PHL women’s lacrosse team finishes on podium in Australia
WORLDLACROSSE.SPORTWHEN lacrosse was introduced to the country 12 years ago, there were high hopes the country could do well internationally in the future.That future has arrived after the national women’s team snared a bronze medal in the Asia-Pacific Women’s Lacrosse
Westbrook revival continues in Denver
Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez couldn’t help but heap praise on Russell Westbrook after the Nuggets ran roughshod over his charges the other day.Westbrook, he said, pretty much gave the hosts the victory with a 25-11-10 stat line in 36
Rachel Reeves weighs a ‘hotel tax’ as treasury battles to fill funding gap
Britons and overseas visitors may soon find themselves paying a “hotel tax” on every overnight stay, under Treasury proposals designed to shore up the public purse as borrowing costs continue to climb. The potential levy, part of “modelling exercises” carried out
New tax checks on side hustles like eBay and Vinted risk confusion over different reporting periods
HM Revenue & Customs is ramping up its scrutiny of “side hustle” earnings, requiring online platforms such as eBay, Vinted and Airbnb to submit information on users’ incomes for 2024 by the end of this month. However, concerns have been raised
Chancellor heads to China in search of growth amid surging borrowing costs
Britain has “no choice at all” but to engage with China, Rachel Reeves has argued, as she seeks to shore up economic growth against a backdrop of soaring borrowing costs and uneasy financial markets. The chancellor arrived in Beijing to finalise