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I’m 51 with an extra £150 a month to invest until I hope to retire at around age 60.I’m already contributing to a workplace pension, and I have a pot currently valued around £180,000. I expect to be a basic rate taxpayer on retirement.Is it better to a) invest that £150 in a pension with tax relief now, knowing I’ll pay tax on the eventual income.Or b) invest it in an Isa with no tax relief now, but no tax to pay on income? Appreciate your insight!Tanya Jefferies, of This is Money, replies: While having money to spare every month is…
By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:59 EDT, 6 June 2024 | Updated: 23:01 EDT, 6 June 2024 Ageless TV star Catriona Rowntree has revealed the beauty buys she always picks up from the pharmacy when she’s in France – and most of them are available in Australia. The Getaway presenter shared her best ‘French pharmacy tips’ and the skincare and beauty items she is obsessed with including a nappy rash cream Margot Robbie swears by for dry skin. Bepanthen Nappy Rash Ointment is an essential for many parents with babies and toddlers but beauty gurus have discovered its hydrated…
Keira Knightley has branded the iconic declaration of love sign scene in Love Actually ‘creepy and sweet’ – 21 years on from the film being released.The actress, 39, starred as Juliet in the movie where one memorable scene sees her new husband’s best friend declare his love for her while masquerading as a group of carol singers.Character Mark played by Andrew Lincoln turns up unannounced at her London house and held up a series of signs saying how much he loves her – while her boyfriend Peter sat upstairs. Reflecting on the moment now she said on The Graham Norton show this week:…
By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 17:19 EST, 12 November 2024 | Updated: 17:32 EST, 12 November 2024 An $82,000 Tesla Cybertruck left on the side of the road in Washington became an unlikely tourist attraction.The electric EV, known to its fans as ‘CyberStuck,’ was left on a busy street in Seattle in September, likely due to a damaged rear end and what appeared to be suspension failure.While the owner deemed it a hunk of junk, others traveled far and wide to leave the dead vehicle flowers and even a fake stone cross marked with ‘RIP.’The fame led to it inspiring a sub Reddit: r/CyberStuck…
Apple Intelligence is essentially a snazzy brand name for Apple’s new-found focus on AI, triggered by the huge success of the ChatGPT.Here’s a look at some of the best features of Apple Intelligence, which comes to the UK via the new iOS 18.2 operating system. ChatGPT-Siri integrationSurely the biggest part of Apple Intelligence is the integration of OpenAI’s hugely popular chatbot ChatGPT with Siri, Apple’s in-built virtual assistant. With better ‘language-understanding capabilities’ enabled by ChatGPT, Siri will help you across multiple apps and ‘accelerate everyday tasks’, Apple said. You’ll be able to press and hold the side button to activate Siri as normal, but with…
For some people, the holidays can be a time of struggle – financial, physical or mental. This had led to the belief that people are more likely to die by suicide in December, around the celebration of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Years. However, according to a long-term study from the University of Pennsylvania, this is a myth. Last year, suicides – which led to the deaths of 49,000 Americans in 2022 – were actually lowest in the month of December, and peaked in August. This pattern held true even when the team looked to countries with different seasons: suicides decreased in winter. Yet in…
Suaalii impressed in his first game back in Rugby Union Code-hopping 21-year-old is Australia’s newest star Wallabies defeated England at Twickenham 42-37By IAN CHADBAND FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 19:51 EST, 9 November 2024 | Updated: 19:51 EST, 9 November 2024 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has been hailed as ‘freak’ and ‘great’ with his Wallabies’ squadmates in awe of his striking debut in the gold shirt following the gilded code-hopper’s man-of-the match display against England at Twickenham.The modest 21-year-old sounded as if being thrust into the international cauldron before he’s even played a game of senior club rugby was just child’s play as he…
Covid most likely came from a lab leak in China and its origins were ‘obviously’ the subject of a cover-up by Beijing, a top British epidemiologist has said.Professor Tim Spector, who co-created the Zoe symptom tracker app and was given an OBE for his work during the pandemic response, questioned whether the virus could have been manipulated by scientists before it was allegedly leaked.’I don’t think there’s any doubt that this virus emanated in China, in a place near Wuhan,’ The King’s College London epidemiology professor told the Zoe podcast.’The question is, did this come from bats? Did it come from…
In the three weeks since Kamala Harris’ devastating election defeat, the Democrats have tried to come to terms with a daunting reality: Donald Trump’s support grew substantially nationwide.Even in the states that were called blue, the Republican saw a groundswell of popularity that carried him to a decisive victory in what polls suggested would be one of the closest races in history.Trump received more than 2.5 million votes than he did in 2020 and gained ground in all of the 50 states, while Harris saw a decline of seven million votes from President Joe Biden’s total in his 2020 win.The vice…
By Daily Mail Updated: 20:59 EDT, 24 August 2011 Matthew Denice was riding his motorbike when he was hit by a truck and became trapped under the wheel arch A motorcyclist was killed after being dragged for over a quarter of a mile trapped under the truck of a suspected drink driver.Horrified witnesses banged on the driver’s window in an attempt to get him to stop.Others chased the vehicle along the road screaming at its driver Nicholas Guaman to stop.Police said the 23 year old victim Matthew Denice was still alive when he became trapped in the wheel arch of…