56 h. ago Easter travel chaos warning as millions of Brits face delays on trains, flights and major roads

Travel misery could sweep the UK this Easter weekend as train services grind to a halt over major engineering works, while strike action is set to cause delays at one of the nation's busiest airports

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61 h. ago Urgent electricity meter warning as thousands of Brits risk being cut off

Around 800,000 homes risk being cut off from electricity if they do not get their meter replaced, experts have warned. It comes as all Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) metres will be permanently switched off this year

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3 d. ago Spotify suffers major outage as streaming service issues statement on 'security hack' reports

Over 100,000 users reported issues with the streaming service

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3 d. ago Spotify chaos as new global outage hits 21,000 Brits in the UK

More than 21,000 people around the UK have taken to social media saying that the Spotify website and app are not working after the streaming service suffered a major outage

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4 d. ago Wales holiday let rules are putting ‘thousands of jobs at risk’

Short-term holiday let operators must rent out their properties for at least 182 days to meet business rate requirements in Wales

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5 d. ago British 'father and son', 46 and 17, drown while swimming at Australian tourist beach

Three people were reportedly swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon at Round Hill Head at 1770 in Queensland , sparking a major emergency service response with a helicopter deployed.

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5 d. ago British father, 29, on his stag do in Benidorm dies after collapsing in a bar in front of his father and friends

The father-of-one, 29, from Halifax, was enjoying drinks at the Funky Flamingo bar on March 22 when tragedy struck, sparking a major response from emergency services

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5 d. ago British man and boy, 46 and 17, drown while swimming at Australian tourist beach

Three people were reportedly swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon at Round Hill Head at 1770 in Queensland , sparking a major emergency service response with a helicopter deployed.

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8 d. ago Thousands of holidays at risk as travel agency goes into administration

The majority of travellers affected had booked cruise holidays

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8 d. ago Tanning salon fined thousands for exposing customers to risk of burns

The judge said some users of the tanning shop were 'vulnerable members of society who should have been properly looked after'

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9 d. ago British Steel has 'just hours left' to be saved with thousands of jobs at risk

Workers say the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant will run cold next month if raw materials, including iron-ore pellets, to keep them running are not bought by the end of the day on Friday

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9 d. ago Keir Starmer promises an extra 3,000 neighbourhood officers on Britain's streets by next year

The Prime Minister, speaking on a visit to a police headquarters in Cambridgeshire, said the recruits would be 'on the beat... not stuck behind a desk'.

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1 week ago Major holiday provider goes into administration after 25 years

A major cruise and cheap package holiday provider has gone into administration potentially affecting thousands of British holidaymakers.

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1 week ago Thousands at risk of losing mobile data this month as major service to be switched off

While the vast majority of customers will not have to take any action, Virgin Media O2 is directly contacting the small proportion of customers in the area who don’t currently have a 4G or 5G device about the change

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1 week ago Major incident on A1 as horror pictures show crushed police cars and overturned vehicles

Emergency services are at the scene of a major crash involving multiple police cars since the early hours of April 9 – with no news on when the busy road might return to normal

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1 week ago Cheapest iPhone 16 plan spotted as Sky Mobile launches tempting per month price

Sky Mobile is offering the iPhone 16 at its 'lowest ever' price - and you can snap it up from £28 per month with 3GB of data and free calls and texts included

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1 week ago Aldi announces major change to popular discount food service across all stores

The change means shoppers in England and Wales will be able to order the Surprise Bags from Monday, April 14, for collection on Saturday, April 19, ahead of stores closing for Easter Sunday

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1 week ago Scandal of NHS prostate cancer postcode lottery: Thousands of men at greater risk of death as 96 trusts fail to meet target to start treatment, forcing hundreds to wait months for care

To maximise survival chances, the NHS should diagnose the disease and start patients' treatment within 62 days of them being referred by a doctor.

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1 week ago THOUSANDS of men with prostate cancer are at increased risk of early death due to scandalous postcode lottery

To maximise survival chances, the NHS should diagnose the disease (pictured, file photo) and start treatment within 62 days of a patient being referred by a doctor.

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2 w. ago 23andMe’s demise is a warning: the US needs to overhaul genetic data protection | Dalton Conley

We’re moving toward a society where genetic information is a part of everyday life – and we don’t want it in the wrong handsWith a heavy heart, I clicked on my 23andMe account on a recent morning, confirming that I wanted to delete my data. The genetic testing company filed for bankruptcy late last month and the California attorney general and others have recommended that users delete their data lest it be acquired by less scrupulous companies as the company is stripped for parts during bankruptcy proceedings.I was one of the company’s earliest customers and had used their service to genotype not just myself but my entire extended family. I even got my kids’ babysitter a kit.Dalton Conley is Henry Putnam university professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture Continue reading...

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