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By Francesca Washtell Updated: 16:56 EST, 11 November 2023 Missing out: Chancellor Jeremy HuntThe Treasury missed out on more than £200 million last year because it scrapped VAT-free shopping, according to new estimates.The controversial ‘tourist tax’ cost British retailers £1.5 billion in lost sales in 2022, said the Association of International Retail (AIR) in evidence sent to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in an effort to get the policy reviewed.The AIR and retailers are calling for a review of the tax as they argue the Treasury did not take into account the hit it would have on other parts of the…

There is no place on earth like Gaza. Everywhere you look, there are people. Traders hawk produce on upturned plastic crates; old men lead donkeys through crowds, shopkeepers brew fresh coffee on iron stoves; and all around are children: running, playing, laughing and screaming.Life here is relentless. People bellow at each other from apartment windows, file into mosques, argue in cafes and fire guns into the air when they marry.Gaza is a strip of coastal land 25 miles long and, at its widest point, 7.5 miles across. It is home to around 2.3 million people, the majority of which are…

Iran has been linked to the assassination attempt of a Spanish politician who was shot in the face in Madrid on Thursday.Spanish right-wing politician Alejandro Vidal-Quadras was recovering in a hospital today after the shooting in broad daylight on a central street in the Spanish capital.Police were ruling out no hypotheses, including a possible link to the former European lawmaker’s ties with the Iranian opposition.A police source close to the investigation told the AP there was no evidence backing the Iranian link, but confirmed that Vidal-Quadras himself had raised that suspicion from his hospital bed and that investigators were looking…

Inter Miami toasted Lionel Messi’s record eighth Ballon d’Or on Friday night The World Cup winner was presented to the crowd before friendly vs NYCFCDailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news By Daniel Matthews For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:26 EST, 10 November 2023 | Updated: 22:13 EST, 10 November 2023 Lionel Messi vowed to bring more silverware to Inter Miami as the club hosted a night of celebration to mark his record eighth Ballon D’Or triumph.Inter Miami took on New York City FC on Friday night in a friendly match branded ‘Noche d’Or’. It also brought the curtain down on a seismic…

Fine and Rare is a distinguished name in the fine wine market, renowned for offering an exquisite selection of rare and premium wines and spirits. The company has built its reputation on providing unparalleled access to some of the most sought-after rare wines in the world. As part of its continuous effort to enhance customer and supplier experiences, F+R has recently launched a new and improved website and supplier applications marking a significant milestone in its digital transformation journey. To understand more about this development, we spoke with Pradeep Raman, Senior Product Manager at Fine and Rare, who led the…

Country should not buy into narrative that Tories crashed economyAll that does is undermine consumer and business confidence OBR and IMF have been consistently too pessimistic about UK By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 18:10 EST, 10 November 2023 Decision time: Chancellor Jeremy HuntThe latest output data for the UK economy is almost certainly wrong if recent history is any guide.Trust in figures is at a low ebb in the wake of the Office for National Statistics under-reporting of output by 2 per cent (around £50billion) in the aftermath of the pandemic, and failure to collect labour and wages statistics…

By Rachael Bunyan Published: 03:33 EST, 10 November 2023 | Updated: 17:34 EST, 10 November 2023 Advertisement Israeli air strikes hit three Gazan hospitals and a school yesterday, killing at least 22 people, according to Palestinian officials.Tanks ringed the hospitals as the battle against Hamas moved to the heart of its stronghold in Gaza City.Officials in the Hamas-run government said missiles were fired into the courtyard of Gaza’s biggest hospital, the Al-Shifa, in the early hours, with further attacks later.Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammad Abu Selmeyah said that ‘Israeli tanks fired on Al-Shifa hospital’, while the Israeli military did not offer…

NRL great has agreed to play in all-star T20 match in New ZealandJohnathan Thurston will be joined by likes of Brian Lara & Richie McCawMatch at Mount Maunganui’s Bay Oval on January 20, tipped to sell-outBy Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:08 EST, 9 November 2023 | Updated: 22:08 EST, 9 November 2023 NRL legend Johnathan Thurston has been hand-picked to feature in a celebrity T20 match against cricket icon Brian Lara – in New Zealand.The four-time Dally M Medal winner, who as a schoolboy in Queensland opened the batting and bowled first change, will feature in the sixth edition of…

By Chris Jewers and Rachael Bunyan Published: 02:51 EST, 9 November 2023 | Updated: 18:26 EST, 9 November 2023 Advertisement Palestinian terrorists have released disturbing new hostage videos of a 13-year-old boy and an elderly woman who were abducted when their kibbutz was stormed on October 7.Hannah Katzir, 77, and teenager Yagil Yaakov were both kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz when terrorists invaded Israel from Gaza, slaughtering over 1,400 people and taking around 240 hostage.The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group has now shared its first ‘sign of life’ videos of each of the captives. The hostages look gaunt and exhausted…

The seeds of the Prince William-Prince Harry conflict — so compellingly explored on Netflix by Prince Harry in his documentary Harry & Meghan — will be depicted on the same streaming channel, in the final series of The Crown.A teenage Harry (Luther Ford), will be seen raging over the ‘unfairness’ of his position in the family in the show. He says William (Ed McVey), the heir to the throne, is held to different standards. The conflict arises after Prince Harry is pictured in Nazi fancy dress at a party in 2005, aged 20, and there are revelations about him boozing and…