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Angus Cochrane Scotland Getty ImagesScottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison said she wanted to provide “certainty” after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the UK BudgetThe Scottish government will not increase income tax rates or introduce new bands in next year’s Budget, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said.However, decisions on thresholds for bands could mean that higher earners ultimately pay more tax. Robison said she wanted to provide “certainty” after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the UK Budget. Reeves defended her plans – which will lead to Scots paying more income tax and National Insurance – as “fair”.Holyrood ministers have used their devolved powers…

Defending super-G champion Lara Gut-Behrami will miss the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy after suffering a season-ending knee injury.Swiss Ski said the 34-year-old will have surgery after crashing during training in Copper Mountain in Colorado.She ruptured a cruciate ligament and tore a medial ligament and a meniscus in her left knee.Gut-Behrami, who has won 48 World Cup golds across three disciplines, planned to retire after the 2025-26 season.”My goal is to fully recover from this injury and to reach my full performance again. Only then will I know what the future holds for me,” she said.

Drivers are set to see the A1 at Wentbridge return to 70mph for the first time in around two years after major repair works near completion.National Highways revealed that all traffic management on the stretch over the Grade II-listed Wentbridge Viaduct in West Yorkshire will be removed on Sunday, December 7.The road has been stuck with narrowed lanes and a temporary 50mph limit on the northbound side since early 2023, with drivers forced to travel at lower speeds.From next week, that restriction will be removed, following a series of overnight closures that began on Monday (November 24) between 8pm and…

A member of the GB News studio audience launched a scathing attack on former Labour adviser Paul Richards, branding him “deluded” in a fierce confrontation about migration expenditure.The audience participant took control of the microphone and fumed at the tripling of migrant accommodation costs. The GB News audience member said: “Triple the cost for the migrant accommodation. We shouldn’t be paying a single penny. “We should never have paid anything towards the accommodation in the first place. If anything, these people need to be deported and the countries they’re from need to pick up the tab.”The British public have had…

The Duchess of Northumberland appears to have made a subtle dig at Sarah Ferguson and Meghan Markle in a new interview.Jane Percy revealed that she writes her books under the pen name of Jane Northumberland to avoid using her royal title. She claimed: “Unlike other duchesses who put their names everywhere, I’m not using my title. I’d say it could be detrimental as one or two duchesses haven’t really helped the cause lately.“People think it must have been easy for me, but nothing comes from nothing. It’s all been down to hard work,” she told the Telegraph. The Duchess of…

British savers have been dealt a “sucker punch” by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s reforms to ISAs as billions of pounds in savings could be slapped with more tax, analysts warn.During yesterday’s Budget announcement, the Chancellor confirmed plans to reduce the annual cash ISA tax-free allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 starting in April 2027 for under 65s. This has as triggered fierce opposition from building societies, as fresh data reveals more Britons have been rushing to maximise their current allowances before the stealth tax raid on savings.Analysis of CACI figures by Paragon Bank demonstrates that ISA deposits surged by £46.9billion during the…

Coronation Street star Lynne Verrall, who played Geraldine Spellman in the ITV soap, has died at the age of 76.She appeared on the popular soap throughout 2017. It was revealed on Thursday that she died on November 8 after battling a long illness.The performer passed away after battling Motor Neurone Disease (MND).Ms Verrall joined the ITV soap in 2017, playing the grandmother of Summer Spellman, a character portrayed by Harriet Bibby. Her television appearance came during an acting career that extended across more than fifty years.Lynne Verrall starred in the ITV soap in 2017 | ITVA memorial fundraising initiative has…

An expert has warned that drivers could eventually face huge costs for using their vehicles on the road after the Chancellor confirmed a major tax overhaul in the Budget.Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced yesterday that she would launch new pay-per-mile car taxes in the form of the new “Electric Vehicle Excise Duty” (eVED) tax.The new charge will impact electric and plug-in hybrid cars from April 2028, and charge drivers 3p and 1.5p per mile, respectively.Owners of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will have to pay the mileage-based charges alongside standard Vehicle Excise Duty in a “double tax”.Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the…

PA MediaDamilola Taylor had dreamed of becoming a doctor to “save the world”A quarter of a century after 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was killed, his family, friends, campaigners and community leaders will gather in central London to honour his memory and confront the continuing impact of youth violence. Those attending include London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, who will join the Taylor family to mark a life cut short and reflect on the legacy of Damilola’s death.Twenty-five years ago, on 27 November 2000, Damilola was walking home from Peckham Library after a day at school.…

A man has been charged after a 12-year-old boy was attacked in the street with a metal item, police said.The incident took place on Stockport Road in Timperley, Trafford, at 18:30 GMT on Friday, said Greater Manchester Police.The force said the boy had been walking down Stockport Road with two friends when a man got out of a car and chased them. Police said the boy attempted to run away but was hit with a “metal item”, leaving him with back, hip and left leg injuries.Adithya Ramamoorthy, 21, of Vale Road in Timperley, has been charged with section 18 assault…