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• UK readies flotilla plan for supplies in no-deal Brexit - Financial Times

  23-10-2018 19:16
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  UK readies flotilla plan for supplies in no-deal Brexit
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  Britain is drawing up plans to charter ships to bring in food and medicines in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit next March, in a move greeted with disbelief at a stormy meeting of Theresa May's cabinet on Tuesday. The cabinet was told that the heavily ...
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• Rogue landlord hides in toilet then gets into wrong car while escaping reporters – video

  23-10-2018 18:03
  Bernard McGowan is doorstepped by the Guardian's Simon Goodley and ITV News's Joel Hills. McGowan, who has been convicted six times of housing offences since 2014, tries to escape the film crew by hiding in a toilet in Caffè Nero. He emerged half an hour later, only to get into the wrong car waiting outside. McGowan declined other opportunities to comment• Banned but still in business: law fails to stop rogue landlords Continue reading...
  
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• The rogue landlord's loopholes: how the law fails renters

  23-10-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Measures to stop poor property management are patchy and confusingThe legislation designed to catch rogue landlords is vast and very complex.Landlords can be prosecuted under various pieces of law, including the Housing Act (2004), the Protection from Eviction Act (1977), the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (2005). Continue reading...
  
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• Mould, evictions, vermin: stories of a £30m property empire

  23-10-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Bernard McGowan’s business rolls on, despite six Housing Act convictions since 2014When Daud Hussein, a Somali who is blind in one eye, crawled naked and bleeding out of his north London home, it seemed that life could not get too much worse. But it did.He had been knocked unconscious after he fell when showering in the dark. A candle that had been lighting the bathroom had gone out. Hussein says he was using the candle after his landlord cut off the electricity. Continue reading...
  
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• Uber to introduce clean air fee to all London rides

  23-10-2018 13:34 via theguardian.com
  Ride-hailing app to charge extra 15p per mile to help drivers pay for electric carsUber will charge its customers in London an extra 15p per mile on every trip to help its drivers buy electric cars.The ride-hailing app hopes to create a £200m fund from the levy to encourage almost half of its 45,000 drivers to use fully electric vehicles by 2021. The firm hopes its London fleet will be fully electric by 2025. Continue reading...
  
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• Rain was the last straw for my panama hat

  23-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  I was caught out in rainy Sicily and the hat was ruinedI bought a £70 foldable Brisa panama hat from the Panama Hat Company this summer. I was aware that it should not be worn continually in wet weather. However, I was caught out by a rainy afternoon in Sicily this September. Where do you put a hat that should not be worn or folded damp when out for the afternoon? It was not soaked, but did not regain its original shape. The company said that by getting it wet it was my fault. It said it c
  
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• DVDs have had their day as shoppers go skimpy and sustainable

  23-10-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Alarm clocks and trouser presses are also out as John Lewis report reveals shopping trends Some 20 years after the first DVD players went on sale, they’re history. John Lewis won’t be restocking when the current players have sold out, the retailer said, after a 40% dive in sales this year.The DVD player’s demise is revealed in the annual snapshot of buying trends compiled by the department store group. A number of other devices and electricals are also in steep decline: sales o
  
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