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• ‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hooked

  01-02-2025 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Sam found himself getting sucked deeper and deeper in to betting, sometimes risking £11,000 in a day. Now a judge has ruled he was unlawfully targetedAt 1.17pm on 15 August 2018, Sam* logged in to his online betting account and gambled five days’ worth of wages. Already deep in debt – having taken out 13 loans over three years, and with his marriage under strain – he had been desperate to quit.But Sky Betting & Gaming, operator of Sky Bet, Casino, and Vegas, had other
  
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• Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisis

  01-02-2025 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Taking anxiety off the market to create a better society is not easy – but it can be done, says our architecture criticImagine a country where everyone could live securely in a decent home, one with room enough for your ordinary needs, that would also be a haven for your dreams and an expression of who you are. Which offers peace and privacy yet is part of a neighbourhood, with access to transport, schools, health, contact with nature, places of work, shops, sport and entertainment. Where
  
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• Mould, money and murder accusations – residents try to oust management on their London housing estate

  01-02-2025 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  The organisation managing the Loughborough Estate in Lambeth is beset by complaints of disrepair, damp and vermin – and has made some big claims of its ownWhen it rains, Dionne* can feel water coming through her bedroom wall. “I touch it and I can literally feel the water soaking from outside to inside,” she said.Dionne has lived in a two-bedroom flat on the Loughborough Estate in south London since 2010 and has complained about mould to the organisation which manages the estat
  
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• Check 1p coins for rare detail that makes them worth £100,000

  01-02-2025 15:06 via express.co.uk
  
  The Coin Collecting Wizard has shared a video on TikTok, revealing the 'rarest ever' 1p coin that's worth a fortune - and it's all down to one key detail.
  
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• Warning to Netflix and Disney Plus users over £174.50 extra fee under new plans

  01-02-2025 13:31 via express.co.uk
  
  New rules could see streaming fans charged a significant fee to watch content on services like Netflix and Disney Plus.
  
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• State pensioners given £300 DWP boost if they have six-digit code

  01-02-2025 12:39 via express.co.uk
  
  Pensioner households need to check their bank accounts for a six-digit code.
  
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• Barclays IT glitch locks customers out of accounts for almost 24 hours

  01-02-2025 11:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Outage comes on HMRC’s deadline day for settling self-assessment tax returns and a pay day for many workersA serious IT glitch has left some Barclays customers locked out of their accounts throughout the night and almost 24 hours on from the bank’s initial outage.Barclays has apologised to customers and said it was “currently facing intermittent errors” with its payment system. “We’re working to fix this as quickly as possible,” it said. Continue reading
  
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• Barclays update after customers forced to hand back groceries after huge outage

  01-02-2025 11:08 via express.co.uk
  
  Barclays customers have been left unable to pay for shopping and other goods due to the app outage, numerous reports say
  
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• UK households handed £500 cost of living payments in February with no benefits needed

  01-02-2025 11:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Households across the UK can get up to £500 cost of living payments this February and don't need to be on benefits to claim.
  
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• Ministers could allow council tax to rise by up to 25% to prevent bankruptcies

  01-02-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts say it is inevitable government will let English local authorities exceed 5% cap if they are likely to go bustMinisters are under pressure to allow cash-strapped English local authorities to increase council tax by as much as 25% to prevent them becoming bankrupt.Experts said it was inevitable that the government would give the green light to some of the most financially constrained local authorities exceeding a 5% cap to prevent them from issuing section 114 notices that indicate they a
  
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• ‘He spent thousands’: how a bank team tries to rescue scam victims

  01-02-2025 10:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Santander’s specialist squad aims to save customers from the grips of fraudsters offering romance and moreA widowed pensioner is on the end of the phone and he’s flustered. He’s expecting his girlfriend to move in with him next month. He has never met her, but he has photos of a young blonde woman and weeks of texts pledging her devotion.On an industrial estate in Bootle on Merseyside, Clare is trying to deflate his dreams. She is a call handler on Santander’s Break the S
  
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• Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband declare war on UK’s two biggest firms - and we all lose!

  01-02-2025 08:40 via express.co.uk
  
  Hapless Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hit on an unusual way of generating growth. By waging war on UK businesses.
  
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• DWP state pension age warning as rise to above 70 is 'inevitable'

  01-02-2025 07:30 via express.co.uk
  
  Legislation is in place for the state pension age to go up twice over the coming years - but many fear that won't be enough.
  
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• Bank of England interest rates warning as several cuts expected

  01-02-2025 06:25 via express.co.uk
  
  Homeowners hoping for immediate savings on mortgage payments may be disappointed
  
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• DWP's AI use ‘could treat disability benefits claimants unfairly', report warns

  01-02-2025 02:03 via express.co.uk
  
  Disability benefits claimants are getting ‘unacceptably poor levels of service'
  
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