The Conservative Party will pledge to cut stamp duty for first-time buyers as part of its manifesto. The levy is currently paid on property purchases worth more than £250,000 – with the rate ranging from 5% to 12% of the ticket price, increasing as the price rises. For people purchasing their first home, stamp duty
Harvey Weinstein has appealed against his LA rape conviction, six weeks after his separate New York rape conviction was overturned. Lawyers for the 72-year-old disgraced film producer say he didn’t get a fair trial in the 2022 California case, where he was convicted of rape and sexual assault, which resulted in a 16-year jail sentence.
News Ween Announce Deluxe Reissue of Chocolate and Cheese for 30th Anniversary Check out a previously unreleased version of “Junkie Boy” By Matthew Strauss June 7, 2024 Facebook X Ween, March 1995 (Gie Knaeps/Getty Images) Facebook X Ween have announced a deluxe reissue of Chocolate and Cheese to celebrate the 1994 album’s 30th anniversary. The
By harnessing the power of your five senses – sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste – the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique is designed to dial down this adrenaline and calm the nervous system by bringing you back to the here and now. “It helps you to regain control of your thoughts by shifting your attention from
Since I write about new LGBTQ book releases every week on Our Queerest Shelves, I keep a giant spreadsheet of upcoming queer books, adding titles as soon as I learn about them. I follow approximately a million queer book blogs, BookTubers, BookTokers, Bookstagrammers, etc — and that’s not to mention the deluge of publicity emails
Jelena McWilliams, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images There is an $85 million shortfall between what partner banks of fintech middleman Synapse are holding and what depositors
Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images Consumers have become accustomed to all sorts of labels and seals of approval on products in the shopping process, from the Energy Star to sustainability standards. Next up, shoppers should prepare for a hacking-safe seal of approval in the works for home gadgets and appliances coming from the federal
It was near the end of his one-on-one interview with Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman that Real Time host Bill Maher asked the question that people have been requesting for weeks – “What’s the deal with the wardrobe?” Fetterman, who was instrumental in getting a stuffy Senate to relax its dress code, came to Maher’s show
“We have to do something,” says one of the many shadowy extremists who populate the fringes of Mike Ott’s tense drama McVeigh, a condensed account of the events that led Timothy McVeigh, an Iraq war veteran, to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma on 19 April 1995, killing 168 people and
The prime minister was “completely wrong” to leave D-Day commemorations early, a senior cabinet member has said. Rishi Sunak apologised on Friday after it was revealed he skipped an international event the day before on Omaha Beach in France – attended by leaders of the US, France and Germany – to come back to the
Taylor Swift has smashed a triumphant set in front of an enormous crowd in Edinburgh on her record-breaking Eras tour – telling fans it was “the wildest way to welcome a lass”. As she welcomed the crowd, the US megastar announced it was officially the highest-attended stadium show in Scottish history. “Oh hi,” she casually
News Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Releases New Chiroptera Soundtrack, Additional Six Hours of Music: Listen The dance performance by artist JR and choreographer Damien Jallet originally premiered last November By Nina Corcoran June 7, 2024 Facebook X Thomas Bangalter, photo by Cedric Hervet Facebook X Former Daft Punk musician Thomas Bangalter worked with artist JR
Brunettes who like dark colours, unite! Barely a week after Selena Gomez wowed Cannes in a black-and-navy gown, Dakota Johnson stepped out in a corporate-chic (dare we say dark academia?) version of the combo, proving that the trick to nailing these two colours is to play with materials. Wearing black and navy together has long
Here is our daily round-up of what’s going on in the world of books: Publishers Sue Google over Pirate Sites I was just having a conversation about a recent survey about audiobook consumption that had a pretty startling statistic: 47% of respondents report getting an audiobook through a file-sharing service or YouTube. And that reminded
In this article GM COST Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Customers exit a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey, June 28, 2023. Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors has a not-so-secret weapon when it comes to getting U.S. consumers into its new all-electric vehicles: Costco Wholesale. The Detroit
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said an artificial intelligence feature on new PCs that captures screenshots and enables search of user activity will be
Is Netflix sending a message about its support for Baby Reindeer? The streaming giant has posted Jessica Gunning‘s audition tape for Martha in Richard Gadd‘s gripping “true story” about his experience with an alleged stalker. The video is likely a sign that Emmy voting is around the corner, but it dropped just hours after Netflix
EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Jared Leto is set to produce and star in a new film from h.wood Media, the multi-strategy vertical of L.A.-based hospitality company The h.wood Group, that draws inspiration from the story of retired professor-turned-cat burglar suspect Dr. Lawrence Gray. Currently untitled, the film written by Andy Bellin (Lovelace) adapts the article
Rishi Sunak has said it was a “mistake” to return from D-Day commemorations in Normandy early. The prime minister was heavily criticised for not being at the final moments of the 80th anniversary D-Day ceremony on Thursday as he travelled back from France to the UK to record a TV interview. On Friday morning, he
Jennifer Aniston became emotional during a recent interview when she was asked about the hit show Friends. The sitcom launched both her career and that of her late co-star, Matthew Perry. Aniston was part of the ensemble cast from 1994-2004 alongside Perry, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc. The comedy was a