5 days agoSouth TvComments Off on Premier League odds boosts, special offers, free bets and exclusive bonus deals for this weekend’s action
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5 days agoSouth TvComments Off on Huge inheritance tax rule changes planned in the Budget as thousands more families could be hit with bills
INHERITANCE tax and stamp duty are both set for a hike at this month’s “painful” Budget.
In a bid to fill a £40bn black hole in the public purse, Rachel Reeves is also eyeing up a raid on vape duties.
Rachel Reeves is eyeing up a raid on inheritance tax and stamp duty as part of the October 30 “painful” Budget
Inheritance tax is currently charged at 40 per cent on the homes and cash of somebody who has died, if their belongings are worth £325,000 or more.
Currently only 4% of UK adults pay what has been dubbed the “death tax”.
But the amount they are charged could grow as Ms Reeves considers raising the inheritance tax headline rate – though it isn’t yet known by how much.
Meanwhile, house buyers will be charged up to £2,500 more in stamp duty from next year as the Chancellor ends a £2bn discount introduced by the Tories.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has already announced that Winter Fuel Payments will be limited to those receiving pension credit and certain benefits. The benefit is worth up to £300 per year and currently is available to everyone over state pension age and those on certain benefits.
No rises to some taxes
Keir Starmer promised there would be no rises to National Insurance, Income Tax, Corporation Tax or VAT as part of Labour’s manifesto in the election race.
Inheritance Tax
It has been predicted that the Chancellor Racheal Reeves will make changes to inheritance tax rates or thresholds. One suggestion is the potential shortening of the gift period before death for tax exemptions.
Pensions
Pensions featured very high up in the King’s Speech, was this a hint at how high on the agenda it will feature in the budget? Experts say there are a number of options, including reintroducing the lifetime allowance cap. Ms Reeves has previously campaigned to reduce the tax relief that higher earners get on their pensions and to introduce a flat rate of 33% instead. Another possible option is changing the rules around pensions and inheritance tax.
Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
There is speculation that the £3,000 tax-free allowance could be scrapped or there may be an extension of CGT to other assets.
Business Rates
There are rumours of reforms to support small businesses, possibly basing rates on land value.
Fuel Duty
Possible rise in fuel duty, reversing the freeze since 2011 and impacting household costs. The Sun has backed drivers as part of its Keep It Down campaign since the start of 2011.
5 days agoSouth TvComments Off on Fury as Morrisons installs anti-shoplifter buzzer to alert staff when customers buy BOOZE in ‘sad sign of the times’
SHOPPERS are furious after Morrisons installed a buzzer to alert staff if they want to buy champagne.
Bottles costing from as little as £31 up to Bollinger and Moet items worth £50 have been placed in a glass security cabinet in a store in the upmarket town of Fleet, Hampshire.
Jam PressThe champagne buzzer installed at the Morrisons in Fleet[/caption]
Jam PressThere is a button on the cabinet which reads ‘Press here for help’[/caption]
But bottles of slightly cheaper Prosecco costing up to £25 have been left out.
Expensive wines and spirits have not been given the same treatment.
There is a button on the cabinet which reads “Press here for help.”
A sign above it adds: “Buzz for booze! To purchase Champagne or spirits from the cabinet, ask one of our colleagues or press the call-point.”
Fleet was previously voted the healthiest, happiest and wealthiest place in the UK to live.
It has a very low crime rate with just 19 cases of shoplifting in August – the most recent published figures – for a population of 37,794.
The average house price in the commuter town is £530,923, as reported on NeedToKnow.
Bubbly-loving local shoppers reacted with bemusement.
Claudio said: “Alcohol sales will drop for sure.
“No one will be a**ed to wait for lazy staff to come round.”
Karen added: “Good luck with getting anyone to answer the buzzer.”
But others said it was in keeping with shoplifting across the country.
Daniel said: “Well, if people will be d***s, actions must be taken.”
Kenneth added: “Some idiots spoil it.”
Anne said: “Sad sign of the times.”
A Morrisons spokesman told The Sun: “The cabinets you have seen are being used in a number of our stores as part of their security measures, as are others across the industry.
“We have received good feedback from customers and have a colleague in the area and the buzzer also goes to the store headsets so customers can expect really prompt service.”
Bottles costing from as little as £31 up to Bollinger and Moet items worth £50 have been placed in a glass security cabinet in a store in Fleet, Hampshire
Sainsbury’s forced to take drastic measure to stop shoplifters nicking 85p packs of MACARONI
The pasta was among numerous low-cost products slapped with the anti-theft stickers.
Others included £1.70 packs of Silver Spoon sugar, £2.80 jars of Sainsbury’s Gold Roast Decaffeinated Coffee and its £2.90 Rich Roast Instant Coffee Granules.
A source at one Sainsbury’s store in Purley, South London, previously said: “It doesn’t matter the value of the item, shoplifters will try and steal anything.
“The security tags are like speed cameras.
“They won’t stop them but they may at least slow them.”
Previously, we told how packs of Yorkshire teabags at a Tesco in South East London now carried yellow stickers that set off alarms if nicked.
Cases of shoplifting in the UK have surged to record levels — with 1,300 reported every day.
5 days agoSouth TvComments Off on Sir Alex Ferguson reveals what he did every January 1 that sums up Man Utd legend’s relentless drive for titles
SIR ALEX FERGUSON revealed what he did on January 1 every year that summed up his relentless drive for trophies.
The legendary manager won 13 Premier League titles as Manchester United boss, culminating in his 2013 crown.
Getty ImagesSir Alex Ferguson revealed his genius title-winning planning scheme[/caption]
GettyThe Manchester United boss won 13 Premier League crowns with the club[/caption]
Fergie, though, gave an insight into his meticulous preparation and planning by telling Ally McCoist one of his many secrets to success.
And it involved analysing exactly how United’s main rivals will fare in the second half of the season.
Speaking about his final season in charge, the 2012-13 campaign, he opened up on how he had told his wife Cathy he would retire.
And Fergie was confident he would bow out with one last Premier League triumph thanks to his detailed calculations.
Ferguson, 82, said: “Cathy’s sister had died in the previous October and she was lost, she was definitely lost.
“When I said I was going to retire, she was delighted and I knew that. I could tell by her body language.
“I always said when I got to January – what I did every January 1, I wrote down every year where our opponents’ games could be won or lost and I put us down to win by ten points.
“The team was playing really well and I thought we’d do that, but I think it was 11 points.
“They did really well, the team did really well and Robin van Persie was fantastic – his goals, his thrust in the game, his power and confidence.
“The team had perseverance, we never gave in, that’s the quality that great team always had. We had that for years.
“At the end of the day when you look at my career at United, it’s encapsulated by the leagues, but it’s also about myself and the team – we were second in the league six times and won it in the next year.
“Isn’t that amazing? Six times second, twice on goal difference, and we won it in the next year.
“That tells you what that club is about, what these players are about – not just one set of players, that was going back to the 1994-95 team – tough as nails – to the really talented team in 2008 with Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney up front. They were unbelievable.”
Lo and behold, United did indeed finish 11 points clear at the top of the table in 2012-13 – a year after being denied by Sergio Aguero in the final seconds of the previous campaign.
Fergie axe comes at the right time - and he knows it
By Phil Thomas
IT is over a decade since he left the dugout but Sir Alex Ferguson has lost none of his sense of timing.
When to sell, when to buy, when to change and ultimately when to go, Fergie has always been in a class of his own.
Over the years there were countless decisions which had everyone scratching their head — but Sir Alex always knew the time was right.
Some were more obvious than others. Like the night Manchester United won the Treble on the back of his substitutions.
Others less so, like the summer of 1995 when terrace legends Mark Hughes, Paul Ince and Andrei Kanchelskis were sold at the peak of their powers.
The whole of football thought the manager had lost his marbles.
But Fergie knew better, as he chose that year to unleash his “you win nothing with kids” Double heroes.
Just as he knew best when it came to right-hand men.
Brian Kidd, Steve McClaren, Archie Knox and Co — an endless list of world-class coaches who all came and went.
And, of course, the biggest decision of all. Calling time on 26 years in which he had gone from the brink of the bullet to English football’s greatest-ever gaffer.
The majority of people are convinced Ferguson stepped down because he knew United’s era of dominance was over.
Maybe not the nosedive to come but certainly that an almighty rebuild was just around the corner. Another mass overhaul, yet not one he was prepared to oversee.
Now another end has arrived. Not as dramatic or as out-of-nowhere, admittedly, but an end nonetheless.
Next summer Fergie will leave his 12-year role as global ambassador. Many see it as the most ruthless swing of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s cost-cutting axe — and they are wrong.
For while he is trying to save every penny in making United great again — how’s that going, Sir Jim? — Ferguson has not suddenly and callously been told he is surplus to requirements.
This decision was a two-way call. An amicable parting. Football’s own conscious uncoupling, in Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow lingo.
And not, incidentally, a departure which means we will no longer see Fergie at Old Trafford on a matchday.
That simply will not happen. He will still be there rain, wind or shine . . . Only now as a high-profile non-executive director, rather than a man with the ear — and the sway — behind the owners’ biggest decisions.
Like he was when urging United to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo in 2021. Admittedly not his finest hour, rather an indication of the influence he still retained.
Back then, until just before Ratcliffe and his Ineos team arrived, in fact, Ferguson had the owners’ ear. Almost a hotline to the Glazer family, you could say.
And those days are done.
Not that Sir Alex is bereft at the thought. For a start, some of the staff sackings have enraged the Scot — long-serving photographer John Peters and kitman Alec Wylie, for example.
This is not a cosy-cosy relationship with Ratcliffe being severed. If anything, it is closer to the opposite. And as Fergie the Red, in every sense The Boss — those who played under him still call him that — knows, trousering £2million or so a year in such tight times is not a good look.
Fair enough, not an amount anyone would turn down in normal circumstances.
Yet when many in the steerage class are losing their livelihoods, it is not something that would have sat well with him.
There is also the practical side of things as well.
At the end of December, Sir Alex will be 83 years old, albeit still a freakishly fit 83 years old.
Yet even though the grey matter remains oh-so-sharp and the mind clear as a bell, the bones grow creakier and even Superman had to put his feet up on occasion.
That does not mean you will not see shots of Fergie alongside Ratcliffe at various points — Sir Jim loves too much the associated glamour of being pictured with the greatest.
But any idea of Sir Alex having an emperor’s thumbs-down power has gone for good — and quite frankly that is something which suits both sides.
Ironically, the Red Devils only picked up five points from their final four games under Ferguson – so could have extended the gap even further.
They drew at Arsenal, lost at home to Chelsea, beat Swansea in Ferguson’s Old Trafford farewell and then finished with a thrilling 5-5 draw at West Brom.
Ferguson added: “It’s easy to say this, but the homework won us the game.
“When we did the analysis of Bayern, during big games they used to take the two wide players off and go tight in midfield.
‘I HAD TO GAMBLE’
“So, without having Keane and Scholes, I had to gamble with my midfield and I wanted to make sure we had a passing ability and I played David Beckham in centre midfield along with Nicky Butt.
“Nicky would do all sorts of jobs, marvellous, and we played [Ryan] Giggsy wide right and Jesper Blomqvist wide left.
“It didn’t work in the first half at all and I was waiting for them to make a substitution.
“So, the minute they made the substitution I went three in the middle and three up.
“I brought Teddy Sheringham and I said, ‘Teddy you go and play on top of the right centre back, try and pull the right back in,’ who was Markus Babbel.
“With Giggs playing on the left of midfield, it was really suited to him because he was running into the space all the time.
“Beckham on the right side started getting crosses in and in the last 15 minutes we made a lot of chances.
“Having said that, we could have been out long before that – they hit the crossbar, they missed a couple of chances, Schmeichel made a couple of terrific saves.”
The full episode of Ally’s Social Club with Sir Alex Ferguson will be available to watch on TNT Sports’ YouTube channel from midday today and broadcast on TNT Sports 1 at 10.30am on Saturday.
ReutersFerguson decided to retire following the passing of wife Cathy’s sister[/caption]
Action Images - ReutersRobin van Persie’s volley helped wrap up the 2012-13 title, as the manager predicted[/caption]
TNT Sports / Getty ImagesFergie spoke to Ally McCoist for TNT Sports[/caption]
AFPAndy Carroll has already achieved cult hero status in French football[/caption]
Bordeaux, champions of France as recently as 2009, were demoted to the fourth tier in the summer after being forced to revoke their professional status.
As they began to pick up the pieces for life in France’s National B, they secured the signature of Carroll from Amiens.
Having been a regular for the Ligue 2 side last season, the target man wasn’t short of more lucrative options.
But he opted to pick the project that excited him most.
It had been speculated that Carroll has been earning €3,500 (£2,900) a month at Bordeaux.
RedditLiam Payne admitted he was feeling ‘grumpy on holiday earlier this year[/caption]
RedditHe said his girlfriend ‘forced him’ to do things[/caption]
In one Snapchat clip from a luxury coastal villa in France, Liam told how he just wanted to stay inside and watch television instead of going to the beach in the sunshine.
He said: “I really don’t want to go to the beach but she’s [girlfriend Kate Cassidy] making me do it, like everything in life she’s making me do it, send help.”
As he gazed out to sea, he said: “It’s so sunny. I’m such an old man. I’m just grumpy and it’s lovely day. I just want to sit in my bed and watch TV on my laptop.”
A fan wrote: “Him saying he just wants to relax and watch TV but he’s not allowed literally broke me.”
Another said: “This just leaves me a bit… confused. Was he joking? I’m not sure about this, but I can say for sure he looks incredibly exhausted and kind of sad.”
A third posted: “He seems really depressed/not ok to me, I’m worried.”
A rambling post ahead of his trip to Argentina in which he cryptically said he had things to discuss with Niall Horan and a clip of him talking about the GoFund Me donations platform then led fans to ask if he was OK.
Earlier this month we revealed how Liam’s inner circle had grown increasingly worried for him too.
A source said: “Liam’s behaviour has been concerning many in his inner circle for months.
“For a while things seemed to be looking up for him but over the past year there are fears he is spiralling.
“Everyone wants the best for him but things are erratic to say the least.”
The One Direction star’s autopsy found he died from severe injuries sustained in a fall from a third floor balcony but that he didn’t adopt a reflex position.
Prosecutors said that given this, the position he was found in and the injuries he sustained, he may have been partly or fully unconscious when he fell.
A post-mortem revealed that Liam died after suffering “internal and external haemorrhaging” caused by the severe injuries.
GettyLiam was in Argentina with Kate Cassidy prior to his death[/caption]
GettyLiam’s One Direction bandmates are devastated by his death[/caption]
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe confirmed he was never contacted by the FA for the England jobGettyThomas Tuchel became the new England manager as he replaced Gareth SouthgateSplashHowe believes ex-Chelsea boss Tuchel is a great England appointmentAlamy
The Newcastle boss was touted as one of the favourites to take charge of the Three Lions until the FA named the German as their new boss.
The decision has been met with mixed reaction, but when asked on what his thoughts are about Tuchel, Howe revealed: “Firstly, speaking about Thomas himself, I’ve got a relationship with him and was lucky and fortunate enough to go and see him work at Chelsea when I was out of work.
“What a brilliant guy, great person, great coach. I had two days with him and thought that he was fascinating and I really enjoyed his company.
“I really wish him well and think that he’s a great appointment. I hope that he leads England to many trophies.
“I have always said, and I’ve been very clear on this going back years and years, my preference would have been for an English coach but if you are going to go foreign then go for the best and I certainly think Thomas is that.”
The FA claimed to have interviewed ten candidates, but the Toon chief says he was not one of them and there had been “no contact” from the FA.
Howe was the choice of many to lead the Three Lions into the World Cup, and when asked if he was angry that he had not even been approached for talks, Howe replied: “Absolutely not.
“The FA have to do what is right for them and only they know the processes and decisions that they have made.
“I’m not the type of person to analyse that and my focus is on Newcastle and trying to win games.
“That’s hard enough to do being 100 per cent focused and I’ll always remain that way to my work but know if you drop your levels then your job becomes impossible. I’ve never allowed myself to do that.”
Howe is perceived by many to be a future England manager, but does he feel that too?
“I don’t visualise that,” he insisted. “I just think about Newcastle and trying to lift a trophy here would be my goal and I’m immersing myself in what I’m in currently. So no other thoughts have entered my head.
“So I don’t take on that feeling and just try to do the best I can.”
Howe has faced constant questions about the England job, despite stating from the off that he wanted to stay at St James’, and admits there is some relief that the chase for Gareth Southgate’s replacement is over.
He said: “There was no-one more pleased than me to see Thomas get the job, really, and take it because it’s just a distraction – not that it distracts me, but you can see it’s unsettling at times when certain things are said and written about.
“The more that everyone can focus on Newcastle – which has always been my only concern – the better.”
Howe focused on Newcastle
Even though it appears FA chiefs overlooked him this time, is it a job that interests him in the future?
“Who knows,” responded Howe. “I’ve always said that you can never predict what’s going to happen in management, you can never plan too far ahead. I certainly don’t.
“I’m a day-to-day planner, while certainly acknowledging that Newcastle – I’ve always said this – has a future and we have to make sure we make the right decisions long-term.
“But the job takes so many twists and turns, you can’t look too far ahead. I think that’s negative, actually, if you do that, so in terms of my own career and what’s five, 10 years ahead, I don’t know, I’ve got no idea.
“But I’d never say that managing England isn’t something I’d like to do maybe one day if given the opportunity, but my focus is Newcastle, Newcastle, Newcastle.”
Howe was then asked directly if he would have spoken to the FA if they had knocked on his door, to which he replied: ‘Hypothetical questions are very dangerous to answer.
England still the pinnacle
“Listen, I will talk to anyone who knocks on my front door… but not in the respect of entering conversations about leaving Newcastle.”
Everton boss Sean Dyche has stated that the England job is perhaps no longer the pinnacle for English coaches.
But Howe feels differently, saying: “I think if you are looking to get into international football and you have got that passion for international football then absolutely yes.
“It just depends on your viewpoint. If you look domestically and you love the day-to-day aspect of the job then obviously you’ll have a different answer.
“For me, as a kid I loved World Cups, European Championships, I was obsessed with England trying to win something and I really do hope that Thomas can do that for the country.”
And Howe, whose side face Brighton on Saturday in the Premier League, refused to be drawn on the credentials of other English coaches that were overlooked, saying: “Yes, of course there were candidates. But I’m not going to critique the FA’s decision. The decision is down to them.
“They know a lot more than I do. They will have all the information. I don’t think it’s for me to judge that decision.
“But there are people out there who I think are very, very good who are English and they’re available. I’m sure the FA did their work on that and they’ve come to their decision.”
Forgotten England stars could benefit from Tuchel appointment
WITH Thomas Tuchel announced as the next England manager, a few forgotten stars might be hopeful of a return to the international set up.
The former Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager usually uses a 3-4-3 formation.
That could provide an opening for Mason Mount, who’s not been involved in the England set-up since the World Cup in 2022.
The now Manchester United star enjoyed his most successful spell under Tuchel while the pair were at Stamford Bridge.
Tuchel could also offer lifelines to other previously capped players such as Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Eric Dier.
RLC has excelled since his move to AC Milan and with England struggling to find a partner for Rice, he could be the surprise answer.
Meanwhile, Dier played for Tuchel at Bayern Munich as part of a back-three last season.
The defender did enough to convince the club to make his loan move permanent after he had fallen out of favour at Tottenham.
5 days agoSouth TvComments Off on Captaincy options for Gameweek 8: Time for gaffers to revert to the safety of Erling Haaland?
DREAM TEAM managers who chose to captain Bukayo Saka (£6.5m) over Erling Haaland (£9.1m) in Gameweek 7 were handsomely rewarded.
Just prior to the international break, Arsenal’s ‘Star Boy’ took Southampton for 20 points while Manchester City’s No9 mustered just four against Fulham.
GettySaka has outperformed Haaland over the last few Gameweeks[/caption]
This outcome meant those who opted to double Saka’s return benefited from a significant swing over those who backed Haaland.
In fact, the England international has outscored the Norwegian poacher since the start of Gameweek 4 and the latter’s lead at the top of the rankings has been cut to just nine points as a result.
It’s simply a fact that gaffers who have captained Saka over Haaland for the last month have had their actions justified.
Now the pertinent question is whether the Gunners’ No7 is the optimum skipper for Gameweek 8?
One potential blockade is that Saka is an availability doubt having been forced off with an injury while on duty for the Three Lions.
Saka looked in discomfort at Wembley during the international breakSplash
In this morning’s press conference, Mikel Arteta offered some reassurance when he told reporters: “Not a serious injury, he’s evolving really well. We are hopeful.”
Arsenal are set to face Bournemouth and Shakhtar Donetsk in Gameweek 8 and given Saka is statistically the most in-form player in Dream Team (based on points earned across last three games) he would obviously be a strong captaincy choice if passed fit.
That being said, this may be the Gameweek to revert to the familiar safety of Haaland.
Pep Guardiola’s side travel to Molineux this weekend, where they were beaten last season, but a repeat of that upset seems unlikely with Wolves currently bottom of the table having conceded the most leagues goals this season.
GettyHaaland will be licking his lips at the prospect of facing Wolves’ defence[/caption]
City will then host Sparta Prague in the Champions League in midweek – another relatively favourable match-up.
Haaland may not have scored in his last two league outings (a drought by his standards) but it’s worth remembering he has 11 goals to his name in all competitions in 2024/25 – no other Dream Team asset has scored more than six.
Certainly the case for captaining Haaland is a strong one, as is usually the case.
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Elsewhere, Mohamed Salah (£7.6m) is always among the most-selected skippers but his fixtures aren’t as appealing on paper.
Liverpool host fourth-placed Chelsea in the standout Premier League game of the weekend before travelling to RB Leipzig on Wednesday – the German outfit are level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga at present.
Bold gaffers might look to target Tottenham’s double header of West Ham and AZ Alkmaar, both to be played in North London, by captaining Dominic Solanke (£4.4m), James Maddison (£4.5m) or the in-form Brennan Johnson (£3.8m).
AFPJohnson’s scoring streak puts him in the captaincy conversation[/caption]
It’s a tempting punt on paper but one that will only appeal to managers who enjoy taking risks and going against grain.
With Saka seemingly not 100% fit, Haaland appears to be the safe choice for Gameweek 8.
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