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UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments

Move, which is part of a crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service. From February they will have to use alternative transport such as buses, no matter how urgent their medical needs. Continue reading… Source link

Technology

Black Friday is done, but these 60 can’t-miss tech deals live on

We had a pretty impressive Black Friday session this year with great discounts across the board, from mini PCs to laptops, Chromebooks, power banks, and so on. PCWorld editors have diligently kept tabs on tech deals across the web, so you didn’t miss any of the good discounts. Now that we’re in that weird “not Black Friday, not yet Cyber Monday” space, I’m taking a look to see what fabulous deals have survived the midnight purge. So what did I find? Well, a surprisingly good collection of discounts. While many deals have expired, quite a lot have lived on;…

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Self Esteem: ‘How often do I have sex? Oh, often. That is one thing I don’t compromise on’

The singer on going solo, bringing back George Michael, and why a dog made her rethink motherhood Born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, 39, was in the duo Slow Club. After 10 years, she went solo as Self Esteem and received Mercury prize, NME and Brit nominations for her second album, 2021’s Prioritise Pleasure. This year, she won the Ivor Novello Visionary award and released a book and album, both called A Complicated Woman. In March, she stars in David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles at the Duke of York’s theatre, London. She lives in London with her partner. When were…

Business

US small businesses sound alarm over Trump’s tariffs amid crucial holiday season

Some small business owners doubt that even strong holiday sales will ease impact of tough year plagued by uncertainty Donald Trump’s tariffs have increased prices on an array of popular holiday goods and driven a “massive” number of small firms out of business, industry leaders have warned. On Small Business Saturday, firms have their fingers crossed that strong holiday sales will ease the impact of a tough year. But many aren’t holding their breath. Continue reading… Source link

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Thousands protest in Germany as far-right AfD party starts youth convention

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the western German city of Giessen on Saturday as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organisation was set to kick off its founding convention. Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of some 93,000 people in the early morning. Police said they used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location. The new youth organisation of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is to be… Source link