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Ministers drop plan to relax affordable housing rules after negative response
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Ministers drop plan to relax affordable housing rules after negative response

Government concedes ‘significant opposition’ requires new approach on quotas for medium-sized development sitesMinisters have dropped plans to relax affordable housing rules for developers in England...

Sky News - UK2 months ago
Finlay Tarling's family heartbroken as riders pay tribute to British cyclist
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Finlay Tarling's family heartbroken as riders pay tribute to British cyclist

Finlay Tarling's father says it has been "heartbreaking and heartwarming" to receive messages of support and happy photos of his son following the British cyclist's death.

BBC News - UK2 months ago
‘I don’t even drink whisky’: Scotland reels in visitors as much of Europe swelters
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‘I don’t even drink whisky’: Scotland reels in visitors as much of Europe swelters

More direct flights from North America and, say tourism chiefs, Highland warriors and Tartan Army have helpedFor the tourist industry, 2026 has been a rocky year, with war, EU border delays, climate a...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘A tax on being thin’: only high earners make overall savings on food bills from weight-loss drugs
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‘A tax on being thin’: only high earners make overall savings on food bills from weight-loss drugs

Users need discretionary income of nearly £100,000 a year to make savings on their grocery spend after paying £1,200 for GLP-1s, analysis findsThe high cost of weight-loss medication is a “regressive...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea approach amid climate crisis
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Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea approach amid climate crisis

Cut in electric vehicle sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions in UK, say green campaignersAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales target...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended
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Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended

Utility company’s plant, which has only run five times, now has an estimated total cost of £500mThames Water is preparing the UK’s only desalination plant to restart operations later this year – but i...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration
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BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration

Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in JanuaryBP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s f...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Matthew McConaughey name-dropped Jennifer Lopez when he got pulled over by Mexican police
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Matthew McConaughey name-dropped Jennifer Lopez when he got pulled over by Mexican police

The pair worked together on 2001 rom-com 'The Wedding Planner' The post Matthew McConaughey name-dropped Jennifer Lopez when he got pulled over by Mexican police appeared first on NME.

NME Music News3 months ago
Tougher crops and beaver dams: how UK farmers are tackling drought
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Tougher crops and beaver dams: how UK farmers are tackling drought

Hit by heatwaves and low rainfall, food producers are finding novel solutions to help crops and cattle survivePonds and collection tanks, drought-resistant crops and a certain rodent. As the climate c...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Water customers are not a ‘blank cheque’, Burnham tells suppliers
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Water customers are not a ‘blank cheque’, Burnham tells suppliers

Companies in England and Wales get green light for extra spending that will add billions to billsAndy Burnham has said he is angry with water companies for treating their customers as a “bottomless so...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Edinburgh international film festival showcases a Scottish industry in rude health
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Edinburgh international film festival showcases a Scottish industry in rude health

This year’s festival is superpowered by a strong year for Scottish cinema, showing it can thrive under the ‘four dimensional perpetual catch-22’ of global ambitions• Borges, ballet and BDSM: Peter Bra...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley buys Harvey Nichols
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Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley buys Harvey Nichols

Frasers Group acquires majority of upmarket retailer’s sites from the administrators Business live – latest updatesThe owner of Sports Direct has bought Harvey Nichols out of administration after the...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Jack Crabtree obituary
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Jack Crabtree obituary

My father, Jack Crabtree, who has died aged 87, was a figurative painter whose work gave dignity to people whose lives were often overlooked. He developed a distinctive form of social realism, rooted...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Ski Sunday host Chemmy Alcott suffers collapsed lung after jumping into lake
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Ski Sunday host Chemmy Alcott suffers collapsed lung after jumping into lake

The former GB Olympian posted images of her in hospital while on holiday in France.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Polls open in Clacton, where Farage spent more than £10,000 in byelection against Count Binface – as it happened
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Polls open in Clacton, where Farage spent more than £10,000 in byelection against Count Binface – as it happened

The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July and forced a byelectionThe number of patients in England being cared for in hospital corridors or makeshift areas has remained...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Zero hours crackdown could cost firms up to £2.9bn a year
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Zero hours crackdown could cost firms up to £2.9bn a year

Labour's employment rights bill crackdown on zero hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9bn a year, new official analysis has found.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
UK economy shows surprising resilience – but that might not last | Richard Partington
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UK economy shows surprising resilience – but that might not last | Richard Partington

Weaker growth, rising energy costs and persistent inflation mean Britain could face tougher times in the autumnUK economic growth slows downBusiness live – latest updatesIn the spring the Internationa...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Twitch faces backlash over Amazon using content to train AI
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Twitch faces backlash over Amazon using content to train AI

Users of the popular streaming platform criticised allowing Amazon to use their data by dafault.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
UK economic growth slows down as Iran war pushes up energy prices
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UK economic growth slows down as Iran war pushes up energy prices

GDP expanded by 0.4% in three months to June, but analysts warn growth is ‘likely to fade’UK economy shows surprising resilienceBusiness live – latest updatesEconomic growth slowed in the second quart...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production
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India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production

Rise in new mine proposals, mainly in states of Odisha and Jharkhand, comes despite plateau in global demandEnough new coalmining projects were proposed last year to increase global supplies by 2.5bn...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago