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A giant effigy of a BT Openreach van has been burned at a village bonfire in frustration over slow broadband speeds.Templeton residents chose to turn up the heat on the telecommunications company as many are struggling with speeds of less than 1 megabit.Roger Linden

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Employers group the CBI has called on business leaders to help stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace.It comes after a number of revelations about alleged misconduct by politicians at Westminster and elsewhere.”Sexual harassment in all forms is totally

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The heir to the throne in Saudi Arabia has consolidated his hold on power with a major purge of the kingdom’s political and business leadership.A new anti-corruption body, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, detained 11 princes, four sitting ministers

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China has created a new law to impose heavy fines on internet shopping websites which publish false advertisements about their products. Vendors who delete negative online reviews or post fake positive reviews face a minimum $30,000 (£23,000) fine. The new law aims to

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TV firms may have to move some operations abroad if there is no Brexit trade deal, the body for international broadcasters in the UK has warned. It says thousands of jobs could potentially be at stake in the event of a “hard ” Brexit, where the UK leaves

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Current Brexit negotiations resemble “a prime-time soap opera”, the president of the CBI will say on Monday.Paul Drechsler will tell the lobby group’s annual conference it is time for government and business to unite behind “a clear

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Beer duty should be cut by a penny in this month’s Budget to help save pubs from closing, the British Beer and Pub Association (BPA) has said.It comes as sales of beer in the UK’s pubs, bars and restaurants have fallen by the biggest margin for five

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President Donald Trump has made a pitch to Saudi Arabia to float the world’s biggest oil company in the US.He tweeted: “Would very much appreciate Saudi Arabia doing their IPO of Aramco with the New York Stock Exchange. Important to the United

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Some insurers are burying price rises in renewal notices, risking customers losing out financially.Rules introduced in April require companies to “clearly, accurately and prominently” display a renewal premium and what was paid the year before.A message to

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It is 10 o’clock at night, and outside the arrivals hall of Dakar’s main airport, two Senegalese men are taking a moment to get used to their freedom.Hassan Odjo, 42 and Issa Ba, 23 have just stepped off a flight from Libya, where they had been trapped for

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