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Woman 'scared to turn heating on' due to oil cost

2 hours 19 min ago
Roslynn Garner-Gatley uses a hot water bottle bed socks and earlier bedtimes to stay warm.
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Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as it increases reliance on AI

2 hours 37 min ago
The bank says it is using more AI leading to a 5% reduction in its workforce.
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Children in care to get £10 a week savings

5 hours 17 min ago
Eligible people in the care system will be able to access the savings once they turn 18.
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Woman 'scared to turn heating on' due to oil cost

6 hours 45 min ago
Roslynn Garner-Gatley starts using a hot water bottle, bed socks and earlier bedtimes to stay warm.
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'I can't afford to heat my home on my pension'

6 hours 51 min ago
Teresa Goubert says heating is "very expensive" and she was struggling on her pension.
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'An £8k service charge left me unable to pay bills'

6 hours 55 min ago
Housing association Curo defends large increases to leaseholder bills.
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Calls to cut employer National Insurance contributions for under-25s

7 hours 4 min ago
Yorkshire businesses set out what they want from the chancellor ahead of the Budget.
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Is an 'AI war' complicating your job search?

7 hours 13 min ago
How fair are AI recruitment tools that help decide our future, and what happens when we click "apply"?
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No purchase, no seats: Starbucks China rolls out new policy

8 hours 12 min ago
Starbucks says it is improving customers' in-store experience as it competes with homegrown rivals.
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What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?

8 hours 26 min ago
AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber-security response.
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The "trillion pound" oil fund the government believes Britain could have built

12 hours 48 min ago
For the first time, the Treasury calculates how much the UK could have raised by investing North Sea proceeds.
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The grads ditching the UK for a fresh start abroad

13 hours 3 min ago
With graduate jobs hard to come by, more young adults are reported to be considering emigrating.
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The grads ditching the UK for a fresh start abroad

13 hours 3 min ago
With graduate jobs hard to come by, more young adults are reported to be considering emigrating.
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Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules

13 hours 20 min ago
The updated policy will apply to all reservations booked on the accommodation site on or after 20 November.
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Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules

13 hours 20 min ago
The updated policy will apply to all reservations booked on the accommodation site on or after 20 November.
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Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy

14 hours 26 min ago
The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.
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Websites taken down worldwide as critical cyber-security update issued

Wed, 10/21/2026 - 22:54
The vulnerabilities with PHP, a programming language widely used across the internet, have been described as the most significant ever found by AI.
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Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy

Wed, 10/21/2026 - 22:54
The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.
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A warning to anyone with credit card debt...

Wed, 10/21/2026 - 20:06
Martin’s leading this week’s podcast with an urgent warning for anyone carrying credit card: now is the time to act.
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Burnham proposes plan to cut standing charges from gas bills

Wed, 10/21/2026 - 20:06
The prime minister provided little detail, and there are questions over shifting the fees onto unit costs.
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