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• This Innocent-Looking Bracelet Has A Nasty Surprise For Any Muggers

  10-01-2018 14:27
  There are a whole host of gadgets on the market for keeping people safe on the streets - sprays, apps and alarms - but many of them aren’t that easy to use or are inherently indiscrete.Now a Dutch gadget company has designed a wearable piece of jewellery, that looks a little like a FitBit, to stop would-be muggers from attacking victims.And the bracelet has a secret power.Shown at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the Invi self-defence security bracelet is a totally nonviol
  
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• UK entry to EU loan scheme for Ukraine is ‘template’ for future deals, says bloc envoy

  15-07-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Pedro Serrano tells FT that London and Brussels are in ‘the phase of winning’, 10 years on from Brexit vote
  
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• VAT is Burnham’s best tax-raising tool if UK public finances go off track, says OECD

  15-07-2026 11:47 via ft.com
  New report argues long-term reforms should focus on spending restraint, including end to pensions triple lock
  
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• Consensus on chancellor shifts — but I still wouldn’t bet on it

  15-07-2026 10:30 via ft.com
  Nothing is certain as lobbying war rages on, but Westminster view is growing that Ed Miliband will be passed over
  
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• Unprecedented UK stretch above 30C stokes ‘firewave’ and strains emergency services

  15-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Swath of the nation from Kent to Lincolnshire records significantly more rapid warming than the rest of the UK
  
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• The former Britpop stalwart at the heart of Burnham’s machine

  15-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Anneliese Midgley, who previously advised Jeremy Corbyn and Sir Keir Starmer, has been credited as a key influence on the incoming PM
  
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• Britain does not need looser fiscal rules. It needs better ones

  15-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The budget framework needs to be fixed to reward stewardship rather than neglect
  
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• Midnight social media curfew proposed for older UK teens

  15-07-2026 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teenagers will be able to opt out of the restrictions - campaigners have criticised them as being piecemeal.
  
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• City leaders chew over Reeves’ successor at Mansion House banquet

  15-07-2026 00:40 via ft.com
  Conversations at annual gathering focus on who will take key job of chancellor in new Burnham government
  
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• UK teenagers face midnight curfew on using social media platforms

  14-07-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Addictive features such as autoplay videos and infinite scrolling will be switched off under planned laws
  
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• Review of MP security needed after Widdecombe death, Burnham says

  14-07-2026 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The expected next prime minister says politics has "darkened" in the decade he has been away from Westminster.
  
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• Miliband trails Mahmood in race to become Burnham’s chancellor

  14-07-2026 22:45 via ft.com
  Home secretary emerges as favourite for key role amid criticism of energy secretary’s radical net zero policies
  
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• Starmer and Burnham hail Hillsborough Law as MPs give approval

  14-07-2026 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The legislation cleared the House of Commons in Sir Keir Starmer's final days as prime minister.
  
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• Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive top French honour

  14-07-2026 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France's President Emmanuel Macron praised Starmer's "decency" and contribution to Ukraine and the security of Europe.
  
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• Public to be told how to prepare for cyber-attack and weather emergencies

  14-07-2026 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government provides an update on its national resilience plans "should the worst ever happen".
  
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• Change voting system before next election, Davey urges Burnham

  14-07-2026 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lib Dem leader urges incoming PM Andy Burnham to "be brave" to fulfil his promise to change politics.
  
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• Row after Tory bid to make Burnham face MPs before autumn fails

  14-07-2026 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Tories have accused Labour of "running scared" after ministers denied them a chance to delay Parliament's summer break.
  
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• Ann Widdecombe killed in ‘targeted attack’, counterterror police say

  14-07-2026 17:46 via ft.com
  Ex-Conservative minister and Reform spokesperson was found dead at her home in Devon on Thursday
  
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• MP was 'bit of a pest', sexual assault trial hears

  14-07-2026 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Suffolk MP is on trial in London after being accused of two counts of sexual assault.
  
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• UK ‘wasted’ nearly £10bn on PPE during pandemic, inquiry says

  14-07-2026 13:08 via ft.com
  ‘Vast’ sums squandered in health crisis, report finds, as it criticises so-called VIP lane for procurement
  
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• UK borrowing costs hit highest level since May as oil surges

  14-07-2026 12:48 via ft.com
  Ten-year yield back above 5% just days before Andy Burnham set to become prime minister
  
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• Andy Burnham’s theory of government

  14-07-2026 10:46 via ft.com
  His commitment to reining in outsourcing reflects his frustration at poor accountability
  
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• The candidates standing in Clacton by-election

  14-07-2026 08:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The full list of candidates who have declared they intend to fight the Clacton by-election.
  
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• Chris Mason: Investigation into Widdecombe's death rekindles debate over how to protect politicians

  14-07-2026 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many MPs blame social media for normalising violent language and abuse, the BBC's political editor writes.
  
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• Visa applicants’ medical data wrongly sent to lawyers hired by employers

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Information sharing between Home Office and NHS England has led to leaks of sensitive data
  
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• The union power struggle that could reshape Labour’s future funding

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Under the leadership of Sharon Graham, who now faces a challenge, Unite has cut its annual affiliation fee to the party from £1.45mn to £870,000
  
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• The political fast lane keeps making the same scandal mistake

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  A story might be reported to no great acclaim for months before it finally blows up in the public consciousness
  
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• Spain begins Gibraltar airport checks as Brexit reaches the Rock

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Troubled EU entry system will be turned on from Wednesday, with UK territory in effect becoming part of Schengen zone
  
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• Give Wales more tax powers, first minister tells Burnham

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Wales wants the same borrowing abilities as Scotland, says Rhun ap Iorwerth
  
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• Burnham tells Labour MPs he will rein in Britain’s outsourcing industry

  13-07-2026 23:53 via ft.com
  PM-in-waiting says he will appoint a ‘broad church’ ministerial team and bring government contracts in-house
  
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