内容摘要：Local authorities have the power to raise the tax by up to 5% every year, although some choose lower increases.

Local authorities have the power to raise the tax by up to 5% every year, although some choose lower increases.

"I've heard people talk: 'I can't wear heels or my partner will look shorter,'" the 24-year-old says, "but that's never mattered to me".Joe is "just such an amazing person", she says, it wouldn't matter to her "if he was six feet tall or five feet tall".

Using a height filter might actually have prevented her and Joe from ever meeting, she adds - and she reckons others could be missing out too.Joe, meanwhile, says Tinder's height filtering feature could actually make dating harder for shorter men."Limiting yourself to physical things about someone will lessen your opportunities and chances of finding a partner," he says. "Height shouldn't matter when you're looking for forever."

The 27-year-old says his own dating experience hadn't "all been so bad" and that his matches had judged him based on his personality, rather than his height.But he thinks the new Tinder filter might affect other users' chances of meaningful connections.

Tinder is not breaking new ground here - seasoned swipers will be familiar with various kinds of filter, which are now common features of dating apps including in the UK.

Hinge, a key Tinder competitor, already allows paying users to filter matches according to their height. Other filters include education level, religion, and checking whether potential matches smoke, drink or take drugs."It's all worth it when you're there because a great week awaits," he said.

And two 19-year-old British riders competing in the event and making a significant impact on road cycling globally are explaining who inspired them to take up the sport.At a luxury hotel on the outskirts of Darlington, Imogen Wolff looks across at two-time Tour of Britain winner Lizzie Deignan, a little uncomfortably, to tell her that the speech she delivered following her momentous 2021 Paris-Roubaix win is the reason she is at a bike race at all.

Alongside her is housemate Cat Ferguson, the current junior road race world champion and rider for the World Tour Movistar team."You're gonna think I'm just saying it because she's sat next to me but it was genuinely Lizzie's speech after Roubaix," says Wolff, who competes for the Visma Lease a Bike team.