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Chagos Islands: Andy Burnham set to face brutal showdown in New York as Mauritius piles on the pressure for Labour surrender`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

Reform UK has pledged to reverse Labour’s inheritance tax changes for family farms and businesses as part of a wider package aimed at supporting Britain’s small firms.The party says it would reverse the reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) in full, despite the Government already watering down the plans following a major backlash from farmers and business owners.Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick is set to unveil the policy as part of what Reform UK describes as its most ambitious small business support package in a decade.Under the inheritance tax changes which took effect on April 6,…

Yellow weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office as heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to break out over parts of the UK later this week.The warnings span Wednesday and Thursday and include parts of east Wales, the Midlands, northern England, East Anglia and southern England – including London.It is likely to be the one of the most widespread outbreaks of heavy rain across southern and central parts of the UK this summer.While good news for regions plagued by drought, significant accumulations could lead to flash flooding where the ground is too dry and hard to absorb the…

In the open air of the Raiffeisen Arena, with bedlam all around, there was nowhere to hide for Celtic or Martin O’Neill.The Scottish champions had endured one of the darkest nights in their European history. After going out to Kairat Almaty on penalties last year at this stage of the Champions League play-offs, that is saying something.Four goals up on aggregate against LASK, O’Neill’s Celtic somehow conspired to implode in a second half with little sign of a response on the way to a 5-4 aggregate loss following extra time.There was no hiding place, and the Celtic manager was frank…

A man has denied raping a teenage girl in Manchester.Abdul Shinwari, 24, also pleaded not guilty to strangling the “vulnerable” 17-year-old and denied drugs offences.Shinwari appeared at Manchester Crown Court via video link from HMP Forest Bank, Salford, earlier to deny one count of rape, one of intentional strangulation, one of supplying cannabis and one of being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine.The rape offence is alleged to have been committed at about 01:30 BST on 14 July, on Hope Street near Piccadilly Gardens. He will be held in custody until a further hearing on 21 December, ahead of…

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Labour will miss its flagship 1.5 million homes target by more than half a million as soaring costs and new Net Zero and building rules cripple housebuilding, a leading construction economist has warned.A new forecast unveiled today predicts just 940,000 new homes will be built in England over the five-year period – 560,000 short of the Government’s ambition, and fewer than the previous two five-year periods.Despite Labour’s promise to “get Britain building”, Professor Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association (CPA) and professor of construction economics at University College London, warned the Government “cannot have it both ways”…

Dolly Parton’s cause of death has been revealed, just hours after her team confirmed the country icon had died aged 80.The country icon died following a “brief battle with cancer,” according to People magazine.“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched,” her team said in a statement to the outlet.”Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand. Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or…

A man has pleaded guilty to filming beneath a young girl’s skirt in a shopping centre before running off and later being tracked down on CCTV. Alex Allegretto, 39, admitted the offence of operating a mobile phone beneath the clothing of another person for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification. Police were called to St David’s 2 shopping centre on the morning of 7 July after a mother reported Allegretto, who was unknown to them, for upskirting her daughter.He was caught on CCTV heading back to his car and was later arrested for voyeurism at his home in Maesteg, in…

Moses Itauma says Filip Hrgovic’s comments are starting to “wind him up” before their IBF heavyweight world title fight on Saturday.A victory at the O2 Arena would mean 21-year-old Itauma becomes the second youngest heavyweight world champion in history, behind only Mike Tyson.The British fighter is the favouite going into the contest, but Hrgovic has been trying to taunt his rival by calling him a “kid” and “inexperienced”.”I tell myself there’s nothing that this Hrgovic guy can do to get in my head but he’s starting to wind me up,” Itauma said. “In an interview earlier, apparently he said I…