Waitrose has initiated a product recall affecting 750ml bottles of its No 1 Deeside mineral water following a Food Standards Agency alert regarding potential glass contamination. The supermarket removed the
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Labour is considering enforcing tighter regulation on companies developing artificial intelligence in response to a spate of teenage suicides linked by parents to chatbot interactions. Liz Kendall, the Technology Secretary,
A recent investigation has brought to light the troubling prevalence of illegal weight loss drug sales in the United Kingdom, with certain businesses exploiting online review platforms such as Trustpilot
The United Kingdom has earned the reputation as the world’s most expensive location for nuclear power station construction, a government-commissioned review has found. The final report by the nuclear regulatory
Royal Mail has once again found itself in the regulatory spotlight after Ofcom handed the postal giant a hefty £21 million fine for persistently failing to meet delivery targets. The
The City of London is set for a major shake-up as UK regulators loosen bonus rules for bankers, aiming to fortify the Square Mile’s standing amongst the world’s top financial
The online message board 4chan has stirred international controversy by refusing to pay a £20000 fine imposed by Ofcom under the United Kingdom’s new Online Safety Act. This marks the
The Daily Mail has sharply criticised Apple, calling on regulators to intervene following the tech giant’s refusal to feature the Mail’s articles on its influential Apple News app. The news
Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has sharply criticised recent online safety legislation introduced in the United Kingdom, claiming the measures amount to censorship and could
Thames Water, Britain’s largest water company, has once again found itself in precarious waters after the collapse of a high-profile rescue deal. US private equity giant KKR, following weeks of
Gambling companies in the UK have been exposed for secretly sharing user data with Facebook’s parent company, Meta, in breach of data protection laws. The findings reveal that these firms
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has determined that Microsoft is leveraging its software dominance to impede competition in the £9bn UK cloud services market, declaring that market competition “is
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Britain’s antitrust regulator, has initiated a new investigation into Apple and Google’s mobile platforms, mere days after the government’s controversial removal of its chair
Leading social mobility organisations have called upon UK financial regulators to mandate reporting of employees’ socio-economic backgrounds in a bid to shatter the persistent ‘class ceiling’ within the financial services
