An English teacher and Labour Party activist who was kicked off a train for fare dodging before hurling abuse at a station guard said the arrest was her ‘Rosa Parks moment’, a court heard. Anyannah Ndukwe, 56, was spotted tailgating another commuter through ticket barriers at Oxford Road train station in Manchester in July 2019. The … Read more
Southend is England’s top resort… for dodging rain: Essex town is driest with just eight wet days a month (while Bournemouth gets the most rainfall) Surprising figures show the driest seaside town in England is Southend-on-Sea The resort with the highest amount of rainfall is Bournemouth on Dorset coast Experts think the Essex town could … Read more
As a result of an administrative error, when the newly-knighted Dave Lewis (pictured) was chief executive, some 78,000 Tesco staff were paid below the minimum wage for part of 2017.
Windsor is tax dodging capital of England, analysis reveals as experts warn stockbroker belt is ‘littered’ with tax avoidance hotspots Windsor and nearby Maidenhead has biggest concentration of tax dodgers The area has seen 23 tax-dodging disclosures in every 100,000 residents UK average is 7 disclosures of unpaid tax per 100,000 people, experts found By … Read more
Treasury says widespread evasion and avoidance of business rates eating into £25bn a year raised through the tax By Dan Atkinson, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 Widespread evasion and avoidance of business rates is eating into the £25billion a year raised through the … Read more
Perfect for dodging the jams! Engineer converts £30 fairground bumper car into 8mph road vehicle Chris Acock bought the dilapidated car before merging it with mobility scooter The 53-year-old and partner Zarra Lea drive it around streets of Portland, Dorset Chris believes he spent £400 on the entire project which took him just weeks By Raven Saunt … Read more
Look mum, we made it! Migrants pose for SELFIES on sunny Kent coast after dodging border force patrol boats during dawn Channel dash The group of five set off from Calais but were not stopped by French authorities When they arrived near the shore of St Margaret’s At Cliffe they left both The five swam to … Read more
Santander has become the latest bank to be dragged into a multimillion-pound lawsuit over alleged tax avoidance schemes used by wealthy celebrities. The Spanish bank is to be sued over the Imagine film-financing scheme that was part-funded by Alliance & Leicester, which it acquired at the height of the financial crisis. It is claimed investors … Read more
The story of how a three-man tank crew escaped from behind enemy lines can be told after the radioactive compass that saved them came to light 80 years later. Brigadier Peter Vaux, Major Stewart Fernie and Lance Corporal Robert Burroughs were in a Light Mark VIB tank at the Battle of Arras in May 1940 … Read more
NHS heroes returning to help fight coronavirus being targeted by firms promoting tax dodging schemes By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 1 April 2020 Heroic doctors and nurses returning to help fight coronavirus are being targeted by rogue firms promoting aggressive tax avoidance schemes, … Read more