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Weapons being sold on shopping app for under £5 with no age checks
Weapons including knives and axes have been sold on the shopping app Temu without any age checks taking place, a consumer group has found.Which? found some weapons on sale for as little £4.48. Researchers also found weapons they believe to be illegal for sale on Temu including two folding knives, two knives disguised as keyrings, …
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EU’s plan for money-laundering checks on football inflamed by Chelsea claims
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EU’s plan for money-laundering checks on football inflamed by Chelsea claims
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Retail sales at lowest level since 2021 COVID lockdowns
Retail sales took an unexpected fall last month, according to official figures suggesting a slump to COVID lockdown levels with only online operators seeing growth.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a 0.3% decline overall in October 2023, following a fall of 1.1% in September. A rise in volumes of 0.3% had been expected by …
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Doubt cast on Sunak debt pledge as October borrowing second highest on record
Public sector borrowing reached the second highest level for any October since records began, according to official figures, casting doubt on the prime minister’s pledge to cut debt and the chancellor’s capacity to cut taxes.Public sector net borrowing was £14.9bn last month, £4.4bn more than the same point last year and the second highest since …
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Why electricity pylons in Essex are the front line in the battle to hit net zero
In the narrow lanes around Aldham in Essex the countryside is close to the English ideal.On an unseasonably warm mid-October day the fields recede to a low horizon, broken only by hedgerows and the spire of the parish church, the tallest landmark this side of Suffolk. If National Grid has its way it won’t stay …
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Biden-Xi meeting: These are the biggest takeaways
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Burberry feeling the spending squeeze as shares slump
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Why UBS faces another trial after being found guilty of tax fraud
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Thousands of Starbucks employees strike over work conditions
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Wowcher faces court threat over ‘misleading’ sales practices
Wowcher, the online retail and experiences platform, has been warned it could face court action unless it changes customer sales practices.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a review of its operations in March as part of a wider probe into pressure-selling tactics used by retailers online. The investigation, the regulator said, had found several …
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Train strikes: Full list of December 2023 dates and rail lines affected
ASLEF’s train drivers are to stage a number of strikes and overtime bans next month in their long-running dispute over pay.Union members at 16 train operating companies in England will walk out on different days between 2 and 8 December. Additionally, all members will refuse to work any overtime from 1 December to 9 December.The …

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