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Liverpool City Council has started blasting classical music from speakers throughout the Whitechapel district to tackle youth disorder in the city centre.Both Merseyside Police and the council are behind the initiative, which sees orchestral arrangements broadcast in public spaces.The two organisations described the approach as “an effective tool” for breaking up gatherings of young people and “preventing anti-social behaviour”.The tactic has emerged as the city, renowned globally for its musical heritage, grapples with rising concerns about disorder in the centre.Classically trained musicians in Liverpool have reacted with fury to the strategy, accusing authorities of turning their art form into a…
Britain faces the prospect of unemployment climbing above two million for the first time in over a decade, according to new forecasts from the Item Club.The influential economic research group predicts the jobless rate will jump from 5.2 per cent to 5.8 per cent next year as the Iran conflict batters an already fragile economy.Such a rise would push the number of people out of work from 1.87 million currently to more than 2.1 million, a level not witnessed since 2014.The Item Club’s projections carry particular weight because its economists employ the same forecasting model used by the Treasury, suggesting…
The Irwin family turned down an opportunity to meet Prince Harry and Meghan during their four-day visit to Australia last week, a source has claimed.The Duchess of Sussex had apparently been keen to connect with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and his relatives at their Queensland zoo.Sources suggest Meghan, 44, was left disappointed when the famous Australian family politely declined the invitation.An insider told New Idea magazine that aligning with the Irwins’ conservation efforts was something “Meghan and Harry could be on board with”.A key factor in the decision appears to be Robert Irwin’s professional connection to Prince William, whom he…
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has intensified its scrutiny of Britain’s larger businesses, with VAT investigations surging by nearly a third over the past year.Probes into unpaid VAT by large and medium-sized enterprises reached 11,894 in the 12 months to March 2025.This represents a 31 per cent jump from the 9,071 investigations conducted during the preceding year.The escalation forms part of the Government’s push to narrow the gap between taxes owed and taxes actually collected.Overall VAT probes, encompassing smaller firms and individuals, also climbed from 103,790 to 110,300 across the same period, signalling a broader enforcement drive by the Treasury’s…
Patrick Muldoon, the American actor and producer recognised for his performances in the daytime soap Days of Our Lives, the primetime drama Melrose Place and Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi film Starship Troopers, has died at the age of 57.The star passed away on Sunday morning following a heart attack, his family confirmed.Mr Muldoon created the character of Austin Reed in Days of Our Lives, a role he inhabited from 1992 to 1995 before reprising it between 2011 and 2012.He also appeared as the antagonist Richard Hart across three seasons of Melrose Place.Patrick Muldoon in 1997 | GETTYOn the cinema screen, he…
A local authority has taken a strong stance against motorists breaking road rules, vowing that they will have zero tolerance for “selfish drivers”.The warning from Bedford Borough Council comes after one driver received more than 100 fines for illegal parking.A single motorist was slapped with 102 penalty charge notices for parking offences between January and September last year.In total, the rule-breaking driver racked up parking fines worth a staggering £7,140 over the nine-month period.Bedford Borough Council is one of many local authorities that is signed up to the National Persistent Evader Database.The UK-wide database allows partners to see data on…
Australian Hannah Green’s strong start to 2026 continued with victory in the JM Eagle LA Championship – her fourth triumph of the year.In March, she became the first Australian to win the Women’s Australian Open since 2014, and lifted the LPGA’s Women’s World Championship and the Australian WPGA Championship. In Los Angeles, Green holed a curling 12-foot birdie putt on the first play-off hole to win this LPGA Tour event for the third time in four years.It was a stunning victory for Green given she had briefly been six shots adrift of the lead after Kim Sei-young chipped in for…
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