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Budget day has arrived and its policies, predictions, and preparations fill the front pages of the newspapers. The Sun says Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce “new taxes on fun” and it lists “work, pensions, houses, taxis, milkshakes, hotel stays” as areas that will be impacted, with the “cash redirected to the NHS and benefits”. It adds motorists will feel relief from a likely extension to the “fuel duty freeze”. Reeves is facing a moment “moment of truth”, the i Paper writes, as she delivers a fiscal statement while “caught between the surge of Reform on the right and demands from…

Yet it could have been so different after Newcastle initially handled a white-hot atmosphere so well by gaining the upper hand.The noise levels were certainly deafening before kick-off – even referee Maurizio Mariani and the officials were loudly whistled when they emerged for the warm-up.Flares were let off, ticker tape flickered in the air and a stunning tifo rose from the terraces with an accompanying banner reading “For my town, for my club”.But Newcastle were prepared for it.They had travelled early, trained at the Velodrome on Monday evening and looked to prepare slightly differently on game day, “to keep the…

Sir Keir Starmer and Labour are braced for an immediate litmus test on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget, as three local councils go to the polls on November 27.The Chancellor will deliver her plans for the economy on Wednesday, mere hours before voters in Sunderland, Pendle and King’s Lynn and West Norfolk make their choices.Labour currently holds just one of the seats, Hetton in Sunderland, and is looking to defend its control of the council. The seat was made vacant after the death of the previous Labour incumbent.Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are also standing in all authorities up for grabs and…

Princess Kate has been praised for her “hands-on mum” parenting style, being “admired for practising what she preaches”.The Princess of Wales, who is the mother of Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, “understands the pressures that exist for many working parents, and means every word” in the advice she gives.Former BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond credited the future Queen for the way she balances her work with family life.”I admire Catherine… She is a hands-on mum as much as she can possibly be and she has encouraged William to be a full-on dad,” she told The Mirror.Princess Kate has…

Despite, or perhaps because of, months of speculation, there’s little we can say with certainty about what exactly is going to be in this Budget. What we do know is that Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a package of tax rises aimed at balancing the books. So what could actually be announced when the Chancellor reveals the Budget later today, and what will it mean for households up and down the country? Income tax For weeks, it looked almost certain that there was going to be a hike in income tax by as much as 2p. This would have…

Queen guitarist Brian May has issued a stern warning to social media trolls, telling them to “shut up” while sharing a heartfelt tribute to late bandmate Freddie Mercury on Instagram.The 78-year-old rock legend posted fan artwork depicting Mr Mercury at various stages throughout his life, featuring a touching illustration of the singer holding himself as an infant, surrounded by images from his childhood.Mr May accompanied the post with his 1992 track Just One Life, originally written for actor Philip Sayer, writing: “The most beautiful memories are the saddest. Remembering the one and only Freddie M.”The guitarist defended the artist against…

Older drivers could be slapped with additional fees as car insurance companies cut no-claims discounts, even if they have gone decades without claiming.Experts are warning that insurance firms are “arbitrarily” capping proof of no-claims discount, potentially leading to drivers paying more for their coverage.It comes as a growing practice across the insurance industry that could result in a limit on the information provided in renewal documents.Drivers are expected to provide evidence of their no-claims discount entitlement when taking out a new policy, with this typically coming from a letter from their previous insurer.Despite this being a long-standing practice, insurance companies…

Katie RazzallCulture and Media EditorA former board member who quit last week has shared his resignation letter with News, shedding new light on the events that led up to the departures of the corporation’s director general and CEO of news.Shumeet Banerji resigned on Friday, citing “governance issues” but the full reasons were not known until now.In his damning letter, he said news boss Deborah Turness was told that “she did not have the confidence of a majority of the board”.But, Banerji wrote, he was “not invited to any meeting where a matter of such importance was to be discussed”.The details…

“Had we been aware, or had this been declared at any point before or during the competition, this athlete would not have been permitted to compete in the Woman’s Open category,” the statement added.”It is our responsibility to ensure fairness and ensure athletes are assigned to men or women’s categories based on whether they are recorded as male or female at birth.”Thompson, first crowned world’s strongest woman in 2018, said the manner she had won the title had taken the gloss off it, but praised Strongman for “investigating and rectifying the situation so quickly”.”What should be a momentous occasion has…

A university student accused of fatally stabbing a “germaphobic” woman told jurors she attacked him after she became “stressed” she may have caught a sexually transmitted disease.Joshua Michals, 26, denies murdering Zhe Wang, a fellow student at Goldsmiths, University of London.Ms Wang, 31, was discovered with two stab wounds to her face at her flat in Lewisham, south-east London, on March 20 last year after the defendant phoned 999.Michals, of Deals Gateway in south-east London, told the Old Bailey on Monday he had put his hands around her neck to try to restrain her because she was trying to attack…