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‘A guy did a runner in a Jaguar’: the petrol theft scandal – and the garage owner struggling to stop it
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‘A guy did a runner in a Jaguar’: the petrol theft scandal – and the garage owner struggling to stop it

Since the start of the Iran war in February, there has been a 23% rise in fuel theft, with more than £1.2m stolen from British forecourts each week. Why aren’t the police doing more to apprehend the c...

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Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says
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Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres, the water industry has said in stark c...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for failing to stop sale of illegal and fake goods
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AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for failing to stop sale of illegal and fake goods

Chinese retail platform handed penalty over listings for items such as counterfeit products and unsafe toysBusiness live – latest updatesThe Chinese online retail platform AliExpress has been fined a...

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How Elephant and Castle risks becoming London’s gentrification ‘patient zero’
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How Elephant and Castle risks becoming London’s gentrification ‘patient zero’

New £500m town centre welcomes its first tenant this month, but displaced traders say promises that they could return have been brokenDiana Sach once employed more than 30 people and catered for hundr...

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Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
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Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI

Company aims to develop AI software that cuts research times and use of rare metals in chipmakers’ supply chainsBusiness live – latest updatesAmazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have i...

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Why can’t Lifestyle & Mobility store show compassion after my loss?
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Why can’t Lifestyle & Mobility store show compassion after my loss?

I bought a wheelchair for my daughter, but she later died in hospital and the company refuses a refundI bought a £435 wheelchair for my disabled daughter from my local Lifestyle & Mobility store.She h...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says
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Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says

Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardship Retired civil servants have been failed by the decision to outsource their pension scheme, t...

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Pay gap widens as UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary
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Pay gap widens as UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary

In its final report the High Pay Centre says the median remuneration of a FTSE 100 CEO has risen to a record £5.06mThe bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies received record pay last year, fuell...

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Thames Water creditors seek talks with Burnham as nationalisation looms
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Thames Water creditors seek talks with Burnham as nationalisation looms

Consortium preparing for potential legal battle amid reports new PM could put the company into temporary public ownershipThe group of investors pursuing a rescue bid for Thames Water have said they ar...

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South East Water supply disruption hits thousands of properties in Kent
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South East Water supply disruption hits thousands of properties in Kent

People in Tunbridge Wells area face lower pressure, intermittent supply or no water after ‘instrument failure’Thousands of homes and businesses in Kent are facing water supply problems for a second da...

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After fixing its engine problems, Rolls-Royce is turning to its next big challenge
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After fixing its engine problems, Rolls-Royce is turning to its next big challenge

The aerospace giant is seeking UK government support for its re-entry into the huge narrowbody jet marketIn a 100-year-old hangar at Rolls-Royce’s factory in Derby, aircraft engines lie on their noses...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says
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Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says

Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public financesRestoring the deteriorating health of the UK’s population to the level of 2014 would...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘Good growth in every postcode’: Burnham’s economic to-do list in seven charts
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‘Good growth in every postcode’: Burnham’s economic to-do list in seven charts

From industrial strategy and defence to housing and living costs, we lay out the challenges facing the new PMAndy Burnham becomes prime minister as Britain contends with a series of global economic sh...

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Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans
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Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans

Campaigners hope move will force commercial banks to rethink holding assets linked to the fossil fuelClimate campaigners have declared a victory after the Bank of England said it would no longer accep...

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Burnham risks Labour backlash if he reverses ban on new oil and gas drilling
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Burnham risks Labour backlash if he reverses ban on new oil and gas drilling

Party manifesto pledged to honour existing North Sea exploration licences but not issue new onesAndy Burnham risks his first confrontation with Labour MPs if he announces new oil and gas drilling lice...

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UK tech advocates alarmed by Burnham plan to scrap technology department
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UK tech advocates alarmed by Burnham plan to scrap technology department

MPs and industry experts say potential reorganisation will waste time at critical moment for AI and economic growthAndy Burnham’s plan to scrap the government’s technology department has triggered an...

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Andy Burnham considers radical shake-up to cut energy bills
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Andy Burnham considers radical shake-up to cut energy bills

Labour leader examining proposals to overhaul gas standing charges and make heat pumps cheaper to run than boilersAndy Burnham is considering radical plans that could cut household energy bills by £13...

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Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills
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Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills

CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the com...

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Berry tough: Ribena seeks to make hardier blackcurrants to beat extreme weather
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Berry tough: Ribena seeks to make hardier blackcurrants to beat extreme weather

£200,000 investment comes after harvests in Britain hit by wet winter, spring frost and hail, then heatwavesThe owner of Ribena is to invest £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress af...

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South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up
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South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up

Supplier to 2.4m customers says it doesn’t have enough money to last beyond July 2027 South East Water has warned there is “material uncertainty” over its survival, after a disastrous year in which th...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago