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Beatles Album Opening Songs Ranked From Worst to Best
19 Jun 2025 13:09 GMT
Even casual fans are familiar with the Beatles' album-opening songs.
Three of them went to No. 1, either in the U.K. or America, including 1964's "A Hard Day's Night," 1965's "Help!" and 1969's "Something." …
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HMRC warns 'we will change tax codes' over Winter Fuel Payment change
16 Jun 2025 11:41 GMT
Under new Winter Fuel Payment regulations, state pensioners may notice a shift in their tax codes. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers have revised the eligibility criteria for the payment, which is intended for individuals of state …
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HMRC issues tax demand letters to people with certain amount in savings
08 Jun 2025 07:40 GMT
Individuals with savings of £3,500 or more are being warned that they could receive an unexpected tax bill from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC has the capability to automatically detect interest accrued on your bank savings. If this …
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DWP state pensioners set to get 'unexpected' payment this Friday
20 May 2025 17:38 GMT
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to alter two vital state pension payment dates for retirees this May, with the subsequent one scheduled for this Friday, May 23. Owing to May's two bank holidays, the early May Day on Monday, May 5, and …
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Anyone over 55 urged to do £1 pension trick to avoid hefty HMRC bill
19 May 2025 10:42 GMT
The secret to potentially saving a fortune on your tax bill has been divulged, with UK residents being encouraged to take swift action. A simple £1 pension move could be the key to averting the loss of thousands in emergency tax associated with pension …
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Scotland's most shocking crime this week as inmate slit throat of rival in jail
10 May 2025 11:33 GMT
These are the biggest crime stories covered by the Daily Record this week.
A Celtic fan who mocked the Ibrox disaster was sacked from his job and police officers stormed properties to arrest suspects in the gang war plaguing the country.
Also among the …
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Preston fraudster wins £70,000 in top Manchester poker tournament - then gets it confiscated by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
13 Aug 2018 12:41 GMT
An international crime gang member must repay £70,000 after winning a poker tournament.
Adam Lulat, of Hawkhurst Road, Preston, was jailed for 28 months in 2015 for his involvement in a £40m money laundering scam and a major pan-European VAT fraud, after a …
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More £196k of illicit funds frozen during barber shop raids
11 Apr 2025 13:09 GMT
West Mercia Police have confirmed that eight warrants were carried out in the towns in March as part of Operation Machinize.
The operation is a targeted effort to combat criminal gangs using barbershops as fronts for fraud, money laundering, and the sale …
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'People are angry': Police smash through back door of Shrewsbury's barber shop suspected of being a front for gang crime
11 Apr 2025 11:27 GMT
With a warrant to search the premises for suspected money laundering, West Mercia Police officers smashed through the back doors of a barber shop in Shrewsbury town centre before detaining two men, both Kurdish asylum seekers.
Officers told the BBC that …
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DWP and HMRC told 'get a grip' as state pension top-ups 'letting down far too many'
04 Apr 2025 14:14 GMT
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are being pressured to "get a grip" over what's been described as a "farcical" situation with the state pension system. Calls for action …