Malcolm Bailey News Today

SIR – I am a self-employed consultant and my time is my income. I have the problem of holding two so-called unique taxpayer reference numbers with HMRC. As my tax has been assessed on one and paid on the other, I receive weekly messages from HMRC to pay my outstanding tax bill. Despite multiple phone calls, I still have not resolved the problem. Last Friday afternoon, I had yet another letter of demand and I tried, yet again, to call HMRC to explain, but now it says it is too busy to acce...

The Queen’s Basketball teams were victorious this past weekend as they took on the York Lions on Jan. 13. The game was partnered with The Queen’s Shift Project.

SIR – I cannot agree with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who warns against punishing Russia when the conflict in Ukraine ends.

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Collision and rollover alert system uses satellite communications alert emergency services in the event of an accident.

Milk exporters from New Zealand will not benefit from concerns in the French dairy sector, such as declining cattle and farm numbers in France, as there are still trade barriers in most products even after the EU-NZ trade deal comes into force, UK Daily News reported.

SIR – I was born in 1950.

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Before her involvement in the European Union Free Trade Agreement negotiations Jacinda Ardern was accused of "scattering stardust" in a vain attempt to get an agreement over the line.  If this is an example of Jacinda scattering stardust then long may she continue to do so.

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