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MAD 4 1T: the obsessive collectors who pay big money for personalised number plates

Customised plates often cost more than the car – and yet the number of people…

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Wealthy parents rush to give children their assets as tougher UK inheritance tax rules loom

Big family enterprises, which previously paid no IHT, will face tax of 20% on value…

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UK lender offers 98% mortgage to first-time buyers – but bars bank of mum and dad

Newcastle building society aims for those with smaller deposits and no help hoping to get…

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UK workers wary of AI despite Starmer’s push to increase uptake, survey finds

Exclusive: A third of those polled do not tell bosses about use of tools and…

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Tudor homes for sale in villages across England – in pictures

From a grand Elizabethan hall to a timber-frame house offering ample parking, properties rich with…

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‘It used to weigh me down’: UK readers on why they do or don’t carry a wallet

With research suggesting fewer than half of adults carry a wallet, four people reveal if…

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How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots…

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Larry Ellison: Oracle co-founder who overtook Musk as world’s richest person

Tycoon who briefly surpassed Elon Musk is a friend of Trump, owner of Hawaii island…

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Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study

Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious usernames such as ‘coke’, ‘weed’…

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Larry Ellison dislodges Elon Musk as world’s richest person

Oracle co-founder’s shares rose by 40% in early trading, valuing his fortune at $393bn, just…

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