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An increasing number of small British businesses are holding back their growth to avoid meeting the value added tax threshold, new data show, adding pressure on the government to review its policy around the UK’s third most lucrative tax. Thousands of businesses are keeping their annual revenues below £85,000 to avoid having to register for or charge VAT, according to data obtained from HM Revenue & Customs through a freedom of information request.The data showed that the number of companies with revenue leading up to the threshold limit in 2018-19 was significantly higher than four years previously, and fell more…

Brazilian officials have said that the Yanomami Indigenous people are living in dire conditions, as illegal gold miners threaten them with violence and block the delivery of goods such as food and medicine to their embattled region. On Tuesday, Indigenous Health Secretary Weibe Tapeba said that the government should evict the miners — some of whom are well armed — from an area of the Yanomami reservation near the border with Venezuela. “It looks like a concentration camp,” Tapeba said of the Yanomami’s living conditions in a radio interview. “It’s an extreme calamity. Many Yanomami are suffering from malnutrition and…

Members of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative caucus have been told they are no longer allowed to charge taxpayers for home internet services. A breakdown of recent expenses shows 31 Tory MPs have charged taxpayers for home internet services for either themselves or staff, according to an analysis by The Canadian Press. The information was first reported by the National Post.The MPs include former interim party leader Candice Bergen and fellow Manitoba MP James Bezan, along with Calgary MP Michelle Rempel Garner and British Columbia representative Mark Strahl.A spokeswoman for the House of Commons said the practice is allowed under existing rules…

Taking time out to detox your body can help you feel better after overindulging and — if you do it in a healthy, intentional way — can also help you make healthier long-term decisions. The truth is that bouncing back from the holidays, a weekend of indulging or basically any event can be a hard transition to navigate. Especially this time of year — when your body might be craving heavy, rich food and sweets. While there is no such thing as a one-day miracle fix for overindulging — detox diets are a scam — it can help to hit…

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi broke barriers when they tied the knot in August 2008, and continue to inspire others with their love story. The twosome first met at a party in 2000, but it wasn’t until 2004 that they would become more than just acquaintances. Their relationship, which began after VH1’s Big in ’04 awards show, gave de Rossi the confidence she needed to publicly come out as gay. “I’ve had my years of being not open, many years of it,” she told the Advocate in August 2005, despite previously being linked to ex Francesca Gregorini. “It’s an…

A missing Queensland mother is believed to have been found dead in her car.Wendy Sleeman, 61, provided a statement to local police on Tuesday after allegedly seeing her estranged son Slade Murdok, 30, near her Surfers Paradise workplace.She then returned home hours later about 3:30pm and noticed her home in Elanora, south of the Gold Coast, had been broken into and believed her son was in the area.Officers arrived at the house and noticed a blue Honda Jazz allegedly driven by Murdok speeding from the scene. They found a blood trail from the bathroom to the driveway.Stream more Australian news…

A father and son from Alabama caught a massive alligator gar on Thanksgiving, and the pair only recently learned that their holiday catch broke the state’s fishing record.Keith Dees and his son, Huntley, reeled in a 162-pound alligator gar from the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the Yellowhammer State’s largest river delta and wetland, according to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR).In a press release issued on Thursday, Jan. 19, the ADCNR announced the pair’s alligator gar broke the state fishing record by 11 pounds.560-POUND SWORDFISH CAUGHT BY NORTH CAROLINA FATHER AND SON: REPORTThe father-son duo, who are from Fruitdale,…

A South Dakota Republican state senator who was stripped of her committee assignments said Thursday that her legislative punishment followed an exchange she had with a legislative aide about vaccinations.Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller, a Republican, told reporters that she had spoken to a member of the Legislature’s research staff this week about her views on vaccinations. The senator, who is part of a right-wing group of Statehouse Republicans, has opposed vaccination requirements in schools.RIGHT-WING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SENATOR LOSES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTSThe Republican-controlled Legislature in recent years has seen separate proposals to limit requirements for both the COVID-19 vaccine and childhood vaccines.…

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Former Detroit Lions linebacker Jessie Lemonier, who last played in the league in January 2022, has died. He was 25. The Lions confirmed Lemonier’s death in a statement on Thursday. The details surrounding his death were not immediately known.  “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of former Detroit Lion Jessie Lemonier,” the statement read. “Jessie was a model teammate and wonderful young man who is gone far too soon.” LIONS’ JAMAAL WILLIAMS FINED OVER $18,000 FOR HIP-SWINGING TOUCHDOWN CELEBRATION”Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time.” The Los Angeles Chargers, who signed Lemonier…