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• Cancer patient fears dying without justice as tribunal date repeatedly delayed

  26-12-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  IT technician Joe Mezgebe arrived at unfair dismissal hearing to find no judge available – for the second timeA disabled man with prostate cancer has had his employment tribunal for unfair dismissal postponed the day before it was due to take place because a judge was not available – 13 months after exactly the same thing happened.Joe Mezgebe, an IT technician, who first presented his claim against Christ’s College, Finchley academy in June 2021, has lost £15,300 in fees
  
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• Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump’s impact on the UK economy in 2025 – cartoon

  26-12-2024 16:32 via theguardian.com
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• UK public electric car chargers rose by a third in 2024 to more than 70,000

  26-12-2024 16:05
  
  Number hits record level but rate of growth slows as installers face delays to government fundingThe UK installed a record number of public electric car chargers in 2024, although the rate of growth slowed as installers contended with delays to government funding.Numbers rose by more than a third to reach 73,421 by 20 December, according to Zapmap, whose data the government uses. The increase of 19,600 was nearly equivalent to the total number of chargers at the end of 2020. Continue reading...
  
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• UK gambling with climate targets over carbon capture, say campaigners

  26-12-2024 11:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Potential IPCC rule changes could award planned carbon savings from burning US wood pellets to the exporter, not the importerThe UK government is gambling with its own climate targets on claims that the Drax power plant will create “negative emissions” because new rules could hand the carbon savings to the US, campaigners say.The owners of the North Yorkshire power plant have promised ministers that a key project to capture the carbon emissions created from burning biomass wood pelle
  
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• So Gloucester services is the best in Britain? Let a true pitstop connoisseur be the judge of that | Rich Pelley

  26-12-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With its herb garden, deli counter and ‘living roof’, the M5 stop-off is definitely swish. But I’m a Monster Munch man at heartIf you know me, you’ll know there is nothing I like better than a good old-fashioned service station. Where else can you jump out of the car for an overpriced Burger King, a go on a driving arcade game from 1993 and – most importantly – a wee? Service stations are mini utopias, housing everything that a human being needs for basic surv
  
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• ‘Wild west’: experts concerned by illegal promotion of weight-loss jabs in UK

  26-12-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Guardian review finds many online pharmacies flouting strict advertising rules that govern prescription-only drugsWeight-loss injections are being aggressively marketed to British consumers through often illegal promotions, in a practice experts have described as a “wild west” industry of drug selling.The booming market for jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro has triggered a price battle among online pharmacies, with even high-street chains cashing in on the soaring demand.Supermarkets
  
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• Resist ‘predatory’ Boxing Day gambling offers, say NHS bosses amid worsening crisis

  26-12-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Barrage of gambling adverts likely to exacerbate addiction, as NHS in England doubles number of clinics to meet demandThe “barrage” of betting advertisements around Boxing Day sporting fixtures will exacerbate Britain’s growing gambling problem, NHS bosses are warning.Promotional techniques by unscrupulous betting firms, including free Christmas bets, will increase gambling-related harm by encouraging punters to wager sums they cannot afford, they say.In the UK, support for pro
  
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• Bouncing back: UK soft play centres recover after Covid closures

  26-12-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Chains expand and high street cafes thrive but businesses face new pressures after budget“It will go all the way up there, with four floors, and a net maze,” says Jonathan Laznik, the owner of Gambado, pointing to the 10-metre-high ceiling in Forest Hill’s Capitol theatre, which is the venue for the company’s newest soft play venture.Built as a silent cinema in 1929, the Grade II-listed art deco building, which once sat 1,600 cinemagoers, has also served as a bingo hall a
  
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• UK shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn on Boxing Day

  26-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  High streets predicted to be less busy as people buy beauty and technology deals onlineShoppers are expected to spend £3.7bn, this Boxing Day, up only 1.3% on 2023, with high streets less busy as shoppers snap up beauty and technology bargains online.The ability to click for bargains from the sofa means post-Christmas discounts actually begin before most families have touched a sprout or a slice of turkey as it is now possible to begin spending in the sales from midnight on Christmas Eve.
  
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• Train passengers in Britain still facing record number of cancellations

  26-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Figure reached 4% in 12 months to 9 November, analysis shows, double the rate recorded in 2015Train passengers in Britain are still facing record levels of disruption, with 4% of services cancelled in the last 12 months, analysis shows.More than 400,000 services were either fully or partly cancelled in the year to 9 November, with passengers in northern England bearing the brunt of the disruption, according to data from the regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Continue reading...
  
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