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Our Top High-Yield Dividend Picks for August Have Huge Growth Potential
24/7 Wall St.
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August 4, 2025
Investing Hodoimg / Shutterstock.com Investors love dividend stocks, especially those with high yields, because they provide a substantial income stream and offer significant total return potential. Total return includes interest, capital gains,...
Britain and Spain show Virginia why energy debates are more complicated than some in politics want them to be
Cardinal News - Virginia
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July 31, 2025
Talking points come, talking points go, but Virginia’s energy crisis remains. Two international events over the past few weeks have complicated some of the easy arguments being made on both sides of our energy debate — or, perhaps, ought to...
Thousands of UK households face letter from HMRC after triggering taxman
Birmingham Live
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August 1, 2025
HMRC is compounding grieving families' misery by chasing them for inheritance tax - in a move that is the "tip of the iceberg". Thousands more are set to pay inheritance tax with figures expected to double before the decade’s end. The number of...
Growing Resilience: A positive future for UK agriculture
Farming Life
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August 1, 2025
The Oxford Farming Conference’s (OFC) new chairman has shared plans for the charities 90th anniversary, with a focus on challenging the status quo, and driving a positive movement for change within UK agriculture, and beyond. Northern Ireland...
Farmers twice denied victory by a single run in CI league
Jersey Evening Post
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July 31, 2025
ONE could be forgiven for thinking the heart-rate levels of local cricket fans might settle down slightly after the end of T20 action and resumption of the Channel Island League, but a hectic weekend produced three head-turning results. The CI...
Hope for dogs
Trinidad Express
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August 4, 2025
I refer to the Express newspaper letter headlined “Tobago treating dogs very badly” by Ms Angelika Scheffler of UK, dated July 21, 2025. Thank you, Ms Scheffler, for writing about this problem of abuse and neglect of dogs in Tobago. Now that a...
Tariffs: Is Trump winning his trade war?
The Week Magazine
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August 4, 2025
President Trump is getting results from his "Hulkamania" approach to international trade, said John Authers in Bloomberg. At his golf course in Scotland this week, Trump sealed what he modestly called "the greatest deal of all time" with European...
Jeremy Clarkson's 'awful' update as he reveals another blow hours after Diddly Squat farm TB outbreak
Manchester Evening News
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August 1, 2025
Jeremy Clarkson has said 'it's awful' as he revealed he suffered another blow hours after his farm was hit with an outbreak of TB. On Thursday (July 31), the TV star said he and his team were "absolutely devastated" after bovine tuberculosis was...
RAF secures £120m to support UK’s smaller farms
The Scottish Farmer
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August 1, 2025
The agreement, jointly provided by NatWest Bank and BCI Capital, is supported by the British Business Bank’s ENABLE Guarantees programme, which helps reduce capital requirements for lenders, making it easier to offer credit to small businesses. A...
Jeremy Clarkson says he 'is not enjoying farming' after 'awful' week
Evesham Journal
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The TV star, 65, said he is also dealing with “a very sickly calf” and discovered that one of his puppies had died on Friday morning. On Thursday, he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that a pregnant cow had contracted the disease on his farm near...
Business live blog, August 4, 2025 — as it happened
The Times
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Wall Street has opened higher on Monday as markets priced in prospects of deeper rate cuts by the Federal Reserve after a soft jobs report on Friday.Weaker-than-expected non-farm payroll data for July and new White House trade tariffs pushed all...
The Farmers Guardian podcast: Michelin star chef Tom Aikens: "It will be eye opening for people to connect with farmers and see what it takes to produce food"
Farmers Guardian
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August 1, 2025
Tom Aikens was the youngest British chef to receive two Michelin stars, and is a huge advocate for farming - what he can't grow himself, he sources from British farmers for his restaurants. This year, for the first time ever, Tom is our #farm24...
Jeremy Clarkson's farm on 'lockdown' after TB outbreak – what is it and can it infect humans?
Daily Star
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August 1, 2025
Jeremy Clarkson shockingly revealed his farm has "gone down" with bovine TB, leaving him "absolutely devastated" - but what actually is the disease and can humans be infected too? The TV presenter and farmer, 65, announced via social media that...
Turning brain drain into BRIDGES, By By Dakuku Peterside
Premium Times
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August 4, 2025
For Nigeria, BRIDGE presents an opportunity to create its own success story. If the planned US$10 billion diaspora fund is launched alongside this platform, with reduced transfer costs and attractive co-investment opportunities, it could unlock...
It used to be farmland. Now this suburb is its own village
The Sydney Morning Herald
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August 1, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Entering the front doors is like stepping into another time. Ornate chandeliers line the roof,...
ERG launches Corlacky wind farm
Energy Global
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August 1, 2025
ERG has announced the completion of construction and the start of energisation of the Corlacky wind farm in Northern Ireland, consisting of 11 Vestas V117 turbines of 4.3 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 47.3 MW. The plant will have an...
Political opinion with Kieran Mullan MP: Looking Forward to the Bayeux Tapestry coming to Britain
Sussex World
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August 1, 2025
Few places in the world are more deeply entwined with the history of the Norman Conquest than Battle and the surrounding area. As the site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and now home to Battle Abbey, our community sits at the heart of one of...
Farmers urged to take note of white cocoa
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 31, 2025
COCOA farmers are urged to take note of white cacao and avoid harvesting and processing it with actual cocoa beans, as they can spoil the final products on the international market. NGIP Agmark Managing Director, Steven Nightingale, told the...
Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl shoppers warned over UK supermarket change that's 'inevitable'
Birmingham Live
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August 1, 2025
UK supermarket shoppers face skyrocketing grocery bills in a change across stores that is "inevitable". Retail chiefs and grocery analysts have shared details over how surging food prices pose an "inevitable"' threat to consumers. Nearly £300 will...
Man Falls To Death At Oasis Concert At London’s Wembley Stadium
WJOL - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
Liam Gallagher performs at the Reading Music Festival, England on Aug. 29, 2021, left, and Noel Gallagher performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, on June 25, 2022. (AP Photo) LONDON (AP) — Oasis has expressed shock...