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For many of us, the distinctive chimes of an ice cream van conjure up happy childhood memories of British summers and dripping ice lollies. But the number of ice cream vans has been falling for years, leading some to believe that those bells may mean nothing to future

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A slowdown in the housing market is spreading from London to other parts of the South East of England, surveyors suggest.While the region is pulling down activity and average price growth in the UK, other areas saw price rises.The Royal Institution of Chartered

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US airlines have reported a sharp downturn in the share of passengers they force on to other flights because of overbooking.The so-called bumping rate for the first half of the year is now the lowest it has been since 1995, the US Department of Transportation says.The

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Supermarket group Morrisons has pledged not to sell own-label “fake-farm” food.It defines this as brands that can give a misleading impression that food comes from a British farm, market or farming town which may not even exist. It said a meat brand it had

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The Dutch food watchdog has said allegations it knew about a potentially dangerous egg contamination as early as last year are “untrue”.But NVWA inspector-general Rob van Lint did admit to receiving an anonymous tip-off that a harmful insecticide had been

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A sudden rise in interest rates poses the greatest threat to the global economy, the IMF’s former chief economist has told the BBC.Ken Rogoff, who famously predicted a big bank would collapse during the financial crisis, warned that people had got used to

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A Manchester-based company that pretended it was linked to Google has been closed following an investigation by the UK’s Insolvency Service.The agency said Movette had used “deceptive methods” to bill clients for the use of Google My Business –

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Men are more likely to blame work for mental health problems than women, according to a new report.32% of men with poor mental health said work was responsible for their illness, compared to just 14% of women.Charity Mind surveyed 15,000 people across the UK about the

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