44 h. ago Facebook owner Meta 'looking at plans' to start charging UK users

The social media giant said it was an option after it agreed to stop targeting a campaigner with adverts based on her personal data

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3 d. ago Managing Wales has allowed me to calm down, says Craig Bellamy

Target of World Cup qualification in first job in chargeWelsh players desperate to make up for failure in QatarCraig Bellamy said managing Wales had allowed him to “calm down” as he embarks on his attempt to lead his country to the 2026 World Cup.Wales host Kazakhstan in Cardiff on Saturday in their first qualifier to reach the tournament. Bellamy is unbeaten since taking charge last July and has made the best start of any Wales manager. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago England vs Albania LIVE: Thomas Tuchel takes charge of first game and Morgan Rogers could start

The Three Lions begin their journey under Tuchel as qualifying for the 2026 World Cup gets underway

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3 d. ago European Darts Trophy 2025 in Gottingen: Order of Play, full schedule and start times as Luke Humphries heads charge

The big guns are set to fight it out over a massive weekend on the.European Tour

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1 week ago Mobile and broadband 2025 price increases: Start date and charges explained

Price hikes totaling over £74 million a month are on the way, but millions of customers could avoid them... and even save money.

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1 week ago Southwest will start charging for checked bags amid slew of firsts for low

The airline announced Tuesday it was ending the decades-old policy

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2 w. ago Top shipping broker Clarksons says war and Trump tariff fears have hit revenues

Shares in FTSE 250 company fall by nearly a fifth as geopolitical turmoil pushes down freight ratesBusiness live – latest updatesThe world’s biggest ship broker has warned that geopolitical turmoil from war and Donald Trump’s tearing up of US foreign policy have hurt its revenues, sending its share price tumbling by nearly a fifth on Monday.Clarksons, which is listed on London’s FTSE 250 index of mid-sized companies, said the rates charged by shipping companies had dropped since the start of 2025, hit by concerns over the impact of tariffs. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Major £59 bin charge thousands of families will be forced to pay from April

Stockport Council will soon start to charge £59 for a garden waste permit, if you want to use your green bin to recycle garden waste - here, we outline the changes in full

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3 w. ago How do we make Europe more secure? Here are five steps we need to take now

Europe can’t wait to react to Trump’s mood swings but must show we have the will and the wallet to take back control• Ukraine war liveIt’s exhausting and humiliating to have no control – watching every meeting in the Oval Office for a glimmer of Trump’s approval or displeasure, our security resting on a perceived slight or a mood.The last week of meetings between Trump, Macron, Starmer and finally Zelenskyy always felt like crawling across a minefield. Some might agonise about whether Zelenskyy could have played things differently. It’s the wrong question. The point is that we can’t carry on being so dependent on every meeting at the White House. Until we start taking charge of our future, we will always be one heart palpitation away from dreading doomsday. Continue reading...

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