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• Warning cost-of-living payments fail to last

  22-09-2023 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's biggest food bank provider says the payments provide only temporary respite before demand returns.
  
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• Co-op boss warns of shoplifting 'anarchy'

  21-09-2023 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The grocery chain says stores across the country are struggling with a rise in retail crime.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp chairman in favour of son Lachlan

  21-09-2023 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman, ending a 70-year career.
  
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• Who is Rupert Murdoch?

  21-09-2023 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Revered and feared, the tycoon has built a global media empire on four continents.
  
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• Firms forced to sell more electric cars despite petrol ban delay

  21-09-2023 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Car makers will still have to ensure over a fifth of cars sold are electric from 2024.
  
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• UK interest rate freeze ends run of 14 straight increases

  21-09-2023 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The surprise decision comes as the Bank of England says price rises are slowing faster than expected.
  
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• H&M in U-turn over online returns fee in store

  21-09-2023 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Its website had previously said customers must pay £1.99 to return parcels either in store or online.
  
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• Interest rates: How the Bank of England's decision affects you and your money

  21-09-2023 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5.25%, bringing a run of 14 consecutive rises to an end.
  
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• Car makers split on decision to delay petrol ban

  21-09-2023 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some manufacturers have raised concerns that the move to 2035 could put drivers off switching to electric.
  
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• Government borrowing rose to £11.6bn in August

  21-09-2023 09:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Public borrowing was higher than most economists had expected last month.
  
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• Japan's Toshiba set to end 74-year stock market history

  21-09-2023 09:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of investors plans to take the company private after buying more than 78% of its shares.
  
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• Google accused of directing motorist to drive off collapsed bridge

  21-09-2023 05:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google had been asked to update its maps in the nine years before the father of two's death.
  
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• Is it possible to regulate artificial intelligence?

  21-09-2023 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We are moving towards regulation of AI, but some experts maintain that it will never work.
  
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• Bankrupted Post Office Horizon victim demands answers after 17 years

  21-09-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An ongoing inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal examines the case of Lee Castleton.
  
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• Fortnite: Parents in US offered refunds for game purchases

  20-09-2023 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions in compensation will be paid out after the game tricked players into making unintended purchases.
  
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• UK inflation: Slowing food prices drive surprise fall

  20-09-2023 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prices are now rising at their slowest rate in a year-and-a-half with inflation falling to 6.7% in August.
  
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• Slowing food prices drive surprise fall in inflation

  20-09-2023 08:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Inflation fell for the third month in a row in August, official figures show.
  
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• Fukushima: China's seafood imports from Japan down 67% in August

  20-09-2023 06:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fall came as Japan started to release treated waste water from the damaged nuclear power plant.
  
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• Braverman and Facebook clash over private message plans

  20-09-2023 06:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has launched a campaign criticising Meta for planned encryption of Facebook messages.
  
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• Forget LA – it’s British film studios that are in demand

  20-09-2023 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The film and high-end TV industry in the UK is seeing a frenzy of activity.
  
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• Cost-of-living payments: Who is getting them and when?

  20-09-2023 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Low-income households, pensioners and some disabled people will get extra help with energy bills.
  
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• Date set for next £300 cost-of-living payment

  20-09-2023 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About eight million people on low incomes and receiving benefits will receive the next instalment.
  
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• Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed

  19-09-2023 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The law aims to force firms to remove illegal content and protect children from some legal but harmful material.
  
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• FTX: 'King of Crypto' parents sued over missing millions

  19-09-2023 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are being sued as his bankrupt crypto firm FTX seeks to recover money.
  
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• UAW strike: Why are US car workers walking out?

  19-09-2023 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nearly 13,000 workers for Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have gone on an historic, co-ordinated strike.
  
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• Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry given new contracts

  19-09-2023 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rail operators have been awarded the long-term contract renewals by the Department for Transport.
  
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• 'No proof' bank accounts being closed over views, says watchdog

  19-09-2023 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The City watchdog's findings follow a row over threats to close Nigel Farage's bank account.
  
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• UK inflation forecast to be highest of advanced economies

  19-09-2023 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prices will rise faster in the UK than any other G7 country this year, a forecast suggests.
  
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• Warning over fuel prices as oil hits 10-month high

  19-09-2023 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The price of a barrel of oil rose above $95 on Tuesday, stoking fears it could impact inflation.
  
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• H&M starts charging shoppers for online returns

  19-09-2023 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers must now pay £1.99 when they return items either in store or online, although members are exempt.
  
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• Johnny Kitagawa: Japan firms cut ties with boyband agency over sex abuse

  19-09-2023 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nissan, Asahi and Suntory are among the companies that say they will not renew contracts with Johnny and Associates.
  
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• Elon Musk: Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, could go behind paywall

  19-09-2023 04:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The billionaire suggested the social media platform, now called X, could charge for use of "the system".
  
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• The turbo-charged plants that could boost farm output

  19-09-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers are tweaking the photosynthesis process to raise the output of crops like soy, maize and wheat.
  
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• IMF pledges to stay in 'our lane' on climate

  18-09-2023 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US, a major backer of the IMF, has been pushing to refine the mission of the global lender.
  
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• Post Office: Horizon scandal victims offered £600,000 compensation

  18-09-2023 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sum is for postmasters whose wrongful convictions for theft and false accounting have now been overturned.
  
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• Two pubs a day disappearing in England and Wales

  18-09-2023 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some 383 pubs were demolished or converted for other uses between January and June, government figures show.
  
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• Liz Truss urges PM to cut taxes a year after Downing Street exit

  18-09-2023 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-PM uses a speech to defend policies she tried to enact during her short time in office.
  
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• Ryanair and family locked in £165 check-in row

  18-09-2023 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Damian Lloyd says his family had checked in for a flight in advance but Ryanair says they had "unchecked" themselves.
  
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• Disability benefits cost could rocket, report says

  18-09-2023 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The study says action needs to be taken to improve the health of people who are about to retire.
  
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• Rental prices rise at fastest rate for nine years, figures show

  18-09-2023 10:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Estate agent Hamptons says the cost has risen more in the last year than it did in the four years to 2019.
  
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• Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says

  18-09-2023 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The agreement is due for review in 2025, which the Labour leader says is a key moment to reset relations.
  
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• China police detain staff at Evergrande wealth unit

  18-09-2023 09:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investors have been called on to report any cases of suspected fraud in the ongoing investigation.
  
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• New tax divides India's booming computer games sector

  18-09-2023 01:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Indian government's forthcoming tax on the industry doesn't apply to all types of games.
  
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• No final HS2 decision until revised costs known, say Labour

  17-09-2023 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shadow minister Pat McFadden says its policy on high speed rail will be set out in the party's manifesto.
  
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• Shein in talks to buy Missguided from Mike Ashley's Frasers Group

  17-09-2023 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Retail group Frasers is looking to sell the online clothing brand to the global fast fashion giant.
  
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• Port Talbot: Tata Steel would have left UK without aid - Welsh secretary

  17-09-2023 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A £500m UK government pledge saved Port Talbot's steelworks from closure, Welsh secretary says.
  
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• First grain ships arrive in Ukraine using new route

  17-09-2023 02:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say the vessels will deliver 20,000 tonnes of wheat to world markets.
  
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• What will happen next for Wilko and its workers?

  17-09-2023 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The retailer has collapsed and will disappear from the High Street, but will continue online.
  
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• Small shops call for aid to tackle 'brazen' shoplifters

  16-09-2023 02:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  His situation is seen in small shops across the country, says the Federation of Independent Retailers.
  
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• Marks & Spencer scraps plastic for paper bags

  15-09-2023 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marks & Spencer said the move should cut plastics use.
  
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