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• UK steps up review of headlight glare as drivers complain of being dazzled

  28-10-2025 15:53
  Considerations include changes to headlight standards and clampdown on illegal sale of overly powerful bulbsWith nights getting longer and the clocks going back, the bright glare from oncoming traffic has the attention of the UK government, which is considering changes to headlight standards and a clampdown on illegal sales of overly powerful bulbs.More than a quarter of drivers say bright headlights made them nervous of driving in the dark, according to a survey published on Tuesday by the RAC
  
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• HMRC cuts child benefit for 23,500 families based on incomplete travel data

  28-10-2025 07:00
  UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned
  
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• Is London ready for driverless taxis? – podcast

  28-10-2025 04:00
  Autonomous cabs are a staple in some US cities – but how will they cope with London’s streets? Gwyn Topham and Johana Bhuiyan reportToday in Focus presenter Helen Pidd enjoys a ride in a driverless taxi in Austin, Texas, as transport correspondent Gwyn Topham examines whether the technology can adapt to London’s medieval streets when Waymo robotaxis arrive in the UK capital next year.They are joined by Johana Bhuiyan, a senior tech reporter at the Guardian US, who has been chro
  
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