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Businesses across England face 300m per year bill under new Government proposals

That's according to analysis by Gerald Eve, a real-estate advisory company Businesses across England could be saddled with bills for around £150 a year under new Government proposals intended to help them with their tax. A requirement for businesses to update the Government annually could cost a total of around £300 million a year, analysis by Gerald Eve, a real-estate advisory company, has found. The estimate is more than four

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Local News

The life of Bryan: Former mayor and long-serving councillor releases autobiography

From a lad working on the land, he went on to become West Norfolk's civic leader and a long serving councillor.And from growing prize chrysanthemums to bringing CCTV to Lynn and raising the profile of a famous seafaring son – there's no question that Bryan Howling has made his mark in the community.Now at 92, he has added to his list of achievements with the publication of his autobiography Half

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National News

Mail publishers bid to end court cases over alleged unlawful activity to start

The publisher of the Daily Mail will bring a bid to end High Court claims brought by people including the Duke of Sussex, Sir Elton John and Baroness Doreen Lawrence over alleged unlawful information-gathering at its titles. The group of high-profile individuals, also including Sir Elton’s husband David Furnish and actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, announced in October they were bringing claims for misuse of private information against Associated

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National News

Government committed to meaningful and lasting improvements to music streaming

The Government said it is committed to making “meaningful and lasting improvements” in response to a report on music streaming released by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee (DCMS). The economics of music streaming follow-up report was released by the DCMS in January and said musicians should receive a fairer share of revenues and there should be a “complete reset” of the music streaming market. In response to the

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National News

Royal Mint unveils magical Hogwarts coin to conclude Harry Potter collection

The final coin in a collection celebrating 25 years since the first publication of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone has been launched by the Royal Mint. The coin, which is available as a 50p and in other denominations, features Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The collection, which started to be introduced in 2022, also features Harry Potter, the Hogwarts Express and Professor Albus Dumbledore on individual coins. Coin

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National News

Manchester shooting victim named

The family of a 32-year-old father believed to have been shot dead in a targeted attack in Manchester have said he was his mother’s “pride and joy”. Zikel Bobmanuel, whose youngest child is six weeks old, was pronounced dead at the scene in Welland Street, Openshaw, at around 2pm on Saturday – with officers saying he died from gunshot wounds. Police have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of murder

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National News

Kane strikes again as England make it 2 in 2

Bukayo Saka scored a stunner after Harry Kane extended his goalscoring record as England continued their winning start to Euro 2024 qualification against Ukraine. Gareth Southgate told his players that Thursday’s impressive 2-1 victory at Euro 2020 conquerors Italy could only be considered a fantastic result if they followed it up with another win at Wembley. England did not disappoint in their first home match since reaching the World Cup

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National News

Last gasp debutant rescues Wales point in Croatia

Wales hero Nathan Broadhead never lost faith that his chance would come after a series of setbacks that almost derailed his international career. Broadhead struck a sensational equaliser with virtually the last kick of the match as Wales held World Cup semi-finalists Croatia to a 1-1 draw in their opening Euro 2024 qualifier in Split. In doing so, Broadhead became the first Welshman to score on his debut since Ben

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Sport

March pair take on 20-miler

Andy and Tricia Cole ran the Twin Lakes 20 miler in Milton Keynes.It was a tough day on the course with the off road bits being quite muddy. However that didn’t stop the March stars.Andy finished in 2:28:47 – another fantastic time.Tricia continued her fine running form as she recorded a superb time of 3:47:13.Andy and Tricia Cole (63073826)

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Sport

Linnets pick up three points at Hereford

Hereford 0 King's Lynn Town 1 King's Lynn Town maintained their slim National League North title hopes with a slender victory over Hereford at Edgar Street on Saturday.Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the only goal of a poor game 15 minutes before the interval to give Tommy Widdrington's side the three points on their travels.Lynn remain five points behind AFC Fylde at the top of the league standings after the Coasters recorded

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