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‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory

People in Thornton-Cleveleys want answers on the impact of widespread contamination around the chemical plant“Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,” says Liz Hurst, looking out to sea on a hot evening in Blackpool.“But then all of a sudden, everything was put on hold.” Fifteen years ago, Hurst was diagnosed with kidney cancer aged 32. Continue reading...

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Tecnologia

'Cool in 90 seconds' - the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet

The ASA says adverts claiming small devices can rapidly cool rooms were too good to be true.

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Interest rates may need to rise this year, says Bank of England economist

Chief economist at the Bank of England says slower growth and inflationary pressures mean rate rise needed

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Germany set to make rental e-scooter operators liable for accidents

Measures aim to make it easier for victims to gain compensation, with firms such as Bolt and Lime held responsible for damageVictims hit by rental e-scooters on German streets will have an easier time gaining compensation from their operators under legislation due to be passed in parliament that would put the vehicles on a legal footing similar to that of cars.The draft law by the right-left coalition government, which has been welcomed by consumer rights advocates, says that given the

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Invest in Britain or I’ll force you to, minister tells pension funds

Business secretary Peter Kyle says asset managers should feel a patriotic duty to make the UK a successBusiness live – latest updatesThe business secretary, Peter Kyle, has warned UK pension funds to “get off their high horses” and invest in Britain or be forced to do so by law.Expressing frustration at the level of investment in British companies after years of government initiatives, Kyle said the UK’s biggest asset managers “should feel a patriotic duty in making Britain a success”.

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Tecnologia

Porn site company fined £630,000 over failed age checks

Ofcom has fined a slew of sites it says are failing to prevent children accessing their adult content.

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EU’s ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ border checks need overhaul, says Greek airports boss

Airports have had to use gazebos to shield passengers from sun as they wait to be processed, says Alexander ZinellThe boss of 14 Greek airports has called for a serious overhaul of the EU’s new border checks, after being forced to erect gazebos for passengers to cope with queues.The chief executive of Fraport Greece, Alexander Zinell, joined a growing chorus of critics calling out “fundamental flaws” in the entry-exit system (EES), which requires non-EU passengers to have their fingerp

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PlayStation says it will stop making physical games – and that should worry us all

Sony’s announcement spells the end of a whole ecosystem built by superfan collectors – and signals a troubling shift in the industryDon’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSony’s decision last week to quietly announce the end of physical games production for the PlayStation in 2028 is one of the most perfect PR disasters in recent gaming history – and considering what has been happening with Xbox, that’s saying something.First, there was the timing. Sony posted t

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Negócios

Jackdaw boss warns of winter fuel shortages if gas field not approved

Adura says the UK government must approve North Sea production urgently to avoid domestic supply shortages.

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All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says

Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standardsAll lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared – from WhatsApp chats to party conference meetings – in a fundamental shake-up of transparency laws, the government’s ethics watchdog has said.A review led by Doug Chalmers, the head of the ethics and integrity commission, has called for a new register to highlight who is lobbying, which policies th

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Jackdaw owner says gas field will 'not materially influence' climate change

The new assessment was required by the industry regulator, after it found several areas had not been adequately addressed in a previous submission.

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Virgin Media fined after hanging up on customers trying to cancel contracts

Millions of phone calls from customers were "likely mishandled" over nearly a three-year period, the regulator says.

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