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Many UK businesses which import food products from the European Union will have to pay a special Brexit tax that will further drive up prices, particularly in smaller shops such as delicatessens, under proposals set out by the government last week.The planned charge of 43 per consignment, outlined in a consultation document issued by the Department for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), was described on Saturday by a leading industry figure as the sting in the tail of a post-Brexit food inspection regime that was already fuelling inflation.

Mild signs of a potential willingness to modernise have been observed in some of central London's establishment clubs in the past few weeks, led by the announcement that, after a wait of 166 years, women will finally be allowed to become members of Pratt's.The decision by the owner of Pratt's has been met mostly with resigned acceptance by the club's membership, which includes at least a dozen MPs, and has triggered renewed discussion of possible reform at the remaining hardcore handful of gentlemen's clubs that refuse to admit women.

Asda is planning to cut pay for about 7,000 workers in stores close to London by about 5% despite the surge in the cost of living in Britain.The UK's third biggest supermarket, which was bought by the billionaire Issa brothers and private equity firm TDR Capital in 2020, said it was in consultation about removing a 60p an hour supplement from workers at 39 stores sited outside the M25 but near to the capital.

An out-of-control fire was advancing rapidly toward a logging road on Tuesday afternoon, tearing through Canada's immense and highly flammable boreal forest with a force and intensity bewildering to a team of French firefighters.Surrounded by thick smoke, a handful of them headed into the forest to search for water.

The former chief of Ofsted has called for an overhaul of the inspectorate's grading system after changing his mind on one-word judgments in the wake of the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.Sir Michael Wilshaw, former chief inspector of schools, told Tes magazine that one-word judgments should be replaced with a more nuanced report and he now supports the Labour Party's plan to replace headline inspection grades with a report card.

Children have been reduced to numbers on a Treasury spreadsheet amid Government plans which prioritise free childcare over supporting early learning or improving life chances, a conference has heard.The promise of up to 30 hours a week of free childcare for working parents in England made in the spring statement was dumped on the early years sector without consultation by a neglectful Government, a childcare leader said.

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has said he would dispute the use of the internal markets act to stop the Scottish Government including glass in its deposit return scheme.Speaking to BBC Scotland, Mr Drakeford said if the internal markets act is invoked for the purpose of removing glass from the Scottish deposit return scheme there would be very serious questions.

The amount of childcare for which families on benefits can claim back will increase by hundreds of pounds from the end of June, under government's plans to tackle inactivity and help grow the economy.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to raise the amount on 28 June, meaning parents eligible for help through Universal Credit will be able to claim back up to 951 for one child and 1,630 for two or more children.

The amount of childcare for which families on benefits can claim back will increase by hundreds of pounds from the end of June, under Government's plans to tackle inactivity and help grow the economy.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to raise the amount on June 28, meaning parents eligible for help through Universal Credit will be able to claim back up to 951 for one child and 1,630 for two or more children.

Government ministers are looking to crack down on wishcycling which sees well-intentioned people over-recycling and the process contaminated by items which cannot be processed.In 2020, the UK government's Circular Economy Package outlined a goal of recycling 65% of municipal waste by 2035, and that no more than 10% of this waste should end up in landfill by 2035.

Experts in national disaster preparedness have warned that the UK's post-pandemic resilience plan requires wholesale, radical rewriting and said the government was failing to keep the public sufficiently safe.Bruce Mann, former director of the Cabinet Office civil contingencies secretariat, told the Covid-19 public inquiry that changes called for in the new framework, published by Rishi Sunak's government in December 2022, were too slow and it was almost silent on resourcing.

The French government sought to play down a fresh row with Italy over migration on Friday, saying Rome was an "essential partner" after a spat with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.Published: 6 May 2023 08:41 CEST Italy's foreign minister cancelled a trip to Paris on Thursday over what he termed unacceptable comments from French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who said Meloni was incapable of tackling her country's migration crisis.

Patients will be able to obtain prescription medicines and oral contraception directly from pharmacies under a blueprint to ease the pressure on GPs' appointments.Treatments for seven common conditions including earache, sore throat and urinary tract infections will be available without seeing a doctor under plans announced by Rishi Sunak.

Pharmacists will soon be able to give out prescription medicines and oral contraception to patients without a GP sign-off in a bid to ease the pressure on surgeries.Under a new blueprint announced by Rishi Sunak, treatments for seven common conditions including earache, sore throat and urinary tract infections will be available without seeing a doctor.

Italy's foreign minister cancelled a trip to Paris on Thursday over what he termed unacceptable comments from French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who said Meloni was incapable of tackling her country's migration crisis.Italy is an essential partner to France our relationship is founded on mutual respect, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said late Friday.

MABELLEarts has received more than $700,000 in federal funding for its Mabelle Park transformation project.The Etobicoke non-profit arts organization broke ground on June 10 on its future 1,200-square-foot clubhouse, central to the transformation of the Islington Avenue and Dundas Street West-area parkette, which is a critical piece of social infrastructure where residents co-create art and newcomers are welcomed, MABELLEarts said in statement.

MABELLEarts, a community organization in Etobicoke, broke ground on Saturday for their park transformation project a vision that has been in the making for more than 14 years.Executive director Leah Houston said the groundbreaking signals the start of an "incredible park transformation" at MABELLEpark a vibrant art park and "beating heart" of the community.

Residents in Toronto's Wallace-Emerson area want the city and Metrolinx to come together to follow through on a promise to connect neighbourhoods that were divided by the Davenport GO train bridge.People living in the area say Metrolinx failed to deliver on a promise to create a pedestrian path under the elevated bridge.

Peel Region is splitting up by 2025, but for the town of Caledon, the separation isn't something it wanted to see.On Thursday, Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark tabled legislation to begin the dissolution of the region, making Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon standalone cities by the beginning of 2025.

Canada's passport is getting a makeover with a new design that will feature more natural landscapes and wildlife and fewer Canadian historical moments and monuments.Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser said the new design is the product of 10 years of consultation.

A British Sign Language GCSE is one step closer to being taught in schools as the Government launches a consultation on the content of the subject.The Government is aiming for the British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE to be first taught to pupils in England from September 2025.Views on the qualification including the language skills to be studied and the role of history are being sought from teachers, employers and the deaf and hearing communities in a 12-week consultation.

Parents on universal credit will be able claim hundreds of pounds more to cover childcare costs from the end of June, the government has announced.The government will allow parents on the benefit to claim back £951 for childcare costs for one and £1,630 for two or more children - a 47% increase.

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There's a scene in Rye Lane, a film said to be breathing new life into romcoms, where the two main characters stroll past a body-popping white-haired man in a spangly Yves Klein blue cowboy outfit, then continue their conversation sitting in giant high heels outside a shoe shop.The moonwalking cowboy is an actor, but the shoe shop is real one of dozens of outlets inside Rye Lane market giving Peckham the personality that inspired the film's director, Raine Allen-Miller, to treat the south London neighbourhood as a character rather than mere scenery.

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The thick smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped the northeast claimed another, although temporary, victim on Thursday as Belmont Park canceled all training and racing for the day.It was supposed to be the first of the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.

A string of sports games and practices have been postponed as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to choke the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast parts of the United States.Around 75 million people are under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke shrouds major US cities, with Major League Baseball (MLB), the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) forced to postpone games due to concerns over dangerous air quality.

Local television services across the country will remain on air until 2034, under new proposals set out by the Government.All 34 of the UK's local TV stations will have their licenses renewed, subject to a review of individual future plans.Plans set out by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will allow media regulator Ofcom to review each station's plans to continue meeting the needs of local audiences.

Thousands of people could soon be able to take a new pill to combat migraine headaches after it was recommended to the NHS in England.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (Nice) draft guidance published on Wednesday recommended the drug Rimegepant as an option for preventing migraines in up to 145,000 adults, if previous treatments have failed.

Parents on Universal Credit will soon be able to claim back hundreds of pounds more in childcare from June, as plans announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt aimed at boosting the economy come into effect.Currently, those in receipt of benefits can claim a maximum of 646 per month for one child or 1,108 for two children, from the Department for Work and Pensions.

MPs have criticised the Government for ruling out a consultation on proposed laws to force private creditors to take part in debt relief efforts in low-income countries.The International Development Select Committee said the current approach of focusing on market-based solutions to the problem is not good enough and stronger intervention is needed.

Ads for three tax agents have been banned for exaggerating refunds, being unclear about fees and failing to mention that clients were signing over rights to a cut of potential repayments from previous years.All three advertisers trading as The Tax Hero, Fast Track Reclaim and Total Tax Refunds misleadingly implied that their free online tools would confirm whether customers were entitled to a refund from His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Rishi Sunak has been accused of breaking his word after dropping the government's animal welfare legislation.The prime minister promised Conservative colleagues during the leadership election that he would bring the kept animals bill, a key plank of the 2019 manifesto, into law.The legislation was to ban live exports of farm animals as well as clamping down on puppy smuggling and dog theft.

Ivory imports from hippopotamuses, orcas and walruses will be banned under new legislation to protect the endangered species from poaching.The Ivory Act, passed in 2018, targeted materials from elephants, but a loophole meant that animals other than elephants, including hippos, were being targeted for their ivory.

Scrapping retained European Union laws will put a rocket under the UK's domestic wine industry and potentially boost vineyards by 180 million, according to the environment secretary.A host of Brussels regulations that were retained after Brexit will be binned as part of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, including some that impact Britain's blossoming wine sector.

Yesterday an unconfirmed report from Poland suggested that vivo's local branch will be pulling out of the country.Now GSMOnline.plhas received the following statement from vivo (machine translated):
Continuous market analysis and selection of the appropriate business strategy in consultation with local representatives is crucial for the vivo brand.

Patents have many audiences, and folks from our industry tend to focus most on the patent office and the courts.But for inventors, they often care more, initially anyway, about investors.And investors are going to look at patents in very different ways than an examiner or a judge would.That's the perspective we're hoping to offer in this episode of Patently Strategic.

Use of free open-source code can be a massive accelerant when building complex software applications.Why reinvent wheels?And depending on resources and budget, sometimes it's the only practical way.But like with most things, free often isn't really free.The cost is just transferred somewhere else.When it comes to open source, these short-term savings can have significant long-term consequences for your intellectual property rights.

On this spring afternoon, chef Nobu Matsuhisa is wrapping up interviews about the new Japanese-style garden patio at his signature hotel restaurant, Nobu Palo Alto, and getting ready to head to the airport.But he knows he has to leave time for the swarm.That's when a dozen gleeful young cooks, servers and other hotel employees, thankful to have had a chance to meet the legendary chef and perhaps take part in some kitchen training with him during his few days here, encircle him on the patio, cellphones in hand.

David Dastmalchian in "The Boogeyman."(20th Century Studios)Comment Gift Article StarOutline (2.5 stars) There's good news and bad news about "The Boogeyman," the scary new movie based on a short story by Stephen King about - well, the title says it all.First the good news: You will sit on the edge of your seat for much of this movie, and jump out of your skin periodically,especially if you can still remember being afraid to go to sleep because of the monster that lived in the closet, the thing under the bed, the shadow cast on the wall by the Yeti-like hominid lurking just outside your bedroom window, plucking leaves off a tree and eating them.

Parents claiming universal credit will receive hundreds of pounds more from the end of June, the government has announced.The Department for Work and Pensions is raising the amount parents can claim by almost 50% from 28 June, it said on Tuesday.The move, which will raise the amount that can be claimed from 646 for one child to 951, and from 1,108 for two or more children to 1,630, was first announced by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, in this year's budget.

Is the green belt doomed?One of the great creations of postwar British planning the concept of a national park within reach of every city-dweller is fast losing friends.Under siege from centralist housing targets, argued between Tories and their lobbyists, it has now been undermined by Labour's Keir Starmer.

An animal welfare organisation has lost a high court challenge over allegations the government secretly abandoned a historic ban on testing cosmetic product ingredients on animals.Cruelty Free International (CFI) brought legal action against the Home Office, accusing it of leaving the public in blissful ignorance that the department's longstanding policy apparently changed after February 2019.

The Government's response to a long-running inquiry into child sex abuse has been branded weak and apparently disingenuous with ministers accused of failing to understand the need for action.Professor Alexis Jay, chairwoman of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), said victims and survivors' hopes will be dashed yet again and the scourge of child sexual abuse will continue to increase unabated.

Ministers are planning a crackdown on waste by getting people to cut down on what they put in recycling bins.According to the i newspaper, the Government wants to limit the amount of wishcycling which sees the recycling process contaminated by items which cannot be processed.They will ask people to be more selective in what they send for recycling in a bid to reduce the amount of material which needs to be separated at processing centres and sent to landfill.

A council has defended trees being cut down in a conservation area by claiming their destruction was part of a bid to stop people engaging in public sex and drug-taking.The issue of secretive tree-chopping is a thorny topic in Plymouth, with such a scandal recently credited with helping to fell the Conservative-led council leader and usher Labour back in during this month's local elections.

Picketers pass near stage 5 at a studio entrance during a Writers Guild rally outside Warner Bros. Studios, on Wednesday, in Burbank, Calif.Richard Vogel/AP When HBO Max made a glitchy transition to the new streaming service Max, a credits section that acknowledged the contributions of writers and directors was lost.

H eathrow airport security staff are set to walkout in an ongoing dispute over pay on Thursday, which could lead to serious disruption for holidaymakers.Earlier this month, unions announced fresh strike action this summer, while a teachers' union has threatened further industrial action.The upcoming strikes are the latest in a long series of disputes over pay and working conditions across various industries.

The contest for the Conservative nomination at the next London mayoral election has widened further after a candidate announced their intention to run on a ticket of building 50,000 homes.Alex Challoner is pitching to be the Tory candidate with a bold plan to create five so-called market communities in the capital.

The contest for the Conservative nomination at the next London mayoral election has widened further after a candidate announced their intention to run on a ticket of building 50,000 homes.Alex Challoner is pitching to be the Tory candidate with a bold plan to create five so-called market communities in the capital.

Teenagers are notorious for trying to stay up late either playing video games or reading and studying, and I can't begrudge them for it as I, too, used to be the same.Sleepless nights have been a regular occurrence in many teenagers' lives, however, it is also one of the reasons why insomnia in young adults is on the rise.

Turns out it's all a con, then, someone said to me.This was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) they were talking about, in reference to Monday evening's BBC Panorama, which showed what looked like the decidedly doubtful practices of some reassuringly expensive private providers of psychiatry.

Supermarket giant Asda has been accused of threatening to fire and rehire thousands of workers in a dispute over pay.The GMB union said there were plans to tell staff at 39 stores in southern England that they will lose a 60p-per-hour location supplement and have their night supplement reduced.Those who do not agree will have the new contract imposed on them and could be dismissed if they refuse to sign, claimed the union, describing it as a fire and rehire threat.

R ail union TSSA has suspended strike action planned for the Elizabeth line next week.The walkout of the union's members on Wednesday, May 24, has been called off after the union won a revised pay proposal from management at Rail for London Infrastructure (RfLI).The first anniversary of the opening of the Elizabeth line was to be marked by the strike.

Potential delays to proposed reforms of gambling industry regulation could undermine efforts to support the rising number of addicts, MPs have been told.Organisations treating problem gamblers said a protracted period of consultation on key elements of the Government's gambling white paper would create uncertainty over key funding at a time of high demand for support.

Camomile Shumba is a CoinDesk regulatory reporter based in the UK.She previously worked as an intern for Business Insider and Bloomberg News.She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.Investing in unbacked digital assets like bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) resembles gambling and should be regulated as such, a cross-party lawmaker group in the U.K. has said.

The former police ombudsman for Northern Ireland has said the UK Government is trying to force through a legacy Bill which is not fit for purpose.The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which had its final committee sitting in the House of Lords last week, would provide immunity for people accused of crimes during the Troubles, as long as they co-operate with a new truth recovery body known as the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR).

Choosing the right domain name can be a daunting but essential task, especially if you are trying to create a memorable and easily identifiable online presence.A strategic domain purchase can have a significant impact on the success of your online venture by increasing customer trust, preventing competitors from obtaining similar domains, and improving search engine optimization.

David Zaslav, the chief executive of CNN's parent company, recently defended the network's decision to host a live town hall with former President Donald J. Trump, calling the event important for America.So it proved to be, but perhaps not for the reasons Mr. Zaslav intended.In a bracing and at times bewildering broadcast on Wednesday night, Mr. Trump appearing on CNN for the first time since 2016 unleashed a fusillade of falsehoods, sometimes too quickly for his interlocutor, the anchor Kaitlan Collins, to intervene.

Buzzfeed, the top digital media company, has announced asignificant shift in strategy as it embraces artificial intelligence (AI) and content creators while phasing out human journalists.The company's recent financial report for the first quarter of 2023 reveals a decline in revenues and a continued focus on innovation to drive long-term growth.

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING - When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), those who write the rules may be just as important as the innovators.Being first, experts say, will likely afford competitive advantages - particularly in the security space - that devise global standards and align markets with the winner's values and priorities.

Supporters and representatives from several unions took to the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto on Saturday to protest proposed plans to move the iconic provincial property to Ontario Place grounds.The organizer of the event, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO), argues relocating the centre would put "hundreds" of jobs at stake.

The French government sought to play down a fresh row with Italy over migration on Friday, saying Rome was an "essential partner" after a spat with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.Published: 6 May 2023 08:41 CEST Italy's foreign minister cancelled a trip to Paris on Thursday over what he termed unacceptable comments from French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who said Meloni was incapable of tackling her country's migration crisis.