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Average English Graduate Now Owes £47,730 in Student Debt - Is University Still Worth It?

Average student debt in England fell to £47,730 in 2026 as new lower-interest Plan 5 loans entered repayment, even as tuition fees and living costs continue to climb, raising questions about degree value.

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35-Year-Old Mars Bar Found in House Clearance Sparks Shrinkflation Debate

A 62.5g Mars Bar from 1991, found during a Scunthorpe house clearance, has gone viral after being compared to today's 40g bar, reigniting debate over decades of shrinkflation.

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UK Jobs Market Steadies as Pay Growth Rises; Thames Water Faces New Scrutiny Over £1m Executive Payment

UK jobs data shows tentative recovery in pay growth and hiring, while Thames Water faces fresh scrutiny over a £1m payment to its finance chief amid ongoing nationalisation talks and Vistry shares tumble.

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Tech Bosses Tout AI Shortening Work Weeks, But Staff Say They're Logging 90-Hour Weeks

Executives at AI firms have long promised shorter work weeks, but employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google describe 70- to 90-hour weeks, weekend shifts and forced reassignments onto AI projects.

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Tattoos Are Mainstream Now — But Could They Still Cost You a Job?

New research and statistics reveal a persistent gap between tattoos' mainstream popularity and lingering workplace bias, even as artists and academics say attitudes are shifting.

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Burnham Speeds Up Crackdown on Subscription Traps and Fake Discounts

Andy Burnham is fast-tracking rules to end subscription traps and ban fake discount pricing, with new protections due by January 2027 and a consultation on misleading prices this autumn.

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Cynllun Cymunedol i Brynu Tafarn Penbont i Adfywio Llanrug

Mae trigolion Llanrug wedi ffurfio menter gymunedol i geisio prynu Tafarn Penbont, a gaeodd y llynedd, gyda'r nod o'i throi'n dafarn a hwb cymunedol newydd.

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Waste Firm Owner: 'I'm a Woman in a Man's World, But I Do the Job'

Sandra McCluskey, who runs a waste collection firm near Milton Keynes, says she's determined to stop reusable items ending up in landfill or fly-tipped, despite facing hostility in a male-dominated industry.

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New York Officials Warn of Gold Bar Scam That Has Cost Seniors Over $100m

New York's attorney general says fraudsters have stolen more than $100m from mostly elderly victims through a scheme that tricks them into converting savings into gold bars handed to fake officials.

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Why Silicon Valley Money Chased a Stake in the World Cup

Fifa scrapped plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to investors including Joshua Kushner's Thrive Eternal after fierce opposition — but the AI-driven logic behind the bid, and Fifa's own AI ambitions for 2026, reveal a debate unlikely to end here.

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Supermac's Loses Latest EU Trademark Appeal Against McDonald's Over Big Mac Name

Irish chain Supermac's has failed in its appeal to register its name as an EU trademark, with regulators ruling it too close to McDonald's Big Mac brand.

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Windfall Tax Push Grows as Oil Giants Cash In on Iran War Price Surge

Oil companies are reaping record profits from Iran-war-driven price spikes, prompting Democratic lawmakers to push windfall tax bills even as Trump faces criticism over policies favoring the industry.

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