Families are using little-known loophole to beat Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid
The niche rule lets taxpayers give away unlimited funds without paying inheritance tax if the gifts do not diminish their quality of life and are made out of income.
Police make 16 arrests in connection with Epping Bell Hotel protests
It follows disorder after protests began peacefully in Epping
NFTs Qualify For Trademark Protection, Ninth Circuit Rules
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that NFTs qualify as "goods" under the Lanham Act, entitling them to trademark protection. The decision in Yuga Labs v. Ryder Ripps establishes that brand owners can sue NFT copycats with the same legal tools used against counterfeit sneakers or handbags.
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Fans rush to M&S to shop one of its biggest sales yet - with best-seller buys and everyday essentials slashed to up to half price in stores
M&S has launched one of its biggest summer sales ever with prices of everyday basics and fan favourites across clothing, lingerie, beauty and home slashed by up to 50 per cent.
Sacha Baron Cohen, 53, claims he was 'only joking' about using Ozempic to get his ripped revenge body and insists transformation is 'down to hard work'
The actor, 53, who has has undergone an incredible body transformation for his role newest role, took to his Instagram Stories and said his new abs were thanks to the weight loss drug.
Mother quits her £50,000 corporate job to work in a factory - and claims she's never been happier
Budding artist Shany Hagan, 56, from York, was a business development manager, earning £50,000 a year, but decided the salary wasn't worth the 'Sunday scaries' that came with the stressful job.
CNN guest's attempt at backflip goes disastrously wrong live on air
During a segment on Thursday morning, cameras cut to a Savannah Bananas baseball player as he attempted to pull off the stunt.
Entire state of California enduring COLD summer thanks to bizarre weather pattern
California is known as the Golden Coast, but a complicated weather pattern has cast a gloomier spell and put the state's beaches in a cool haze.
Rings of steel placed around Canary Wharf and Epping asylum seeker hotels after second night of anti-migrant protests outside four-star venue
Large barriers have been installed outside The Britannia International Hotel in London 's Canary Wharf this morning.
The EFF is 35, but the battle to defend internet freedom is far from over
Palantir, data brokers, and judicial overreach are all on the horizon, executive director Cindy Cohn warns
Interview In July 1990, before the World Wide Web even existed, an unusual alliance was formed to fight for the rights of the emerging online community.…
Busy Essex street to close overnight as work to repair bridge begins
The bridge above the street will be getting improved
Essex village to have bins collected every two weeks in trial to increase recycling
The trial will run for four months
Friend recalls her final phone call with Jay Slater and reveals moment she 'started panicking': Live updates
LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest from Preston Coroner's Court as the inquest resumes into Jay Slater, the British teenager, who died while holidaying in Tenerife last summer.
Perverted GP who secretly put his own semen in female colleague's coffee is banned for life
Nicholas Chapman, 57, made the beverage for his victim a number of times who noticed it tasted 'salty' and it left a 'thick gloopy' substance in the sink.
Popular tourist hotspot makes big change to travel advice
The Foreign Office has updated its advice for the popular country, which is just three hours' flight from the UK and attracts around a million Brits to its shores every year.
Justin Timberlake fans demand a refund after 'embarrassing' show in Romania where star arrived late, busted lacklustre dance moves and 'hardly sang' - a year after he feared DWI arrest would derail shows
The popstar, 44, embarked on his Forget Tomorrow World Tour last year, his first in half a decade, before announcing a further string of dates taking place this summer titled JT Live 2025.
Board Game Crowdfunding Platform Gamefound Acquires Indiegogo
Board game crowdfunding platform Gamefound is acquiring Indiegogo, planning to integrate the latter's 38 million global members with its crowdfunding technology. Both platforms will continue operating separately, though Gamefound campaigns will appear on both sites for additional exposure.
Indiegogo will immediately adopt Gamefound's flat 5% fee structure with no additional promotional charges, replacing its current pricing model. The platform will also implement Gamefound's tipping policy that directs 100% of tips to creators outside the checkout process.
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A friend's bullying comment in school haunted my whole life. Then decades later I confronted him on Facebook - and his reaction utterly changed me: MICHELLE BRASIER
Walking home from primary school one scorching hot summer afternoon, my friend turned to me and casually said something that changed the way I saw myself for ever.
Google’s Open Lakehouse: The Foundation For Enterprise AI Data
Businesses have always relied on data, but they never were able to get full value out of them when they were siloed by structure, system, or storage. …
Google’s Open Lakehouse: The Foundation For Enterprise AI Data was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.
Dad-of-two from Essex made a millionaire after winning huge EuroMillions prize
A dad-of-two from Essex has been made a millionaire after scooping £1,000,000 in a EuroMillions draw.