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• ‘Cultural jail’: Brexit could bring booming industry to its knees

  06-10-2018 23:07 via theguardian.com
  Top UK musicians tell PM in open letter why Europe is so important to their industryLast year, the British music industry posted record-breaking sales not seen since the commercially bloated days of Britpop. Revenues rose by 10.6%, the £92bn creative sector grew at twice the rate of the national economy, and the former rough-sleeping, street busker Ed Sheeran became the world’s biggest-selling pop star.And yet the industry is gripped by the fear that Brexit will shatter that success
  
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• Thousands of anti-coal protesters celebrate German forest's reprieve

  06-10-2018 19:41 via theguardian.com
  Court victory halts utility firm RWE’s plan to raze Hambach woodland and expand an opencast mineThousands of anti-coal demonstrators descended on Germany’s Hambach forest on Saturday to celebrate an unexpected court victory that suspended an energy company’s planned razing of the woodland to expand a giant opencast mine.The ancient forest near Cologne has been occupied by activists for the past six years and has become a symbol of resistance against coal energy in Germany, a co
  
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• The frackers are back: but will there ever be a British shale gas boom?

  06-10-2018 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Pending a legal challenge, Cuadrilla will start work on a well this week – and answer key questions about the industry’s viabilityFracking is due to return to the UK this week, as the shale gas company Cuadrilla prepares to start operations at a well in Lancashire – provided it can see off a last-minute legal challenge.It will be the first horizontal shale well to be fracked in the UK. The drills have penetrated two kilometres deep and later this week Cuadrilla will pump in wat
  
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• Bitcoin news: How to keep YOUR cryptocurrency safe from hackers and theft

  06-10-2018 10:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  CRYPTOCURRENCY is unique when compared to money because of its inherently ethereal nature – but like anything valuable, bitcoin crypto needs to be protected.
  
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• Where to move for... the best A-level or Higher results

  06-10-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  If you want top marks, some parts of the UK – and some schools – do better than othersFor those still to sit A-levels or Highers, where you live and which school you go to can profoundly influence results day. Time to tell Mum and Dad to move house.It’s a contested field, the exams – how they are marked and how results are analysed shifting like quicksand from one year to the next. It takes months for the results to be properly analysed, though we already know Northern Ir
  
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• 'Italy could put eurozone in JEOPARDY' Why Juncker was WRONG to evoke Greece crisis

  06-10-2018 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  ITALY would put the entire eurozone “in jeopardy” if the populist nation stumbled into a deep economic crisis, according to a financial analyst. Rome rattled markets and risked the wrath of European Union chiefs this week after announcing proposals to set out a deficit goal of 2.4 percent of GDP for the next three years - three times the previous administration's target.
  
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• Would £125 tempt you to switch bank current accounts?

  06-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  NatWest offers free cash in bid to lure customers frustrated by rivals’ IT problemsThe battle to attract current account customers is hotting up, with several banks now offering freebies. On Wednesday, NatWest announced it will give £125 to new and existing customers switching their main bank account. The offer runs until 3 December.There are a few conditions – for example, switchers are required to use the industry’s Current Account Switch Service, close their existing a
  
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• Is it worth buying an electronic cat flap to keep neighbours' pets out?

  06-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  We’re wondering which one should we go for – and if they really workEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.A neighbour’s cat keeps coming into our kitchen and eating our cat’s food, so we’re thinking of buying an electronic or microchip cat flap. But which one should we go for? Are they worth the money, and do they alway
  
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• 'I spend £100 a month on food for my dog; he eats better than I do'

  06-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Fashion specialist Lucy Bishop explains why quality of life is more important than savingAfter 13 years of living in London and having to move every year from one mouse-infested flat to another, I hit a point last summer where I couldn’t take it any more. I was so fed up of living in rundown buildings with too many flatmates and dealing with greedy landlords constantly ripping you off.Saving towards a deposit for a property felt futile – it would have taken me about 100 years. Instea
  
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• easyJet passengers voice anger over unpaid compensation

  06-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Travellers still owed more than £1,000 months after flights were cancelled at last minute Passengers who had their holidays ruined after easyJet cancelled their flights at the last minute say they are being forced to wait months for their compensation because the airline seemingly won’t pay up.In recent months Guardian Money’s Consumer Champions have been contacted by a number of readers complaining that the airline seems to be refusing to pay them. Continue reading...
  
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• Dating: how much would you spend in a search for love?

  06-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From pricey cocktail bars to online dating, finding a partner can cost thousandsFor some it happens at school, for others it’s after spending several years swiping on Tinder. Finding love in this increasingly digital age has its highs and lows, but how much is it impacting our finances?At the beginning of 2018, Sarah Johnson* was on a “dating mission”. Single for four years, the analyst threw herself into online dating with the same level of gusto that someone might train for a
  
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• Are bank ATMs guilty of daylight robbery?

  06-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  If you fail to get the full amount, trying to prove your version of events can be impossibleDo cash machines ever make mistakes or “go rogue”? A retired GP’s wife says she feels as if she has been “mugged” by an ATM after it left her £130 out of pocket. She had attempted to withdraw £150, but says she received only two £10 notes in her hand.Val Davies says she has been battling for weeks to get the matter sorted out, but – as is so often the
  
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• 'Life keeps evolving': six ways to have a happy retirement

  06-10-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  It can be the best time of your life – here’s howFor today’s sixtysomethings, retirement has changed almost beyond recognition since their parents’ day. There’s greater uncertainty about the future and more choice about when and how to retire – or, indeed, whether to retire at all; work is increasingly part of retirement. Yet this generation is still held back by outdated myths. At one extreme, retirement is still seen as living the dream in a rose-covered cou
  
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• Bitcoin SURGES as cryptocurrency expert predicts currency could ROCKET

  06-10-2018 05:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN is “close to bottoming” and could rocket according to an expert after Friday saw the currency surge, with Yale’s Warren Buffet investing in two venture firms devoted to cryptocurrency.
  
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