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Image copyright Getty ImagesSouthern Water has been hit with a record £126m punishment after spills of wastewater into the environment from its sewage plants and for deliberately misreporting its performance. The penalty will see customers…
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The disruption originated from the network of national carrier KPNThe Netherlands has been hit by its largest telecommunications outage in years, with the 112 emergency number knocked out across the…
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWorld's tallest indoor waterfall opens in Singapore airportUnauthorised drone flying has prompted disruptions at Singapore's Changi Airport for the second time in a week. The…
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Glastonbury is back after a year without the UK's largest music festival. Emily Eavis, the event's co-organiser and daughter of founder Michael Eavis, explains how the challenge is coping with the unpredictable, especially the weather.…
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Image copyright Getty ImagesA social mobility charity says top professions in the UK are still unduly dominated by people who have gone through private schools and Oxford and Cambridge universities. The Sutton Trust and Social Mobility…
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Locals are frustrated at a number of cases where influencers have been disrespectful at tourist sites. Content provided by the BBC. Original piece can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48703462
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The fields around Worthy Farm in Somerset, would kindle a warm glow in the heart of Donald Trump. An eight-mile long, 20-foot high fence runs round the farm and the 12 neighbouring properties, encasing Britain's biggest music festival -…
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US President Trump has declared himself "Tariff Man", in his bid to use tariffs to shift more production and jobs back to the USA. While Mr Trump insists it will be others who foot the bill, as the BBC's Karishma Vaswani points out when it…
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When malicious hackers disable a business and demand a ransom, why do many firms pay up? Content provided by the BBC. Original piece can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48661152
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Image caption Andi Naude said a £4 coconut and chocolate bar was too expensive.Andi Naude, a veterinary student, stops to look at a coconut and chocolate bar that calls itself a "complete meal" in a "convenient" pack. Then she spots the £4…
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