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• UK parents fear young will be worse off for first time in a century, ex-minister warns

  26-02-2026 16:35 via theguardian.com
  Alan Milburn says people feel ‘social contract is being broken’ as number of Neets climbs to 957,000The number of young people in the UK not working or in education has risen closer to a million, figures show, as a government adviser warned that for the first time in a century parents do not think their children will have a better life than them.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of people aged 16 to 24 who were not in education, employment or training (Neet) ro
  
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• British-Danish couple say new UK passport rules may separate them from children

  26-02-2026 15:52 via theguardian.com
  Family learned of change while abroad, and fear dual-national children will have to stay with relatives while they return to apply for passportsA British man and a Danish woman fear they will be separated from their young children in Copenhagen airport because of new border control rules on British dual nationals.James Scrivens and his wife, Sara, who live in Wales, were visiting relatives in Norway and Denmark during the school holidays, and learned about the new Home Office rules only while th
  
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• Tell us: how will the UK’s landline switch-off affect you or your family?

  26-02-2026 15:43 via theguardian.com
  The UK will phase out traditional home phones by 2027, but the switchover has been stressful for some. How do you feel about the change?UK telecoms companies are retiring traditional landline services and replacing them with internet-based home phone connections.The industry has set a deadline of January 2027 to complete this switch with roughly 3.2 million homes still to move over. While the digital switchover has been straightforward for most households, for some vulnerable customers, such as
  
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• Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing

  26-02-2026 14:06 via theguardian.com
  Supermarket chain says it will point customers to herring and other species to protect threatened Atlantic stocksWaitrose has become the first UK supermarket to suspend the sale of mackerel because of overfishing and will start pointing customers toward herring and other species.The Marine Conservation Society warned last year that stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing, and it downgraded mackerel from a three to a four on its five-point Good Fish Guide sustainability scale. Continue
  
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• The best men’s waterproof jackets in the UK to get outdoors whatever the weather, tested

  26-02-2026 12:39 via theguardian.com
  Keep dry in outerwear that’s been put through its paces in showers indoors and out• How to choose a waterproof jacket
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• Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more

  26-02-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternativesThere’s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media harms, misinformation, polarisation, mining and misuse of personal data, environmental negligence, tax avoidance, the list goes on. Added to which, Silicon Valley’s leaders seem all too keen to cosy up to the T
  
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