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The Microsoft founder joins a growing number of tech billionaires who are choosing philanthropy over dynastic wealth.

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Agricultural solicitor Stuart Maggs spoke to Peter McCann about the planned changes to inheritance tax rules in the UK.

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Iconic comedian Sir Kenn Dodd died just weeks after being hospitalised in Liverpool with a severe chest infection, aged 90.

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