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Google axes diversity hiring targets as it reviews DEI programmes
The tech giant has become the latest in a growing number of US firms to row back on diversity, equity and inclusion ...
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We may have been to blame for one of the Los Angeles wildfires – power company
Southern California Edison said its equipment could have been responsible for the Hurst fire which hit the Sylmar neighbourhood of the city.
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Three arrested over ‘flagrant’ waste dumping at Kent beauty spot
Three men have been arrested in connection with thousands of tonnes of illegal waste dumped in an ancient woodland. Hoad’s Wood, a beauty spot in Ashford, Kent – designated a site of special ...
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Social landlords forced to fix dangerous mould from October under Awaab’s law
The legislation is named after two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died as a direct result of exposure to mould in the social home his family rented in Rochdale in 2020. From October, landlords will have to ...
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Government ‘must draw out lessons from Thatcher-era coal pit closures’
Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ‘some of the lessons that we need to draw out’ of coal pit closures for the ...
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Rare letter to Elizabeth I from possible love interest sold for £32,700
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.
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Power company admits blame for one of the wildfires which hit Los Angeles
Southern California Edison said its equipment was probably to blame for the Hurst fire which hit the Sylmar neighbourhood of the city.
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Burglary near Bradford on Avon sees jewellery stolen
An investigation has been launched into the burglary which saw jewellery stolen from a small residential lane near Bradford on Avon. The incident is believed to have taken place on Green Lane in ...