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WE all love to smell good but hate the price tag that comes with luxe perfumes.

Thankfully, one woman has revealed her favourite scent dupes from Marks & Spencer.

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Alex Pavlova shared her favourite perfume dupes[/caption]

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Alex Pavlova, from the UK, took to social media and claimed the selection of perfumes from M&S were so good she had ditched the originals.

She then went on to share four of her favourite ones and how much money the originals cost.

“These Marks & Spencer perfume dupes made me stop buying the originals,” she wrote.

“We love a good dupe, don’t we?” Alex added.

The first on her list was a dupe for the £234 Le Labo Santal 33 scent.

The cheaper alternative is the Warmth fragrance which costs a fraction of the price at £12.

M&S says the expertly blended scent combines aromatic notes of cardamom, cinnamon, cedarwood and sandalwood to evoke a warming feeling of comfort.

She also revealed that the Spiced Amber fragrance was a dupe of Paco Rabanne’s One Million and saves you £80.

Alex was also a fan of Jo Malone’s Wood Sage & Sea Salt perfume but at £118 it was on the pricier side.

Thankfully, she found a budget-friendly dupe from the British store with their Ocean Musk fragrance.

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One of her favourites was this Jo Malone dupe[/caption]

And for those who love the fresh and floral notes of Miss Dior perfume but want to avoid the £122 price tag, you’re in luck.

Alex revealed that the £10 Blooming Lovely fragrance for M&S was almost identical.

The clip soon went viral on her TikTok account @beautyforeverybody with over 276k views and 3,000 likes.

People were quick to share their thoughts on the fragrances.

One person wrote: “Spiced Amber has my life.”

Another commented: “I absolutely love them!”

“Smell amazing, just don’t last long sadly,” penned a third.

Meanwhile a fourth said: “Don’t forget their Gardenia and Vanilla is a Marc Jacobs’ Daisy similar scent.”

“They do not last. They smell nice but gone in minutes,” claimed a fifth.

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RACHEL Reeves could unleash £24billion of tax hikes and spending cuts this year after her Budget buffer evaporated, economists have warned. 

Goldman Sachs predicted the Chancellor to make £10billion of savings at the Spring Statement later this month.

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Rachel Reeves could be forced to raise taxes further, economists have warned[/caption]

She is expected to take an axe to the country’s bloated welfare bill, as well as squeeze government departments.

But the top bank also reckoned that sluggish growth could force Ms Reeves to return for a further £14billion in tax rises and spending cuts later in the year.

Its economist James Moberly warned this could manifest in stealth taxes that freezes tax thresholds so drags more people into paying higher rates, according to the Telegraph.

Poor growth and stubborn inflation has wiped out the £10billion of headroom Ms Reeves accrued in her autumn Budget.

The number of higher-rate taxpayers topped five million for the first time, as a freeze on thresholds saw more earners dragged into the higher tax band.

In the 2022-23 tax year, there were 5.1 million people paying the higher rate – amounting to 680,000, or 15.3 , more than the previous year.

In comparison, five years earlier, there were 4.2 million people paying the higher rate.

An income tax rate of 40 per cent applies to earnings over £50,271. This threshold has been frozen at the 2021-22 level and will remain in place until April 2028.

Previously, most thresholds were due to rise in line with inflation – but the freeze, introduced by the previous Conservative government, meant more people were dragged into a higher tax bracket if their earnings grew.

HMRC’s figures, which are the most up to date, recognise that so-called “fiscal drag” is behind the latest surge in higher-rate taxpayers.

Higher-rate taxpayers made up 15 per cent of all taxpayers and accounted for 35 per cent of the total amount raised by the Government from income tax in 2022-23.

The number of people paying the additional tax rate also rose to 600,000 in 2022-23 – 9.5 per cent more than the prior year.

The additional rate of 45 per cent is placed on earnings over £125,140.

I’VE spotted an incredible broadband, TV, and mobile deal all rolled into one. 

Virgin Media is giving new customers a free Apple iPad when they sign up for its £88.99 Mega Volt bundle online this month.

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New customers to Virgin Media’s MegaVolt bundle will get a free iPad while stocks last[/caption]

Virgin Media, MegaVolt Bundle, £88.99/month
(Includes FREE 9th generation iPad)

Virgin Media has a bit of a reputation for throwing in high-value tech goodies with its broadband and TV packages.

I’ve seen some gems in recent months, such as a free TV or £200 in bill credit up for grabs last month.  

This time, it’s an Apple iPad, and it’s tied to Virgin’s Mega Volt bundle, a great pick for busy households.

The package comes with the provider’s fastest Gig1 Fibre broadband, with average download speeds of 1130Mbps.

The 9th generation iPad is a brilliant freebie for you or the kids to make the most of those super-fast speeds.

Whether it’s streaming their favourite shows, gaming, or even getting stuck into some work.

The TV side of the Mega Volt bundle is just as packed, with over 240 channels plus subscriptions to Netflix (standard with ads), Sky Sports HD, and Sky Cinema HD all thrown in.

And since Virgin teamed up with O2, its bundles often come with a mobile SIM thrown in for good measure.  

This deal includes a 250GB O2 SIM, so you’re sorted for data on the go as well as at home.  

Plus, you’ll get to pick an O2 Extra subscription service, like Disney+, McAfee, Amazon Prime Video, or Audible, for six months at no extra cost.  

All in all, it’s a brilliant deal if you’re after a complete broadband, TV, and mobile package with a shiny new tablet as the cherry on top.

There’s no need to claim or do anything, all eligible customers will be sent the iPad once the cooling off period has ended.

It’s only while stocks last, though, so don’t hang around too long if you’re interested.

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You’ll only get the free iPad on Virgin Media’s Mega Volt bundle, but there are plenty of other great broadband and TV deals up for grabs.

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Virgin Media, MegaVolt Bundle, £88.99/month
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A MUM-OF-TWO faked having terminal cancer to con her distraught partner into giving her thousands of pounds for non-existent treatment.

Laura McPherson fabricated stories and sent fake photos at multiple hospital and specialist visits as she swindled nearly £25,000 from Jon Leonard.

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Laura McPherson, 35, faked having terminal cancer to con her distraught partner[/caption]

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Jon Leonard gave McPherson thousands of pounds for non-existent treatment[/caption]

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She was actually splashing out on breast enhancement procedures and trips abroad[/caption]

But instead of undergoing chemotherapy, she was actually splashing out on breast enhancement procedures and trips abroad, including a stay at an Austrian holistic and weight loss centre.

McPherson not only lied to Mr Leonard but also to her friends and even her own family including her distraught 12-year-old daughter, who is now 16.

Over a five-year period, McPherson claimed she had breast, bowel, colon, ovarian and cervical cancer, and was having treatment both on the NHS and privately.

During her deceit, she also claimed she would need a breast removed and that her cancer was terminal, Derby Crown Court heard.

Passing sentence, the judge, Mr Jonathan Straw, called McPherson a “wicked and devious liar” as he heard she had never had any kind of cancer.

McPherson, from Derby, had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to fraud between March 1, 2017, and January 31, 2022.

The court heard that among those McPherson had lied to about having cancer was her best friend called Katie.

And when Katie’s father genuinely had the disease – but chose not to go through with the pain of chemotherapy – McPherson called his attitude “disgusting”.

Meanwhile McPherson’s sympathetic friends and family bought her scores of flowers, gifts and cards.

When she claimed she had received the all-clear from one type of cancer in 2018, she persuaded Mr Leonard to buy her a celebratory present of a £30,000 Rolex watch.

McPherson and Mr Leonard began their relationship in 2011 and for several years it was a happy one.

But in 2017 she began hoodwinking him when she said she was having chemotherapy in a Derby hospital.

Mr Leonard was running his Ultra Events business, which was ironically raising millions of pounds for cancer charities.

McPherson, 35, claimed on a number of occasions that she was travelling abroad for treatment.

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Over a five-year period, McPherson claimed she had breast, bowel, colon, ovarian and cervical cancer[/caption]

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McPherson’s sympathetic friends and family bought her scores of flowers, gifts and cards[/caption]

In one of her cruellest lies she said she was having a hysterectomy at the private Mayr clinic in Austria leading Mr Leonard to give her money to pay for it.

But in reality, she was enjoying a holiday of holistic wellbeing and weight loss therapy.

While claiming to be sick from cancer, McPherson was supposed to be working for Mr Leonard’s company.

He continued to pay her salary even though she didn’t do anything because it was believed she was too ill.

You are a wicked and devious liar who embarked on five years of deceit.

Mr Jonathan Straw

To cover her tracks, McPherson never allowed Mr Leonard or her friends to accompany her when she was pretending to have hospital appointments.

On New Year’s Eve 2021 she made Mr Leonard drop her off at the Royal Derby hospital for supposed cancer treatment, but she was never admitted.

Prosecuting Mr Siward James-Moore said on that occasion Mr Leonard’s suspicions began to be aroused when he checked McPherson’s work emails.

He found she had actually ordered a taxi from the hospital to Coventry from where she boarded a train.

Mr Leonard said McPherson became abusive towards him most days, but he said he accepted it because he believed it was caused by the stress she must have been feeling because of her terminal illness.

McPherson’s deceit finally came to light when told Mr Leonard she needed over £7,000 for a mastectomy and breast enhancement at a Manchester private clinic.

When Leonard contacted the surgeon to pay the bill, it turned out her “treatment” was in reality just for the breast enhancement.

The couple separated three years ago after which Mr Leonard allowed McPherson to stay in his home as he moved out and let her keep a car he had bought her.

But McPherson continued to maintain the pretence that she had cancer.

She was to eventually drop it when she pleaded guilty in court last September.

The emotional toll this had taken on me is difficult to express in words.

Jon Leonard

Mr Leonard, 44, said he has struggled professionally with his business and with forming new relationships as a result of McPherson’s actions.

McPherson, despite her claims of having had a hysterectomy, had another child last year and now runs a coffee shop,

The prosecutor said McPherson’s GP had confirmed she has never had any cancer.

The judge ordered McPherson to be electronically tagged as he imposed a curfew on her to stay at her home from 7pm to 6am every Wednesday to Sunday.

He imposed a community order for two years and ordered McPherson to complete 30 days with a probation officer.

He said if she breached her terms she would receive an immediate two and a half year prison sentence.

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During her deceit, she also claimed she would need a breast removed and that her cancer was terminal[/caption]

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McPherson and Mr Leonard began their relationship in 2011[/caption]