CASH-POOR pensioners sitting on valuable family homes could be plunged into a debt spiral under Rachel Reeves’ new “mansion tax” plans. Reeves unveiled the levy in Wednesday’s Budget, targeting homes worth more than £2million. Sign up for the Money newsletter Thank you! To stop grannies being forced to sell up, …
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OPAL MAG + UGLY OZO – ALPHABET, BRIGHTON 27.11.25 Brighton’s own Opal Mag took centre stage as headliners at Alphabet on Thursday, bringing their hazy blend of dream pop shimmer and shoegaze grit to a hometown crowd. Joining them on the bill were Isle of Wight’s Ugly Ozo, whose fierce …
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Shak Khan from Great Barr said he went to get a meal from Pizza Hut in Great Barr, but ended up with more than he could stomach – a £100 parking ticket, despite paying to park in Bromford Walk A takeaway customer who says he stopped outside a well-known pizza …
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I’m fiercely independent and averse to small talk, but I wasn’t going to let that get in the way of my dream. When my French partner declared that he had “zero interest” in boarding the Royal Scotsman, a Belmond Train—a journey I’ve dreamed of taking since it took to the …
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By David Grantham News in brief Reigate Business Guild’s Christmas Fayre takes place today, Saturday, 11.30am – 5pm, one of the most popular events in the town’s calendar. The guild has said: “As well as the stalls in Church Street there is a lot of entertainment for all the family …
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The push comes after years of controversy surrounding his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and allegations from the late Virginia Giuffre, who said Windsor sexually assaulted her as a teenager before she took her life this year aged 41. He denies the accusation. Windsor is now living in …
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As far as royal books go, none has been as recently controversial as Omid Scobie’s Endgame. While royal watchers had initially written Endgame off, the publication – and then hasty recall – of its Dutch translation sent shockwaves around the world. Two years after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle told …
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A sale of a 221-acre plot of farmland next to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Chilton, in the south of the county, was completed on Wednesday, October 8. The purchase is said to deliver on The Crown Estate’s objective to create “world-class” lab space for the benefit of …
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Royal Mail is waiting to learn whether it can make a series of changes to its plans for a new depot. It wants to move the loading bays for lorries from the northern end of the proposed distribution centre in Patcham to the southern end – nearer to neighbours’ homes, …
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Engineering work means that no trains will run between Brighton and Hove and Gatwick tomorrow (Sunday 30 November). Network Rail said: “Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express passengers are advised to plan ahead on Sunday 30 November as buses replace trains on the Brighton main line due to major engineering work …
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