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Scotland Needs One Million Immigrants to Fix Worker Crisis - Green MSP

Scotland Needs One Million Immigrants to Fix Worker Crisis – Green MSP

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Scotland needs at least one million immigrants, including people from poorer and conflict affected countries, to address an escalating shortage of workers, according to Scottish Green MSP Ariane Burgess. Speaking at a land reform conference in Perth, the Highland and Islands MSP and Green rural affairs spokeswoman argued that Scotland requires a significant population boost […]

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Demolition Begins at Anglia Square as £350 Million Norwich Regeneration Project Launches

Demolition Begins at Anglia Square as £350 Million Norwich Regeneration Project Launches

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Demolition has begun at Anglia Square in Norwich, marking what local leaders have described as a “historic day” for the city’s regeneration. The once bustling shopping centre, built between the late 1960s and early 1970s, is being cleared to make way for a new £350 million mixed use development. The ambitious plan will see the

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Firework Explodes Between Man’s Buttocks in Viral Birmingham Video

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A man has suffered painful burns to his backside after attempting to launch a firework from between his buttocks in what many have described as a reckless and dangerous stunt. Footage of the incident, believed to have been filmed in Birmingham, has gone viral on social media, sparking widespread condemnation and renewed warnings over firework

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Over 150 Business Leaders Criticise Proposed Exit Tax on Wealthy Emigrants

Over 150 Business Leaders Criticise Proposed Exit Tax on Wealthy Emigrants

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More than 150 business leaders have warned that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s plan to impose an exit tax on wealthy emigrants could push investment away from Britain and deter entrepreneurial activity. Founders of some of the UK’s most successful start-ups and investors wrote to Reeves saying the tax would “not only tell founders that their ideas

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Arctic Blast Hits the UK: Temperatures to Plunge to -6C with Widespread Snowfall

Arctic Blast Hits the UK: Temperatures to Plunge to -6C with Widespread Snowfall

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The UK is set to experience an intense Arctic weather spell this November, with temperatures plunging to a bone-chilling -6C. Snowfall is expected across parts of the country from Saturday, 15 November, with conditions potentially persisting well into the festive period. Weather projections from WX Charts, based on Met Desk data, indicate that Scotland, north-west

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Thousands of Older Britons Dragged into 62% Tax Trap, HMRC Reveals

Thousands of Older Britons Dragged into 62% Tax Trap – HMRC

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The number of state pensioners facing a crippling 62 per cent marginal tax rate has more than doubled, as frozen tax thresholds push thousands of older Britons into higher tax bands. Official HMRC figures show that in 2024–25, around 77,000 pensioners earned between £100,000 and £125,140,  the income range where personal allowance tapering creates an

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‘They’re My Babies’: Mum in Tears as RSPCA Seizes Nine Cats Despite Court Ban

‘They’re My Babies’: Mum in Tears as RSPCA Seizes Nine Cats Despite Court Ban

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A woman banned from keeping cats for ten years was caught with nine of them in her home, telling officers “they’re my babies” as the animals were seized. Marissa Faultless, 68, had previously been disqualified from owning cats after nearly 100 were rescued from her home on Tower Road, Sutton Coldfield, where inspectors found “appalling

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Sir David Beckham Receives Knighthood in Emotional Windsor Ceremony

Sir David Beckham Receives Knighthood in Emotional Windsor Ceremony

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Sir David Beckham has revealed that he had been “crying for months” after receiving his long awaited knighthood from King Charles at a ceremony held in Windsor Castle. The 50 year old former England captain, affectionately nicknamed Goldenballs by his wife Victoria Beckham, was recognised for his outstanding contributions to sport and charitable work. “It

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