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The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 specifically outlaws knowingly taking steps to disguise or conceal that a donation has come from an impermissible source.As part of this, it can be a crime for someone to conceal money spent on expenses incurred directly or indirectly by the party – and to mislead a party on the source of a donation. The maximum sentence is 12 months in prison.It is in this context that Labour is demanding the police investigate the polling and whether there is evidence of concealing who actually paid for it.But investigating this and the other claims…

Dark matter is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in modern physics. Astronomers are highly confident that it exists and estimate that it accounts for about a quarter of the universe’s total energy content, yet scientists still do not know what it is made of. Two leading possibilities are hypothetical particles known as ultralight axions and dark photons. In the mass range examined by the researchers, these particles would be extraordinarily light, roughly 19 to 21 orders of magnitude lighter than an electron. Turning Earth Into a Giant Dark Matter Detector Many traditional axion experiments try to convert axions into photons…

Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Coventry City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on September 5, 2026. (Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No…

Alanis Morissette is reportedly suing her former tour manager, alleging that Keren Urinov led a “calculated blackmail campaign” against her, per People. The “Ironic” singer filed the suit on Tuesday, stemming from her working relationship with Urinov in 2025. “Plaintiff Alanis Morissette is the victim of a calculated blackmail campaign orchestrated by a disgruntled former tour manager,” the lawsuit reads, per People. “Morissette will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next 15 years or pay her a ransom under the gun.” According to the documents obtained by the outlet, Morissette’s legal team alleges that Urinov was…

After decades of building businesses, Cyprian Orakpo has not retreated into an office where the past is allowed to speak for him. The lingering question as the serial businessman turns 60 is: what will remain when business is over? Adedayo Adejobi writes… A t 60, Cyprian Orakpo has accumulated the sort of credentials that usually gets arranged neatly on a wall and left there. The awards are already doing that job. Plaques and certificates are spread across his expansive office in the industrial area of Amuwo Odofin, as reminders of a career that has moved through trading, international commerce, manufacturing, corporate leadership and,…

Ajadi ends where he began, facing forward. “Afrilition”, he writes, is the light towards a twenty first century African civilisation, a platform for intergenerational awakening. That the African world is ready to express itself fully and to define tomorrow in its own likeness. That the wealth that posterity builds will be measured by the capacity and the practices it leaves for the people who come after. His closing note is both hopeful and demanding, and he knows it. Struggle will come, but dignity, imagination and solidarity are renewable resources, and they renew exactly to the extent that we allow them…

The Chairman of Joint Revenue Board (JRB) and the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji has stated that the ultimate measure of success of the nation’s tax reform must be improved revenue mobilisation, greater compliance, a better taxpayer experience and stronger contribution to national development. In his opening remarks at the 160th Joint Revenue Board meeting in Kaduna on Wednesday, Dr Adedeji said that encouraging progress has been recorded in institutional reform of the tax ecosystem. The Joint Revenue Board Chairman who was represented by Muhammad L Abubakar, Executive Director in charge of Finance and Corporate Services, Nigeria Revenue…

Fg Trade | E+ | Getty ImagesOn a recent weekend, Jami Hagerman embarked on the budget-vacation equivalent of a blind date.The hairstylist and her husband spent about $400 on Groupon “mystery vacation” vouchers that promised accommodations and airfare for the pair — but no say in the destination. The Oklahoma City residents were sent to New Orleans, where they visited museums, took walking tours and ate the city’s famous beignet dessert.”I feel like the value was great for the trip,” said Hagerman, 29. “It was fun.”Hagerman isn’t the only one balancing an inclination to see the world with the pinch…

Disney says it will “vigorously” fight censorship Disney opposed the motion in a filing yesterday, saying the “proposed intervenors lack a legally protected interest because the harm they invoke is harm to Plaintiffs, not to themselves. And the broader injury they claim on behalf of the viewing public is a generalized grievance shared by all viewers, which cannot support intervention.” Disney said that it, ABC, and the ABC-owned stations “have every incentive to protect their own right to be free of unlawful retaliation” and will “vigorously contest Defendants’ unlawful, speech-suppressing conduct.” Disney said the groups and individuals can instead file…

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, says that for the first time in his career his family he doesn’t have his family’s support,