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Is Vodafone down? Users report issues with broadband and mobile internet

VodafoneThree users have reported issues with the broadband provider.

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Ofsted hails ‘rigorous’ curriculum as Grasmere Primary secures top rating

Grasmere Primary School, located on Albion Road and part of the LEAP Federation, earned a 'Strong Standard' rating.

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Aldi to rebrand as 'Baldi' for one day to help break Guinness World Record

Aldi will temporarily rebrand itself as 'Baldi' on Friday (July 10)  in tribute to Pitbull’s headline show at BST Hyde Park.

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Seven in 10 employees use their work laptop for personal things

Seven in 10 employees use their work laptop for personal things – including applying for jobs, online shopping, and booking holidays.

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Ruth Ellis granted posthumous conditional pardon 61 years after hanging

Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon

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Ofcom fines Virgin Media £28m for stopping millions of customers from switching

The penalty comes after communications regulator Ofcom uncovered a 'widespread' and 'often deliberate' pattern of call-handling failures

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John Lewis proposes major in-store change putting 200 jobs at risk

John Lewis has proposed shutting down its in-store foreign currency exchange and gift wrapping services

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Hundreds unite in London for Moorfields Eye Charity fundraising walk

Nearly 600 people from the sight loss community have come together in London for Moorfields Eye Charity’s flagship fundraising walk, Eye to Eye, helping raise more than £91,000 so far to support breakthroughs in eye health and patient care

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UK film production company enters voluntary administration amid major restructure

UK film production company, Mission Digital Ltd, whose credits include Project Hail Mary, Barbie, and Enola Holmes 2, has entered voluntary administration.

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Nigel Farage resigns as MP to trigger Clacton by-election amid donations row

Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election as he denies wrongdoing over allegations about financial support.

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to make statement on 'future in public life' today

Nigel Farage will be making a statement on his "future in public life" amid scrutiny over financial support given to him by a convicted fraudster.

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Nationwide, Barclays, HSBC, NatWest and Lloyds to change how they offer bank accounts

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Nationwide have pledged changes after the FCA found some customers were not offered basic bank accounts.

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'I was sent flying' - freak crash forces Hoxton man to end epic wheelchair challenge

Hackney man Peter Smorthit, who was attempting to travel the length of the UK and back again in a wheelchair, has been forced to abandon his journey after being hospitalised.

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Boots launches new oral Wegovy weight loss pill from £79 as thousands sign up

Boots has launched the UK's first oral Wegovy weight loss pill from £79, with thousands already registering.

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Calls continue to remove the statue of slave trader Robert Geffrye

Diane Abbott MP supports campaign to remove the Robert Geffrye statue from Museum of The Home, arguing history should be remembered but not honoured in public spaces.

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Police warn crop circle makers: We know you're human

Steve Allen explores the latest crop circle sightings, from UFO theories and police warnings to the possibility that flattening wheat is Britain’s strangest hobby.

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The historic house left abandoned and invaded by squatters that is now being restored

One of Hackney’s oldest buildings at 195 Mare Street has long been at risk of crumbling away - but is now coming back from the brink.

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Hackney schoolboy reaches stage of maths competition attained by just 100 pupils

Tom Gorman, a student at Haggerston School in Hackney, has advanced to round two of the British Maths Olympiad.

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Almost nine in 10 Brits have no idea where their energy bill spend goes

Almost nine in 10 Brits have no idea where their energy bill spend goes, according to research.

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Eight in 10 Brits are now actively tracking their health

Eight in 10 Brits are now actively tracking their health – from what they eat to how well they sleep and their heart rate.