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• Ryanair cancels 250 German flights due to pilots' strike

  08-08-2018 19:43
  Passengers affected by Friday cancellations offered refund or another route, airline saysRyanair is cancelling hundreds of flights to and from Germany on Friday because of a strike by pilots.The airline said it had notified passengers affected by the cancellation of 250 flights, offering them a refund or another route. Continue reading...
  
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• British Gas puts up bills by £44 in second increase this year

  08-08-2018 13:17
  Firm says 3.5m customers affected and blames rising wholesale energy pricesBritish Gas is adding £44 to the typical fuel bill for 3.5 million customers in the second increase this year. Britain’s biggest energy supplier blamed rising wholesale energy prices for the 3.8% rise in its standard variable tariff. It is the company’s second bill increase in 2018, less than four months following a 5.5% rise announced on 10 April. Continue reading...
  
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• Essex towns top UK car theft league

  08-08-2018 13:16
  Number of high-end vehicles in Romford and Ilford prove magnet for thieves, insurance survey showsThe Essex towns of Romford and Ilford have been named as the UK’s worst places for car theft, with Birmingham coming in a close third.Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, is the safest place to keep a car, alongside Jersey and neighbouring Guernsey, which reported no car thefts last year according to an analysis by the comparison website Moneysupermarket.Continue reading...
  
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• We just want Booking.com to say sorry and pay our £47

  08-08-2018 08:00
  When our hotel was overbooked we were left roaming the streets and out of pocketI booked rooms in a hotel in Antalya, Turkey through Booking.com and confirmed that a 2am check-in would not be a problem.When I arrived with my elderly father and two young daughters the hotel was overbooked. The receptionist refused to find alternative accommodation and would not even allow us to stay in the lobby.Continue reading...
  
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• UK launch for Uber rival Ola

  08-08-2018 07:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  A TAXI-HAILING firm from India is set to launch in the UK as it drives up global competition with Uber. Ola, which like its rival is backed by Japanese investor Softbank, will soon begin working in South Wales.
  
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