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- Hamas returns remains of two more hostages but says more time needed to reach othersThe group's armed wing says it has returned the bodies it can reach in Gaza's ruins, but needs specialised equipment and more time to retrieve others.
- 'Worse than starting from scratch': How big is the task of rebuilding Gaza?BBC Verify investigates the damage done by two years of war, which could take $70bn and decades to repair.
- Ukraine imposes blackouts in most regions after Russian power grid attacksThis will be the fourth consecutive winter of outages since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
- Cracked windscreen forces US defence secretary's plane to land in UKThe Pentagon says Hegseth and other military leaders on board, who were travelling back from a Nato meeting, are safe.
- Trump confirms he authorised CIA action inside VenezuelaBut the president would not be drawn on whether the CIA had been told to topple Nicolas Maduro.
- 'Father of our democracy': Kenya's Raila Odinga dies in India aged 80President Ruto leads the tributes to Kenya's former prime minister and long-time opposition leader.
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"Paul has provided accountancy services to my company for 2 years now. I can recommend Paul very highly; his skills as an accountant are highly detailed and professional and he is always available to provide advice. One aspect of the way Paul works that I greatly appreciate is a preference to meet face to face when there is a detailed conversation to be had. I personally find this more productive and is a benefit of working with a small accountancy firm that you wouldn't get with the large faceless providers."
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Neil Price - Managing Director at Work Relief Charity Recruitment
"Paul was a referral from a family member when I started my business 2 years ago. As this was the first time I had ever run my own company I was totally clueless over the financial side of matters and was worried that I may have made mistakes in any of my accounting. I needn't have worried as after enaging Paul for a set monthly fee he was always there on the end of the phone for all sorts of questions I had and no matter how trivial they were Paul gave me all the information I required and more and did an excellent and painless job at the end of my first year! Couldn't ask for any better to be honest. Just two words - hire him!!!"
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