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Red Nose Day appeal: Help to save a comedian’s career

Comic Relief founder Richard Curtis has spoken out about the many comedians who rely on the aid of Red Nose Day to sustain their careers and offset their tax liabilities.

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Posted: Mar 14th, 2013
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Poor people to be allowed access to landfill sites at mealtimes

someone found a lobster onceThe Government has announced that benefit claimants and those on low wages are to be offered the chance to subsidise their income by being given access to public landfill sites to scavenge for food.

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Posted: Jul 10th, 2012
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Thousands rush to sign-up to ‘Jimmy Carr avoidance’ scheme

Thousands of people the length and breadth of the UK have today been reported to be signing up to a Jimmy Carr avoidance scheme. The highly controversial scheme allows ‘subscribers’ to filter, loan out and offset 99% of their Jimmy Carr coverage, leaving them with just a 1% Jimmy Carr burden.

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Posted: Jun 21st, 2012
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Man regrets ‘charity begins at home’ remark after visit from Lenny Henry

entirely preventableA Droitwich man has publicly retracted his belief that ‘charity begins at home – namely 47 Blamire Gardens’ after a film crew, headed by Comic Relief front man Lenny Henry, arrived on his doorstep to help raise awareness of the conditions within the semi-detached maisonette.

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Posted: Mar 18th, 2011
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Commission for Racial Equality rules ‘it’s not racist to find Lenny Henry unfunny’

‘It’s nothing to do with him being black’ said a spokesman for the CRE. ‘We don’t find him very funny either.’

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Posted: Aug 16th, 2007
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