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Pound – live: Liz Truss to meet head of UK’s independent tax body after market meltdown

Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will meet the head of Britain’s independent tax body today after a market meltdown sparked by the mini-budget. In an unusual move, Ms Truss and Chancellor Kwarteng will meet Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) chairman Richard Hughes to discuss economic and fiscal developments. Kwarteng unveiled a series …

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Nicola Peltz gushes as husband Brooklyn Beckham hugs mother-in-law Claudia in Paris

Nicola Peltz opened up about her mother Claudia Heffner Peltz on Thursday as she shared a sweet Instagram post from the former model. Writing ‘Love my mum’, the heiress, 27, shared a snap as her husband Brooklyn Beckham, 23, gave mother-in-law Claudia a hug during their trip to Paris. But it comes as Nicola finds …

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The King Charles III 50 pence coin was introduced earlier than this year’s circulation

The Royal Mint has unveiled a new 50p design featuring an image of King Charles III and will enter circulation later this year. Meanwhile, a special range of commemorative coins commemorating Queen Elizabeth II will be launched at 9am on Monday. Charles’ portrait will appear on a £5 crown and a 50p to celebrate the …

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Hurricane Ian – live: Tropical storm regains hurricane strength as it approaches South Carolina

Hurricane Ian: Waves flood roads in Key West as storm strengthens to Category 4 After spending most of Thursday as a tropical storm, Ian became a hurricane again as it targeted the South Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. ET update that Hurricane Ian “was targeting the Carolinas and Georgia …

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Liam Norwell’s nine-wicket haul saves Warwickshire and relegates Yorkshire

The final day of the County Championship season left nails chewed to the core and hearts racing as a remarkable nine-wicket performance from Liam Norwell saw Warwickshire pull off the great escape and send Yorkshire crashing into the Second Division Defending just 139 runs against Hampshire under bleak skies at Edgbaston, second-bottom Warwickshire came close …

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Google is shutting down Stadia

Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service. The service will remain available to players until January 18, 2023. Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchased from the Google Store, as well as all games and additional content purchased from the Stadia Store. Google expects these refunds to be completed by mid-January. “A few …

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Live Germany hits out at UK economic plan as it unveils €200bn energy bailout: Live updates

Good morning. Sterling retreated again today after a strong bounce against the dollar on Wednesday. The pound rose the most since mid-June on Wednesday, dragging the euro down with it, after the Bank of England carried out the first of its emergency bond-buying operations, worth more than £1 billion. pounds sterling Sterling was down 0.9% …

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Vaccination rates of the 14 childhood shots “have fallen in the last year”

Outbreaks of measles and polio are now “likely”, leading experts warned today, as official statistics revealed childhood vaccination rates have fallen. Uptake is now below the key threshold of 95% for the 14 inoculations routinely offered to children. This includes measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), which has fallen to its lowest level in a decade. …

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