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Nail bars and car washes to be targeted in summer immigration raids
Nail bars and car washes will be targeted by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the home secretary has announced.Yvette Cooper said 1,000 civil servants working on the now-abandoned Rwanda scheme will staff a new “returns and enforcement programme”. Writing in the Sun on Sunday, she said the programme will …
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North East businesswoman tells of challenges in having to close apprenticeship business and make redundancies
The director of a former apprenticeships firm has told of the challenges faced in having to close the business and make people redundant. Michaela Reaney ran The Opportunity Group, which was set up in 2016 and had provided apprenticeships to more than 600 people, mainly on leadership courses. The Newcastle-based firm had faced the withdrawal …
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What to do if your travel plans are disrupted by IT outage – as some passengers told ‘complete nonsense’
Travellers around the world are facing a second day of chaos in the aftermath of Friday’s global IT outage. Here, Sky News looks at what you can do if you’re affected by the disruption. Air passengers Friday was meant to be one of the busiest days of the summer as families jetted off on holidays at …
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Global IT outage: ‘We’ll be more vulnerable’ to computer crashes like Crowdstrike, warns expert
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TalkTalk owners set for bondholder summit over £200m capital injection
TalkTalk, the telecoms group founded by Sir Charles Dunstone, will meet bondholders next week to discuss proposals for a £200m-plus capital injection from its owners.Sky News understands that the company and a group of key lenders and their advisers, will hold talks on Tuesday about plans for Sir Charles and other shareholders to inject the …
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Airline passengers facing ‘nine-hour waits’ and ‘lost baggage’ a day after global IT outage
Disruption caused by the global IT outage has continued this weekend as airline passengers reported long delays and lost baggage, while pharmacies tried to deal with a backlog in medicine deliveries.The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen …
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NHS warns of GP disruption next week after IT outage – as travellers report long delays and lost baggage
The NHS has warned of “continued disruption” to GP services into next week following the global IT outage – as airline passengers reported lengthy delays and lost baggage this weekend.The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen of …
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Champagne makers vote for smaller harvests as sales lose their fizz
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Homebase owner to launch sale amid interest from The Range
The owner of Homebase is in talks about selling the DIY retailer to one of Britain’s biggest general merchandise chains, as it prepares to launch a wider auction of the business it rescued six years ago.Sky News has learnt that Hilco Capital, which took control of an ailing Homebase in 2018, has had an approach …
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Public sector pay rises could cost up to £10 billion, economist warns
The Government could need up to £10 billion to cover public sector pay increases if reports of a 5.5% rise prove true, an economist has warned.Independent pay review bodies are reported to be preparing to recommend such an increase for teachers and around 1.3 million NHS staff, according to The Times, well above the figure …
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Who will pay for the worst IT outage the world has seen?
After the chaos of Friday’s global IT outage – without doubt the worst the world has seen – questions are starting to be asked about who, if anyone, will pick up the bill.Somewhat surprisingly, particularly given its share price has doubled during the year and was trading on a stratospheric rating, shares of CrowdStrike, the …
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Global IT outage could take ‘weeks’ to clear
Flight delays and cancellations are expected this weekend following the global IT outage – as experts warned it could take weeks for systems to fully recover.For the latest on this story, click here. The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with …

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