The well-off and the wealthy get a great tax deal in the UK that they're going to find hard to replicate anywhere else. This is the audio version:This the transcript:Are the rich really going to leave the UK? But what you will see is the lowest group of income earners have a very high tax rate. Because people aren't going to run their overall rate of tax is so low only 22%. But suppose she doubled that rate so it was the same as the income tax rate on equivalent income.
✉ We flew from Birmingham in September and booked an airport lounge as well as (expensive) NCP parking in car parks 2 and 3, to be as close to the terminal as possible. We arrived in good time and found that car park 3 was full, so we went to 2. Steve WrightAfter stumping up for expensive airport parking you had an infuriating experience and if you’d arrived any later you could have missed your flight. NCP has now offered its apologies, explaining that this September has been one of the busiest months at the airport. But you are just glad to have clawed back the cost of the expensive taxi ride and new car hire.
One of history’s most controversial, reviled, and yet important figures, the first conquistador, Christopher Columbus, is the subject of a new scientific breakthrough, that could finally resolve two long-standing mysteries surrounding him. Interestingly, some of Columbus’s remains may still rest in the Caribbean. Portrait of a Man said to be Christopher Columbus. (Public Domain)The Identity of Christopher Columbus: Looter, PlundererThe dominant Western narrative about Columbus has been celebrating his achievements as a explorer and ‘discoverer’ of the New World, i.e., the Americas. A sign left at the site read: “Columbus represents genocide.”Top image: Tomb of Christopher Columbus in Seville Cathedral.
Begiristain took on the role in October 2012, having been in the same position at Barcelona from 2003-10, and was widely credited with luring compatriot Pep Guardiola to City four years later. It was Begiristain who backed Guardiola in his managerial big break at Barcelona, with the pair striking up a close friendship as team-mates at the Catalan club in the early-to-mid 1990s. Pep Guardiola, second left, and Txiki Begiristain, right, have a close relationship (Martin Rickett/PA)“Manchester City can confirm that Txiki Begiristain will step away from his full-time role as director of football at the end of the 2024/25 season,” the club said in a short statement. “Viana will begin his full-time role in the summer of 2025, but will collaborate with Txiki in the preceding months to ensure a smooth transition. “We look forward to paying tribute to Txiki’s outstanding contribution to Manchester City at the end of the season.”
This is the story of how the marathon has changed, told by some of the people behind the technological revolution. Marathon running is done individually but succeeds best when athletes work in packs, either with official pacemakers or using each other to share workloads and draft. They put one into a marathon shoe in a 2006 study, got sub-elite athletes to run on treadmills, and found a 1.3 per cent benefit in terms of energy reduction. “We set up at that point (2016), one of the most in-depth and best controlled studies on running shoes. Hoogkamer uses MRI scanners at the University of Massachusetts, which “you can’t really run in.” Some opt for ultrasound devices and others for muscle oxygenation sensors.
The 33-year-old’s aquatic escape across the Murrumbidgee River followed his alleged stabbing of a man in Wagga Wagga. The incident started when the man allegedly stabbed another man, 42, in the neck with scissors in a North Wagga Wagga park. The younger man was then allegedly shot by a third man involved in the altercation, who fled and has not been located. Police said they found the shooting victim in the Murrumbidgee River a short distance from the park. His alleged victim has been discharged from hospital.
“Contrast her age and vitality with his,” the senior aide to Harris, 59, said early on Saturday. Questions over whether he was too enfeebled forced Joe Biden to halt his bid for re-election to the presidency during the summer. The 81-year-old Democrat dropped out of a rematch with Trump on 21 July and endorsed Harris to succeed him. Recent national polling averages show Harris with a nearly four-point edge over Trump in the 5 November race for the presidency. “And in fact, I’m quite critical of it coming from someone who wants to be president of the United States.”
Jack Grealish appears to have returned to England training immediately despite being left out of Lee Carsley's Nations League squad for the Thursday night defeat to Greece. England toiled without Grealish, who impressed during the September international break after being reinstated into the team, and went down shock 2-1 losers. Luckily for Guardiola, who not only saw his player treated with precaution, Grealish seems to be raring to go already. In a post online on Friday, England showed Grealish in training. For Guardiola, Grealish is likely to be called on if fit.
However, the 23-year-old Italian, winner of both the Australian Open and US Open this year, soon broke back to level at 2-2 before closing out the set. 🚨 🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner claims ATP Year-End No. Djokovic never looked in danger of seeing his unbeaten record against the American slip, despite appearing to struggle with some fitness issues during the second set, which went to a tie-break. Fritz fought back to move 6-5 ahead in the second set, with Djokovic taking a medical timeout for treatment on his left hip. “Taylor is in form, playing really well, particularly on this surface, so I knew this would be a big test for me.”
Bulls Lane and Wildhill Road - HatfieldBulls Lane and Wildhill Road are set to be closed for a period of up to 18 months from October 28. School Lane - WelwynSchool Lane is set to be closed for a period of up to 18 months from October 28. The restrictions shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the road, and a diversion will be in place. The restrictions shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the road, and a diversion will be in place. The restrictions shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the road, and a diversion will be in place.
My knowledge of classical mythology is sketchy. I keep meaning to read Stephen Fry’s Mythos and Heroes to get up to speed but, er, I haven’t. You resolve to tackle something self-improving … and then someone at work recommends another hugely entertaining crime thriller/quirky black comedy/searing documentary and you watch telly instead. Anyway, thanks to an adolescent infatuation with supercool, polo-neck wearing, Gitane-smoking, football-playing French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus, I am familiar with the myth of Sisyphus, which Camus used to explain his theory of the absurd. Sisyphus, having (as per usual in Greek mythology) angered the gods, was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill all day, only for it to roll back down again when he got near
Virginia McCullough, 36, confesses to Essex police officers that she murdered her parents and then directs them to their bodies. McCullough had been living alongside their bodies for four years, having murdered them in June 2019. She has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years
Cumberland, MD (21502)TodaySunny along with a few clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph..TonightA few clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
It hasn’t happened too often over the last two years, but I was really disappointed with our performance on Saturday. A London away day and one many saw as Town’s best chance of getting all three points so far this season. Ipswich Town fan columnist Joey Sadler dissects the Blues’ defeat at West HamI think there was an element of us believing West Ham were there for the taking and for me, that showed in the way we performed. I don’t think so. Yes, it’s only October, but for these two, I think it’s one of the biggest they could play all season.
On these lower spring tides, the upper limit of the common seagrass meadow that grows across the South Sands bay is exposed – laying limp across the sandy shore ad displaying no hint of the undersea jungle that the same leaves would become when later lifted by their buoyancy in the seawater as the tide would return. There are a few animals that are rarely found outside seagrass meadows but it appears that our two species of British seahorses, are not one of those. They seem equally likely to be found on seaweed, animal-made seafirs and even on a mooring as the last one at Blackpool Sands was recently found.
