Despairing homeowners plagued by damp urge government to fix 'botched' insulation
Insulation installation schemes damaged many homes and left a legacy of health problems for residents.
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Spooky spending creeping in weeks before Halloween
Spending on Halloween now tops £1bn and UK shoppers are looking beyond sweet treats and pumpkins
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Should K-beauty products have to come from South Korea?
Sales of Korean skincare treatments continue to soar, but some are now made by overseas companies.
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Thousands on benefits could have energy debt cancelled
Regulator Ofgem plans to cut £500m from the stack of customer debt - but other billpayers will cover the cost.
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Websites disabled in Microsoft global outage come back online
Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.
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Fed cuts US interest rates again despite 'flying blind'
Central bank votes to lower cost of borrowing even as US government shutdown limits data for decision
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Reeves' possible plans for filling £40bn budget black hole
Here are my rolling assumptions for the shape of the budget on 26 November, which I will update as the date draws closer.
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Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft sites down in global Microsoft outage
Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform are hit with DNS issues, similar to Amazon's recent outage.
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Nvidia hits new milestone as world's first $5tn company
The US chip-maker has rapidly climbed from a niche graphics-chip manufacturer to an AI titan.
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Watchdog proposes new rules to increase blocking of scam texts
The plans involve blocking hundreds of millions more scams from reaching potential victims and locking scammers out of networks.
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Boeing hit with $5bn in penalties as new jet delayed
The beleaguered firm said it now plans to deliver 777X jets starting from 2027.
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Starmer declines to rule out breaking manifesto tax pledges
The prime minister fails to repeat a promise not to raise income tax rates, VAT or National Insurance next month.
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Starmer fails to rule out manifesto-breaking budget tax rises
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say he stands by Labour's manifesto pledge not to increase income tax, national insurance or VAT.
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Santander warns car finance redress scheme a threat to UK jobs, growth and economy
High street bank Santander has launched a scathing criticism of the car finance compensation scheme and delayed the release of its financial results "in light of uncertainties" it has caused.
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Character.ai to ban teens from talking to its AI chatbots
The AI chatbot app, which has millions of users, said it was responding to parents and regulators.
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Compensation scheme opens for Post Office Capture IT system
The Capture IT system predated Horizon, and victims are potentially in line for payouts of up to £300,000.
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Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy estate
Wildlife trusts attempt to raise £30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.
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'The cost-of-living crisis has hit an awful lot of families hard'
A new scheme in Strabane is offering free baby clothes in a bid to help people facing hardship.
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Food bank director warns of rising need
Corrine Boden says she has seen a shift to people who are in work needing foodbank services.
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'Close eye' will be kept on OpenAI's for-profit conversion, says attorney general
OpenAI has completed its transition to a for-profit company, after court battles and public criticism from one of its founders, Elon Musk.
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