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BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker admits he regrets failing to support Naga Munchetty in Trump racism row

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BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker has finally broken his silence about his co-host Naga Munchetty’s racism row with Donald Trump. In July last year, presenter Naga, 45, was temporarily censured by the broadcaster after she admitted she was ‘absolutely furious’ at the US president’s decision to tell four congresswomen to ‘go back home’ during an on-air … Read more

The Project: Why Channel 10 will never axe the show (even though it’s failing)

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Channel 10’s The Project premiered to 1.2 million viewers in 2009, but in the decade since has slumped in the ratings, with just 430,000 viewers tuning in Wednesday. Meanwhile, the current affairs show often makes headlines for the wrong reasons – with Nicole Scherzinger’s ‘awkward’ interview this week being picked up by publications around the world. Yet … Read more

Failing to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport will make us little Britain, not global Britain

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After 50 years of debate, I believe we are just a few years away from expanding Heathrow and unleashing Britain’s potential. Last week’s Court of Appeal ruling, however, added at least another 12-month delay. What is another year after more than 50, you might ask. Well, it is another 12 months of firms in Liverpool … Read more

Report: Gambling watchdog is failing to protect people from becoming hooked on betting

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Britain’s gambling watchdog is failing to protect gamers from falling into addiction, the government spending watchdog warns today. In a damning report, the National Audit Office (NAO) said the Gambling Commission is not big enough to tame the £11billion industry in the UK. The ‘small regulator’ only has a £19million budget to tackle a ‘dynamic’ … Read more

NHS ‘failing to test for rare diseases at birth’, experts warn 

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Thousands of UK babies are at risk of disability or death because they are not being screened for rare diseases, experts said yesterday. Britain has fallen behind countries such as Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in testing for severe conditions at birth. MPs warned this could mean British babies becoming the ‘sick children of Europe’ and … Read more

Ryanair ordered to pay passenger £420 after failing to compensate her over four-hour flight delay

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Ryanair ordered to pay passenger £420 after failing to compensate her over a flight delayed by more than four hours, with a court describing the airline’s actions as ‘unacceptable’ The no-frills airline was sued over a July 2019 flight from Palma to Barcelona The unnamed passenger turned up for the flight but did not board it … Read more

Aspiring teachers are graduating university without basic literacy skills and failing a simple test

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How aspiring teachers are graduating university without basic literacy skills and failing a simple test – so could YOU pass? Future Australian teachers are paying tutors to help them qualify as educators There’s been a five per cent jump in teachers failing a literacy test from 2016-18 While tutoring agencies are reporting an increase in … Read more

Moneybarn pays more than £30m to customers after failing to treat them fairly

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Moneybarn pays more than £30m to customers after failing to treat them fairly when they fell behind on loans By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 17 February 2020 | Updated: 09:32 GMT, 18 February 2020 Moneybarn has paid more than £30m to customers after failing to treat them fairly when they … Read more

Florida boy, 4, is one of just 60 people with mysterious organ failing disease

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Grayson Heinle, from Jensen Beach, Florida, was born happy and healthy, and was hitting all his developmental milestones on time for the first several years of his life. But things suddenly took a turn for the worse when, earlier this year, he fell over on the couch and went to sleep, and his mother couldn’t … Read more