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by Tina Carter

Challenging the big teams in their first year at the Isle of Man TT

AFC Motorsport is a new Isle of Man based road racing team which has been set up by Leslie and Tina Carter. The story actually began four years ago when Leslie was able to begin racing following a generous offer of sponsorship from The Premier Group (Isle of Man) Limited, the Chairman of which is also Vice President of League 2 football team AFC Wimbledon.

Leslie and Tina came up with the idea of starting their own team last September after

Leslie finally fulfilled his ambition of racing around the famous TT course in the Manx

Grand Prix. Leslie, having experienced all the difficulties of getting a competitive bike

and learning the skills needed to tackle the most challenging road race in the world,

realised that many talented riders struggle to get very far in the turbulent world of

motor racing. He believed that bringing together the support of a team for such riders

would be of huge benefit to them.

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THE family of missing Jamaican nurse Kerran Baker has been experiencing a whirlwind of emotions since last Tuesday when The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service classified her disappearance last year a homicide.

The Cayman Compass last week reported the updated status of the missing Jamaican nurse, quoting a statement issued by the police there.

According to the Cayman Compass, the police came to the conclusion that Baker was murdered based on the circumstances surrounding her disappearance last July and evidence unearthed by investigators.

Reacting to the news, Baker's stepfather Wilmot Anthony told the Observer, with despair in his voice, that on the one hand the family feels that the status would lead to the arrest of the main suspect. But on the other hand, he said that the declaration confirmed the family's worst nightmare: That their loved one will not

be returning.

"The whole family is in confusion," Anthony said, summing up the mood of his household.

Anthony said he still cannot accept that 25-year-old Baker

is dead.

"I haven't seen any proof that she is dead," he said.

Last month, the family told the Observer in an interview that they were holding out hope that Baker would have been found alive.

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Family distraught after J'can nurse's disappearance ruled homicide

Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer has indicated there will be a High Court challenge against the carbon tax because he has advice the legislation is unconstitutional.

The legislation has passed both houses of Parliament and is due to come into effect in the middle of the year.

The Coalition has promised to repeal the legislation if it wins the next election.

Mr Palmer, who is a financial backer of the Coalition, first threatened to challenge the legislation last year and now says he is going to act on it.

"Our advice is that the carbon tax in its current form is unconstitutional, and that's recognised in the legislation itself when it says if it's found to be unconstitutional," he told the ABC's 7.30.

"Now, I think the constitution of Australia's much more important than having a number of lawyers or Parliament trying to slip around it.

"The constitution sets out how it should be changed, how the states should vote - the majority of Australians have a democratic right to vote." When asked on precisely what grounds the tax is unconstitutional, Mr Palmer said: "I can only go on the advice that I'm given, and so we'll be looking forward to the challenge." Mr Palmer says the legal action will be brought on by the companies he owns.

"The companies I own - who are large corporations - have got the rights to go to the High Court, that's what it's set up to do," he said.

"That's the country we live in - freedom of speech.

"We've all got the right to say what we think.

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Palmer to challenge carbon tax in High Court

Eleven posts at Hammersmith and Fulham Council, in west London, were filled in this way, including Nick Johnson, the chief executive of its housing arm, whose company was paid more than 900,000 over a four-year period.

The council was so concerned about Mr Johnsons payment arrangement that it commissioned a report by the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers on whether it risked facing a bill for unpaid tax.

The report said: Normally the position of chief executive is considered to be an office holder.

"On that basis there would be a medium-to-high risk that there was a PAYE obligation on Hammersmith and Fulham Homes Ltd."

Craven District Council, North Yorks, paid eight staff through limited companies, while St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Suffolk, and Ashfield District Council, Notts, each had five.

Several councils admitted paying staff through external companies but were unable to provide figures, while others were unsure.

Some officials may be paying PAYE through their limited companies but the arrangements mean they have the option to pay themselves via dividends, which are taxed at a lower rate.

They also potentially allow them to pay less in national insurance contributions.

Mrs Hodge said her committee would pursue the issue, adding: This is a tax avoidance scheme which is totally wrong.

"When you are a public servant it's not right you should be paid in a way that avoids tax.

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Dozens of council staff paid through limited companies to 'avoid tax'

Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer has indicated there will be a High Court challenge against the carbon tax because he has advice the legislation is unconstitutional.

The legislation has passed both houses of Parliament and is due to come into effect in the middle of the year.

The Coalition has promised to repeal the legislation if it wins the next election.

Mr Palmer, who is a financial backer of the Coalition, first threatened to challenge the legislation last year and now says he is going to act on it.

"Our advice is that the carbon tax in its current form is unconstitutional, and that's recognised in the legislation itself when it says if it's found to be unconstitutional," he told the ABC's 7.30.

"Now, I think the constitution of Australia's much more important than having a number of lawyers or Parliament trying to slip around it.

"The constitution sets out how it should be changed, how the states should vote - the majority of Australians have a democratic right to vote."

When asked on precisely what grounds the tax is unconstitutional, Mr Palmer said: "I can only go on the advice that I'm given, and so we'll be looking forward to the challenge."

Mr Palmer says the legal action will be brought on by the companies he owns.

"The companies I own - who are large corporations - have got the rights to go to the High Court, that's what it's set up to do," he said.

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Palmer taking carbon tax to High Court