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“He was talented athletically and academically and he understood the importance of hard work. If you ever saw him smile, you knew he was all heart. He was a person of character as well as a great team-mate.”Dietz was from Conway, Arkansas, and was in his second year at Connors State. He started the first eight games of the season for the Cowboys, averaging 11 points and 9.4 rebounds.The school cancelled several men’s and women’s basketball games and scheduled a campus vigil to honour Dietz’s life on Monday.”It is devastating when such a bright light is taken from us,” added…

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Working Britons will be forced to fund 25,000 more families on benefits thanks to Rachel Reeves’s Budget, the fiscal watchdog has admitted.The Chancellor lifted the two-child benefit cap on Wednesday – with parents now able to claim Universal Credit and tax reductions for their third and any subsequent children.The move was widely panned for buckling to the demands of the Labour left – several of whom were suspended from the party last summer after campaigning to do exactly what Ms Reeves did yesterday.She said lifting it would bring 450,000 children out of poverty – at a cost to taxpayers of…

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Easington residents have hit out at Rachel Reeves after the Chancellor read her Budget to the Commons today.One person told GB News after the statement: “It’s failed to address the major issues in the economy and it’s tinkered around the edges with the two child cup and things like that. “But at the end of the day, we need some bigger policies than just little tinkering.”Another said: “Let’s face it, it’s always the same, isn’t it? You know, the the working people get hammered, the people on benefits get extra. Always the same.”WATCH THE CLIP ABOVE FOR MORE

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Juliette Parkin,in BrightonandHsin-Yi Lo,South EastFamily handoutEllame Ford-Dunn was found dead in the grounds of Worthing Hospital in March 2022An NHS trust has been fined £200,000 for failing to provide “safe care and treatment” for a 16-year-old girl who died on hospital grounds after fleeing her ward.Ellame Ford-Dunn, from Upper Beeding, West Sussex, died at Worthing Hospital in March 2022 where she had been admitted as a mental health inpatient.She ran into the grounds of the hospital and was not immediately followed by a nurse because of “confusion” and a lack of appropriate procedure in place, the court heard.Last month, University…

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Suzanne WigginsSuzanne Wiggins’s 25th annual Christmas light display to honour her late daughterA bereaved mother says she had abuse shouted at her as she put up her Christmas lights display in memory of her late daughter “because it was only November”.Suzanne Wiggins, 54, has put up the display at her Tameside home for the past 25 years as a tribute to her nine-year-old daughter, Courtenay Wiggins, who died of misdiagnosed meningitis in 2000.But after a “venomous” comment from a passer-by, Ms Wiggins said she wanted to remind people of the tradition’s backstory.”I know it’s only November, and if my daughter…

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her second Budget in Parliament to announce major tax increases on investment and property income as part of what she described as a drive to deliver a fairer system.She said the Government would raise tax rates across property, savings and dividend income by two percentage points, marking one of the most significant shifts in the treatment of different income streams in recent years.Ms Reeves told MPs the current tax structure places an unequal burden on workers compared with those earning money from investments. She argued that this imbalance had become increasingly difficult to justify and required…

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Rachel Reeves used her Budget to announce a new wave of inheritance tax reforms, signalling her stamp on one of the most politically charged parts of the tax system. The chancellor confirmed that some payments will now be exempt from the levy as part of the updated framework.The announcements follow months of speculation about how the system might change and what it would mean for those caught by the tax.Key measures include exempting compensation from the Infected Blood scheme and allowing agricultural and business property relief allowances to be transferred between married couples. At the same time, inheritance tax thresholds…

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Lyndsey Telford News NIPA MediaFonaCab Development League, said it acted immediately to remove the man from the league and has informed his clubA coach has been removed from a children’s football club after posting an apparent drugs menu to a group chat containing coaches from some 300 grassroots league clubs.The man, who is understood to coach under-eights at a club in Belfast, shared an image of what appeared to be a price list for drugs.The message, which was said to be deleted shortly after it was posted, also included a list of meet-up points and the statement “time wasters will…

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Frank’s formation moved away from the five-man defence that drew so much fury against Arsenal, operating with a traditional back four protected by Rodrigo Bentancur and Archie Gray. He paired Richarlison and Kolo Muani up front to good effect.It was also line-up that suggested Frank may have had one eye on Saturday night’s key home game against Fulham, with Mohammed Kudus, Joao Palhinha, Destiny Udogie, Wilson Odobert and Xavi Simons left out.Spurs, however were none the worse for that until they were submerged under PSG’s quality, Frank’s selection tireless out of possession using a man-for-man strategy which Luis Enrique’s side…

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