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Financial resilience doesn’t just mean having lots of money stashed away, but rather having contingency plans in place for certain scenarios.For example, could you cope if interest rates rose, you lost your job, your car gave up or you separated from your partner?Aiming to be financially resilient means finding a …
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A hearing at which a Roman Catholic priest with ties to Texas and south-east Louisiana was tentatively scheduled to plead guilty to criminal charges of abusing his authority as a clergyman to pursue sex with spiritually vulnerable female congregants was called off, court officers said Monday.The proceeding in the state …
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It has been just over 30 years since readers first encountered Trainspotting’s Mark Renton searching for his drugs in an overflowing toilet, and almost as many since Danny Boyle’s adaptation of the scene was seared into the minds of a generation.Now, Irvine Welsh is continuing the life stories of his …
