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Lord Jim O'Neill, who turned down an expected government role only days ago, said more wealth taxes in the government's crucial first budget would damage economic growth.

A care home that says its residents are “at the heart of everything we do” is helping to keep them happy and positive through a wide range of activities.

SpaceX is significantly reducing Falcon 9 launches from Florida this year, ending the Space Coast's decade-long run as the world's busiest spaceport as more missions shift to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The slowdown is expected to continue until Starship begins flying regularly from Florida. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Ars Technica: A Falcon 9 launch early Tuesday was the last planned Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral until SpaceX begins flying Starship missions from Florida, according to Kiko Dontchev, the company's vice president of launch. For at least the rest of the year, and maybe longer, this means the launch rate at the Florida spaceport will drop from eight or nine per month to perhaps two per month. It wasn't long ago when two launches per month was the norm, an indication of just how quickly SpaceX's launch cadence has grown. Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center sit on adjoining property and share the same range on Florida's east coast, so it is worth considering them a single spaceport. The last time the Florida spaceport did not lead the world in space launches was in 2015. "From here on, Starlink missions out of Florida will fly on Starship," Dontchev wrote on X. "The West Coast team will continue regularly launching Starlink from Vandenberg." "Yep, that'll be louder -- but everybody knows the real action will be in Louisiana, starting in 2029 or so," writes schwit1. SpaceX on Tuesday announced plans to spend up to $100 billion building a new Starship launch facility in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, which the state says could eventually "support thousands of launches annually." Further reading: Musk's other unstated reasons for shutting down Falcon 9 in Florida (Behind The Black)

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'You learn fast, though - as people will tell you straight away'

A working mother of two, Maria Schenkel was used to rushing from one thing to the next and initially assumed she was simply getting hot and sweaty

JONATHAN McEVOY: Lando Norris has committed his future to McLaren until at least 2030 in a deal worth up to £30million a year.

The Wethersfield site - 12 miles from Braintree and operated by Clearsprings Ready Homes on behalf of the Home Office - is the largest facility of its kind in Britain.

Part of North Yorkshire's 'landed gentry', Thomas, 44, has been the future King's best friend for over three decades, while Charlie, 38, is one of Harry's closest confidantes.

The six-minute clip captures locals desperately fleeing on foot and in vehicles as the water begins surging through the Rasuwa region on Wednesday

Just over 80 per cent of workers under 25 said they took a sick day in the last year when they were not too unwell to work, compared to 43 per cent of staff aged 55 to 64.

Rita Ora has spoken out once again about the accusations she was 'Becky with the good hair' on the 2016 Beyoncé track Sorry from her hit album Lemonade.

The leader of the council says concern for community safety is 'clearly there'

Spike drone defense system is designed to be carried in a rucksack or mounted on top of a vehicle

As traffic sits nose to tail, vast crowds of bedraggled pedestrians are desperately heading north in search of loved ones.

Fire erupted from the depot, in the village of Mila in Kyiv's Bucha district, as more than 200 people evacuated their homes and officials said there had been deaths, but did not say how many.

Olivia Attwood officially hard launched her relationship with Pete Wicks this week as she confessed she 'missed him'. 

The 65-year-old actor and 48-year-old human rights attorney, who were recently forced to evacuate their home in France, attended an event at Villa Passalacqua earlier this month.

The social media influencer has shed nearly a stone in six weeks, dropping from 15 and a half stone to a slimmer 14st 7lbs.

Greater Anglia services across Essex are set to be disrupted for more than three hours after a train hit an obstruction on the line.

Greater Anglia services across Essex are set to be disrupted for more than three hours after a train hit an obstruction on the line.