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Broadband customers face up to 14% hike in bills, warns Which?Broadband bills could surge by as much as £113 next year if a number of the UK’s biggest telecoms firms push ahead with inflation-busting price increases next spring, says consumer watchdog Which?Many of the country’s main internet providers – including the largest player BT, along with TalkTalk, EE, Plusnet and Vodafone – use a mechanism to increase the cost of bills annually by the rate of inflation as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI) in January, plus 3.9%.The Bank of England forecasts inflation at just below 10% for January, meaning millions of broadband customers will face a 14% mid-contract increase in their bills.Which?’s latest broadband survey found that a typical BT customer is facing the largest potential increase of £113 compared with what they were paying in January this year.Customers of Plusnet, also owned by BT, will face the smallest hike of £87.15 among the five telecoms companies that use the mechanism surveyed by Which?
Word on the grapevine is Efrosini Village has 60 punters arriving for two weeks on 22nd Oct
‘Wild West’ at protected Zakynthos marine parkWhen it comes to environmental protection in Greece, it is “still like the Wild West, where anyone can do what they like without regard for the law,” the World Wildlife Fund has said, lamenting the drastic reduction of a fine levied against a businessman for flagrant violations of conservation rules of the Zakynthos National Marine Park. The unnamed businessperson was fined 200,000 euros in 2018 by the Regional Authority of the Ionian Islands for significant, unlicensed interventions in an area that is also protected under Natura 2000. Last May, however, that fine was slashed to 10,000 euros even though he allegedly expanded his activities further.
What Jeremy Hunt's statement means for youBy dismantling policies from the so-called mini-budget of just a few weeks ago, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has rewritten the prospects for your finances.From income tax to energy bills, various changes will have a direct impact on your money.This is how the latest decisions will affect you.
Cocaine washed up on beach near Aberystwyth worth £42m
World's fattest parrot banned from 'woke' bird of the year contest
UN urges investigation after 92 naked migrants ‘sent’ from Turkey into GreeceUNHCR says circumstances of ‘shocking’ discovery unclear amid rising tension between two countries
Avian influenza: Prevention Zone declared across Great BritainAvian influenza Prevention Zone has been declared across Great Britain making it a legal requirement for all bird keepers to follow strict biosecurity measuresFollowing an increase in the number of detections of avian influenza (bird flu) in wild birds and on commercial premises, the Chief Veterinary Officers from England, Scotland and Wales have declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading amongst poultry and captive birds.This means that from midday on Monday 17 October, it will be a legal requirement for all bird keepers in Great Britain to follow strict biosecurity measures to help protect their flocks from the threat of avian flu.
Eurovision: Montenegro and North Macedonia pull out of Liverpool contestMontenegro and North Macedonia will not compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest because of how much it will cost them to enter.
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