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• Santander customers’ private data put up for sale for $2m by hackers

  31-05-2024 17:50
  
  ShinyHunters stole information including bank and credit card numbers, as well as staff HR detailsHackers are attempting to sell confidential information including the bank and credit card numbers of millions of Santander customers to the highest bidder.ShinyHunters posted an advert on a hacker forum for the data, which it says also includes staff HR details, with an asking price of $2m (£1.6m). It is the same organisation that claims to have hacked Ticketmaster. Continue reading...
  
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• Santander confirms '30 million customers hit by data breach' after 'hack'

  31-05-2024 16:28 via express.co.uk
  
  Santander Bank has confirmed that 'unauthorised access' to a customer database was detected after a hacking gang claimed to have stolen the details of 30 million customers.
  
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• WASPI campaign issues DWP compensation warning to canvassing MP candidates

  31-05-2024 15:49 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A recent survey found over two thirds of voters think the WASPI women should get compensation.
  
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• Retail sales tumble despite good weather and Bank Holidays off work

  31-05-2024 15:12 via express.co.uk
  
  The latest figures show that overall footfall across the UK dropped by 3.6 percent compared to last year, although this was an improvement from a 7.2 percent decrease in April.
  
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• UBS finalises takeover of Credit Suisse, marking an end to troubled Swiss bank's legacy

  31-05-2024 15:02 via express.co.uk
  
  Credit Suisse was rescued by the rival Switzerland-based bank in March last year in a deal worth 3.25 billion US dollars and has now been fully integrated.
  
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• Call for urgent investigation into greenwashing claims against UK's top banks

  31-05-2024 14:19 via express.co.uk
  
  Financial and advertising regulators are facing calls to launch an investigation into greenwashing by the UK's five biggest high street banks - Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Natwest and Lloyds.
  
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• Cost of living payment worth £200 now open - how you can claim the cash

  31-05-2024 14:10 via express.co.uk
  
  The Government's Household Support Fund scheme is to dish out the money in the coming weeks, with applications to claim open now
  
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• WASPI campaign boss issues verdict on triple lock plus policy for pensioners

  31-05-2024 14:01 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The campaigners are pushing for the future Government to finally grant them compensation.
  
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• UK house prices return to growth as market ‘shows signs of resilience’

  31-05-2024 13:46
  
  Rate more than doubles to 1.3% in May and average property price rises to £264,249, Nationwide saysBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices returned to growth in May amid signs of market “resilience” after two months of falls, according to a building society.The average property price in Britain rose 0.4% month on month to £264,249, after a similar-sized fall of 0.4% in April, Nationwide said. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour flew private jet to Scotland, Keir Starmer admits – video

  31-05-2024 13:05
  
  Keir Starmer has admitted travelling via 'efficient' private jet to Scotland 'in the middle of a very busy general election campaign',despite Labour having previously criticised Rishi Sunak for using aircraft to get around the country. Starmer was in Glasgow to talk about the party’s Great British Energy flagship policyUK politics: latest updates Continue reading...
  
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• Martin Lewis says millions have turned down payrise this year without realising

  31-05-2024 12:47 via express.co.uk
  
  Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis says you may have turned down a big payrise this year and don't even realise
  
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• Martin Lewis and MSE reveal how to pocket a free £175 by doing just one simple task

  31-05-2024 12:34 via express.co.uk
  
  The Money Saving Expert team says you only need to one thing to get the money plus additional benefits.
  
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• CMA to investigate £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money by Nationwide

  31-05-2024 11:57
  
  Watchdog opens first stage of merger process to examine whether deal would lead to less competitionBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK competition regulator has launched an inquiry into the £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money by the rival lender Nationwide Building Society.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had opened the first stage of its merger process to look at whether the deal – one of the largest transactions in the banking sector since the 2008 financial c
  
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• Thames Water tells hundreds of Surrey households not to drink tap water

  31-05-2024 09:26
  
  Company tells Bramley residents that tests have indicated ‘possible deterioration in quality’ after historical fuel leakMore than 600 households in Surrey have been told not to drink their tap water after tests carried out by Thames Water.The company said results on Thursday indicated “a possible deterioration in quality” of drinking water “in some areas”. Continue reading...
  
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• Can heat pumps be installed in older properties?

  31-05-2024 09:00
  
  Critics claim the technology is best suited to newbuilds – but studies reveal success with retrofits and in poorly insulated homes• Do heat pumps work at freezing temperatures?
  • Are heat pumps more expensive to run than gas boilers?The belief that heat pumps will work only in newbuild homes is still widely held.The number of heat pumps installed every year across the EU is expected to surge by the end of the decade as governments take aim at household carbon emissions. Continue
  
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• Homes for sale in England and Wales with a kitchen garden – in pictures

  31-05-2024 08:00
  
  From a historic Grade II-listed Welsh farmhouse to newbuild London flats with shared allotment beds Continue reading...
  
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• It’s the Tories who broke Britain, but now they want teenagers to pay for it | Gaby Hinsliff

  31-05-2024 07:00
  
  Cutting degrees to pay for more apprenticeships is plain barmy – just look at the facts and ask yourself who this is aimed atOnce upon a time, elections used to be all about kissing babies. But for parents of teenagers, this one has felt more like a smack in the teeth. Last weekend, our children were threatened with compulsory national service, for no obvious reason beyond keeping nostalgic pensioners happy. Now, just in the middle of their GCSE revision, Rishi Sunak is threatening to scra
  
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• App stores have 'huge disincentive' to remove pornography due to profits says eSafety boss – video

  31-05-2024 05:36
  
  Australia’s online safety regulator has accused Apple and Google of financial motives in deciding not to remove Reddit and X from their app stores for hosting pornography in violation of their own policies. 'They collect a 30% tithe from every transaction that happens on a social media site … Think about the force multiplier of deplatforming an app and what that would mean to their revenue,' said Julie Inman Grant.► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTubeGoogle and Apple ke
  
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