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The chancellor has declined to rule out raising taxes on gambling after a thinktank said the move could raise Β£3.2bn for the public coffers and cover the cost of lifting 500,000 children out of poverty. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), hiking taxes on online casinos and slot machines could raise enough…
UCLAβs defense, the biggest unknown on the team a year ago, is facing even more questions. A slew of players moved on to the NFL. No full-time starters return. Success will depend on several players with promising pedigrees but limited college production becoming playmakers. As he stepped off a team bus Wednesday afternoon in Costa…
Book Review Vulture By Phoebe GreenwoodEuropa Editions: 256 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. βDoctor Strangelove,β βCatch-22,β and βM*A*S*Hβ collide in British journalist Phoebe Greenwoodβs blistering debut novel, βVulture,β a darkly comic, searing satire grounded in historic politics, suffused…
The Bank of England has cut the interest rate for the fifth time in a year to 4% but warned that climbing food prices will cause inflation to jump higher in 2025. In a tight decision that saw members of the rate-setting committee vote twice to break a deadlock, the Bank cut the rate to…
Book Review Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of Hollywood By David M. LubinGrand Central Publishing: 336 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. For a long time, President Trumpβs lists of favorite…
Councillors have given the green light for the introduction of a 7% visitor levy for Aberdeen. The “tourist tax” will not come into force until at least April 2027, but it is expected to generate millions of pounds a year that will be reinvested back into the city. The charge for overnight stays will apply…
The Avengers will soon be assembling for a much younger demographic. Disney Jr. plans to expand its collaboration with Marvel, announcing a new series launching in 2027 titled βMarvelβs Avengers: Mightiest Friends.β Itβs a partnership that began in 2021 when Disney Jr. premiered βSpidey and His Amazing Friends,β the first full-length Marvel preschool series, and…
Los Angeles just canβt get a break. The latest embarrassment is LA28 chair Casey Wasserman, the man tasked with making sure the 2028 Summer Olympics are a massive success. At a news conference this week announcing that President Trump will head a federal Olympics task force, Wasserman offered L.A. a giant whoopie cushion. With Wasserman…
The backer of one of Britain’s biggest home improvement specialists is plotting a sale that would close the door on one of the longest ownership periods in the private equity industry’s history. Sky News has learnt that Alchemy Partners is preparing to appoint investment bankers to sell Anglian Home Improvements, the provider of windows, doors…
The last time a penguin was this serious of an awards contender, it was tap dancing with happy feet. Now, HBOβs βThe Penguin,β fleshing out the origin story of the waddling, tuxedo-clad βgentleman mobsterβ after more than 80 years as one of the Caped Crusaderβs best-known adversaries, has earned a staggering 24 Emmy nominations. For…
