Professor Anthony Gallagher

The Telegraph Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence [Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday] Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent 29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph Money > Property > Second homes How to avoid tax on your second home From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net [Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto] Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer 29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Would you believe that 1000 miles up the Nile is the only book on my book list ! 😉

Would you believe 1000 miles up the Nile is the only book on my book list ! 😉

Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog Nature organisations say legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk Keir Starmer’s planning bill has been criticised by the environment watchdog, which has warned that the draft of the legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk. Currently, laws that protect habitats and nature are derived from EU legislation. Since the UK left the bloc, it has been able to weaken these laws that protect specific species and habitats. Continue reading...

Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is making its way through parliament. I have written to the Minister of Planning to support local conservation organisations who are calling for stronger protections for our natural environment, vital wildlife habitats, and chalk streams.

Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows Global research reveals most of 400m tonnes produced using fossil fuels, predominantly coal or oil

🚨 Most of the 400 MLN tonnes of plastic made in 2022 was produced using FOSSIL FUELS, mainly coal or oil. Wherever #BigOil goes it leaves pollution & destruction, whether its spills, chemicals or #plastic.

Enough. It's time for a renewable future. ✊🌊💚

The Guardian view on microplastics: harmful pollution must be curbed | Editorial Editorial: New findings about particles damaging crops strengthens the case for an international plastics treaty

The Guardian view on microplastics: harmful pollution must be curbed | Editorial

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND today we celebrate the America of Walt Whitman and.... YouTube video by The Waterboys

Good morning. Today we celebrate the America of Walt Whitman, Sitting Bull, Rosa Parks and Woody Guthrie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3V-... Music: newly-discovered recording of The Waterboys playing Woody's THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND in 1988.

kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision. What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to. Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met. David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own. I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other. I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone. David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.

This is a beautiful tribute.