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The tech giant has been accused of misleading users regarding data privacy linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The tech giant has been accused of misleading users regarding data privacy linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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<p>Each place, selected from longlist of nine, will be given £125,000 to develop bids before winner is announced in new year</p><p>Blackpool, Sheffield, Milton Keynes and Wrexham have been shortlisted to be the UK city of culture 2029, an award viewed as a way to boost local economies, foster civic pride and, above all, have some fun.</p><p>The four places were chosen from a longlist of nine and each will be given £125,000 to develop their bids before the winner is announced in the new year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/22/uk-city-culture-2029-shortlist-blackpool-sheffield-milton-keynes-wrexham">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Supermarket urges government not to ‘further aggravate’ pressure on costs for businesses in next week’s budget</p><p>Sainsbury’s has warned of a “pretty challenging” market in the run-up to Christmas as households are “finding it tough” and food producers face rising costs.</p><p>Simon Roberts, the chief executive of the UK’s second biggest supermarket, called on the government not to “further aggravate” pressure on costs for business in this month’s budget. He said it was “important this government does not repeat what we have seen in previous budgets” in raising business rates and employers’ national insurance contributions. “That’s been really hard,” he said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/22/sainsburys-challenging-run-up-to-christmas-households-feel-squeeze">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Kim Aris says ‘hearing her voice again means more than words can express’ amid loosening of detention restrictions</p><p>The son of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/myanmar">Myanmar</a>’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to speak to the detained former democratic leader for the first time in more than five years.</p><p>“Today, I was finally able to speak with my mother, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, after more than five years. Hearing her voice again means more than words can express,” Kim Aris said in a post on Facebook on Thursday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/22/aung-san-suu-kyi-son-speaks-former-myanmar-leader">Continue reading...</a>
Anger over housing, wages and public services tests European governments facing debt pressures and looming elections.