and crime said in a report the growth underscores Myanmar’s position as the world’s main known source of illicit opiumOpium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, according to the UN, rising 17% in the past year as conflict and economic hardship push more farmers into the illicit trade.Poppy cultivation climbed to 53,100 hectares this year from 45,200 hectares in 2024, the UN office on drugs and crime (UNODC) said in a report, underlining Myanmar’s position as the world’s main known source of illicit opium amid declining production in Afghanistan. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago ROBERT HARDMAN: We need a serious investigation into what looks like the political arrest of farmers

They may be the unlikeliest of political prisoners but they are currently the toast of the countryside - the farmers apprehended for driving into London in tractors on Budget Day.

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51 h. ago Rattled Ruby Wax pounces on sleeping Kelly Brook and screams 'cook some beans!' as hunger pushes her over the edge and she turns tyrant on I'm A Celebrity

Monday's instalment of the ITV show saw the mental health campaigner get appointed as camp leader, after EastEnders star Shona McGarty, 35, was ripped of her title after using contraband.

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52 h. ago Government urged to review farming inheritance tax plans after Commons vote

Backbenchers argued the measure failed to tackle "abuse by the celebrities and the billionaires" who buy farmland to avoid paying a full inheritance tax bill

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53 h. ago How a tiny arm patch is helping people beat cravings, boost energy and lose weight

A new glucose-tracking biosensor is going viral for showing users exactly how food affects their energy, hunger and mood in real time.

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57 h. ago Labour's latest betrayal of farmers? NFU boss lashes out at ministers for 'sacrificing' Britain's dairy sector in India trade deal

Tom Bradshaw, the president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), told MPs of his concerns the industry had been used as a 'bargaining chip' in negotiations.

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58 h. ago 10 notable books of 2025: A posthumous memoir about Epstein, 'Hunger Games' and reliving 2024

The publishing world's notable releases this year included a new “Hunger Games” novel and a book by Thomas Pynchon

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60 h. ago Inside Talamasca The Secret Order cast from Downton Abbey to Hunger Games stars

Netflix's Talamasca The Secret Order has been a huge hit with fans and it stars an array of unforgettable faces.

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3 d. ago Jeremy Clarkson's seven 'disastrous' struggles at Diddy Squat and The Farmer's Dog

Jeremy Clarkson has faced a wave of problems running both Diddly Squat Farm and his Cotswolds pub, The Farmer’s Dog, from planning battles and staff walkouts to thefts and soaring costs

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3 d. ago True story behind house in middle of M62 and 'stubborn farmer' who lived there

Stott Hall Farm in Yorkshire is one of the most famous homes in England, an 18th-century farmhouse built splat bang in the middle of a busy motorway. The stuff of urban legend, an unearthed documentary reveals the truth behind the iconic "Little House on the Prairie".

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3 d. ago Isolated farmhouse in middle of UK motorway and 'stubborn farmer who refused to move'

Stott Hall Farm sits between carriageways of the M62 in West Yorkshire, surrounded by motorway traffic. The 18th-century farmhouse has sparked urban legends about a stubborn farmer - but the reality is far simpler

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