EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.
The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”.
Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
Have ADORED editing #TheAssembly Series 2 with the best production team in the business. First episode coming up shortly on ITV! (it's bloody great, fyi.)
Danny Dyer and Jade Thirlwall ❤️
Today, President Obama and Mayor Mamdani read for kids at a pre-K learning center in South Bronx
Oh…. #TheAssembly Best show on the telly
We should be learning from other countries...
Curiouser and curiouser.
This Lucy Hough/Paul Lewis chat is veeeery interesting #starmer #mandelson
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Elsewhere I agree. The FS will have to go, I’m sure. But this is not Starmer’s fault. He should be allowed to rely on others to do their job.
As Prime Minister you shouldn’t have to ask the question “did he pass the security vetting”. Starmer is not to blame here.
For the second day, the person engaging in the unlawful practice is not a lawyer or an immigration advisor. Yet this nuance is totally absent from the framing.
For the second day, the specific example on which the article is based makes un-evidencrd links to rising claims.
It's deplorable.
🔴Reform-Run Kent Council Sells Off Antony Gormley Sculpture After Raising Taxes
Nigel Farage’s flagship council quietly sold Two Stones, one of the sculptor’s earliest commissions, as part of a wave of publicly owned art disposals that critics call “shameful”
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"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project"
That could all end if Orbán loses...
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Yes - the champions of the world. Congrats Hungary
Close up of Trump’s post on socials: depicted as Jesus healing the sick
Someone wrestle this man into the psychiatrist’s chair
We didn't deserve this day.
Best TV show evah? The Assembly. And it’s back. www.itv.com/watch/the-as...
Every American who has been out in the streets protesting this administration and standing up to ICE is thousands of times braver than 90 percent of Congress.
What a sad state of affairs.
Man I really hope they don't have to reformat a Word document or their mission is in real trouble.
In Germany, from July onwards, the conversion of industrial buildings will be eligible for a grant of €30,000 per flat; with improved energy efficiency of course.
It is a logical step; the potential is huge in developed countries.
Norway's driest winter in years is rippling through electricity markets, slashing hydropower exports to the UK and Germany and pushing Nordic prices higher.
Keir Starmer has told Nigel Farage to sack his housing spokesman after he described the Grenfell Tower fire as a "tragedy" but that "everyone dies in the end".
It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations.
A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes.
We are completely lost.
I mean space, yeah, I geddit but is now the right time? #oilcrisis
Uh oh
Eurasian siskin balanced on a thistle
We must tackle both the twin evils of climate change & habitat destruction if we're to reduce the number of birds, animals & plants becoming extinct, study finds.
Tougher migrations, drying water bodies, pollution, loss of food & shelter pushing wildlife to the brink:
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OH MY GOD GUESS WHAT???!!
Why should any political donations other than a standard annual party membership fee (say £25) be permitted?
All other options allow wealthy people disproportionate political influence.
Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.