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Albania taxation deal

A FIRST time comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement between the UK and Albania was signed in Tirana last month by Nicholas Cannon, HM Ambassador to Albania. The agreements aim to eliminate duel taxation of income or gains arising in one territory and paid to residents of another and this move is set to kick-start the property market.Read

Pub censured over fire safety breaches

COUNCILLORS have decided not to take away a pub’s licence despite serious breaches of fire regulations.Read

Denis Kilcommons’ short journey to work

GOT that midweek feeling? You’ve dragged yourself out of bed and checked out of the window to see if summer has arrived yet. As if.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Boys toys for girls too

LET Toys Be Toys is a campaign I had never heard of until recently.Read

Denis Kilcommons feels under the weather

THEY say never cast a clout until May is out but this is ridiculous.Read

Denis: Hug a Denis day

TOMORROW I will mainly be available for hugs.Read

Denis: The dark side to nursery rhymes

THE children’s song Wind The Bobbin Up originated in Yorkshire textile towns more than 100 years ago.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Michael Jackson sparked a real ale ‘revolution’

FORMER Examiner journalist Michael Jackson became an international award winning writer on beer and whisky and is credited with helping start the real ale revolution.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Power of the pen

IVAN Shaw, from Fenay Bridge, sent me an unusual message, handwritten with a fountain pen on velum paper.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Huddersfield Daily Examiner is a guardian of freedom

THE early warning station at RAF Fylingdales on the moors above Whitby was the biggest alarm clock in the world when I visited it in the early 1970s.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Why didn’t I think of that for International Ideas Week?

THIS is International Ideas Week. Any tips on achieving universal peace will be welcomed by the UN Secretary General.Read

Denis Kilcommons: How Yorkshire rhymes have been entertaining children since the 1890s

BECAUSE we look after our grand-daughter Jeannie three days a week, my wife Maria and I have become ardent viewers, all over again, of children’s BBC television.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Keep your eyes on the road

KEVIN was driving to Leeds on the M62 when a woman overtook him at 80mph while putting on her eyeliner in the rear view mirror.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Looking after the grandchildren means we can’t wait for the weekend

ENTERTAINING your grandchildren can be wonderful – as long as you can hand them back at the end of the day.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Sir Alex Ferguson turned Manchester United into a world football force

I have never met Sir Alex Ferguson and yet, I and Manchester United supporters everywhere, talk about Fergie as if he was a fellow fan you could meet in the pub to discuss the next planned triumph, the next transfer target, the next major star to be shown the door.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Manchester United DVD reminder of leaner years like the 1979 Cup final v Arsenal

MY younger daughter Sian sent me a birthday present that she thought was particularly appropriate.Read

Denis Kilcommons: It's all in the stars!

MY birthday is tomorrow. Not that I’m bothered. It’s just another number and all you do with numbers is add them up.Read

Denis Kilcommons: Always look on the bright side of life

WE were considering funeral music. Like you do, when you have a birthday coming up and are no longer over the hill, but rolling down the other side at what appears to be an ever increasing pace.Read

Looking for the summer

AFTER the winter we’ve had, following the non-event of last year's summer, this has been declared Sun Awareness Week.Read

Beer appreciation has been lost in the hunt for alcoholic oblivion.

IT was with alarm that I read that beer sales in pubs are down by almost 50 million pints in the first three months of the year.Read