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• Hotspot policing: 'There's car thefts, breaks-ins, everything'

  27-03-2023 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What do people make of the government's new anti-social behaviour plans?
  
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• EU ministers to approve vehicle emissions law after deal with Germany

  27-03-2023 13:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Berlin secures concessions over future use of e-fuels after going back on agreement struck last yearEU ministers are expected to approve a draft law on emissions standards for cars on Tuesday, after reaching a deal with Germany over the weekend that ended a damaging row over a key part of Europe’s green deal.Pascal Canfin, a French centrist MEP who chairs the European parliament’s environment committee, said an EU law that all cars sold from 2035 must produce zero emissions “wi
  
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• UK homebuyers: has your mortgage application been turned down recently?

  27-03-2023 13:25 via theguardian.com
  
  We’re keen to hear from prospective house buyers whose application for a UK residential mortgage has been rejected because of affordability checksWe’d like to hear from people who have had their application for a UK residential mortgage refused recently because they did not pass a lender’s affordability checks.If you tried to get a mortgage and were unsuccessful, we are interested to hear about your experience, your financial circumstances and what lenders based their final dec
  
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• Share how you will be affected by the end of the energy bill support scheme

  27-03-2023 12:37 via theguardian.com
  
  We would like to hear about the impact the end of the EBSS will have on households in BritainThe government’s £400 energy bills support scheme (EBSS) ends this month.The energy price guarantee (EPG) will remain at £2,500 a year until the end of June. But households will no longer receive the £67 a month in support, and standing charges will increase. Continue reading...
  
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• A Ukrainian ballerina displaced by war – in pictures

  27-03-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ganna Muromtseva, a professional ballerina from Ukraine, fled her country after Russia’s invasion, and now dances at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, hoping to one day dance again in Kyiv Continue reading...
  
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• 20th century Japanese poster art – in pictures

  27-03-2023 08:11 via theguardian.com
  
  At a new exhibition at Poster House in New York, a range of wartime and postwar posters are being celebrated, showing a move from patriotism to consumerism and beyond. Designers used posters to address major cultural issues from climate change to nuclear disarmamentContinue reading...
  
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• From living water to toxic sludge: the Philippine island devastated by an oil spill – a photo essay

  27-03-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The slick from sunken tanker Princess Empress has harmed livelihoods, caused health problems and done untold damage to marine life. Can Mindoro island recover?Words and photographs by Alecs OngcalIt is a beautiful sunny day on Mindoro island but a nauseating stench fills the air and black sludge covers the beaches and rockpools. The cause? A massive oil spill off the eastern coast of the island, from the tanker Princess Empress, carrying 800,000 litres of industrial fuel oil when it sank on 28 F
  
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• Arlo Parks on creating her version of My Bloody Valentine's 'wall of sound'

  27-03-2023 07:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer-songwriter says she will show her love of bands like My Bloody Valentine on her second LP.
  
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• Exposing the myth of Britain’s ‘perfect’ war against Islamic State – podcast

  27-03-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The UK government continues to claim that there were no civilian casualties as a result of its bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq. Emma Graham-Harrison reports from Mosul on the evidence that cannot any longer be ignoredBritain’s government and military have for years stood by the claim that in terms of protecting ordinary Iraqis, the UK fought a “perfect” war against Islamic State militants in Iraq. For all the bombs dropped on cities such as Mosul, the o
  
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