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Summary On April Fools' Day, a newspaper reported that Britain is to begin taxing fresh air.
Mirror reporter that the British government was to introduced a gasp bill to raise taxes from fresh air. The report said that the Air Tariff Control System would tax areas with fresher air while more polluted cities such as London and Manchester would be due for a rebate.The paper cited a senior Environment Agency technician as saying: Air is natural but like water, it is a finite resource that we have to manage sensibly.The Independent broadsheet reported that, Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed to act like a patriot and defect to the Spanish national team, netting his debt-ravaged country 160 million Euros.
