The government has promised retirees they will be excluded from paying tax on the full new state pension after official figures paved the way for an inflation-beating increase above the tax-free personal allowance. Figures published on Tuesday showed that average UK wages rose by 3.9% in the three months to July, signalling that pensioners will…
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0 claims checkedRecently, I may have saved a woman’s life on the road. Somehow, this was something I had expected to happen. On that day, I saw a truck leave a construction site with a tangled wire trailing behind.
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The European Commission will propose barring under-15s from social media without parental consent, President von der Leyen said on Wednesday.
(Left to right) Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
Mayor Babalwa Lobishe arrived at her state of the metro gala looking sophisticated and elegant. Doubtless, time went into the presentation. But residents are entitled to ask: where is the care,…
Nedbank and Avo Vision are turning invasive alien trees into jobs, businesses and water security for one of the Eastern Cape’s most vital catchments. In the hills around Matatiele in the Eastern…
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved Nelson Mandela Bay’s application to reinstate the inclining block tariff, which provides for a 10.95% electricity tariff increase. Council…
Good morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn. Today: why France is holding up the renewal of the EU’s sanctions list, and a teaser of Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union speech. But…