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...In the US, a new federal proposal, the Kids Online Safety Act, was introduced by US senators Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, and Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, which would place a duty of care on platforms...
...Separately on Wednesday, US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn introduced a new bill called the Kids Online Safety Act, similarly designed to force social media platforms to introduce new safeguards...
...We have already announced billions of support to help businesses reduce their energy bills through the Energy Bills Relief Scheme and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme....
...Separately, the UK is pursuing an online harms bill with guidelines around child safety on social media....
...In February Asda, the third-biggest supermarket, was sold to a consortium of TDR Capital and the Blackburn-based Issa brothers....
...It’s ‘funeral costs’, ‘a bill I wasn’t expecting’, ‘the car’s knackered’, it’s ‘the fridge broke’. It’s not aspirational things they’re going for — it’s ‘I need this to survive’.”...
...The government has proposed measures, through the online harms bill, to force tech companies to improve online safety for tens of millions of their users, but currently this does not contain provisions related...
...Jeff Blackburn, a former top business development executive at Amazon, has left a new role as partner at Bessemer Venture Partners to pursue operational positions, months after joining the firm....
...That was largely thanks to alumni such as Bill Barr, who served as Trump’s attorney-general....
...Mr Trump’s personal astrologist, Bill Sinking-Ship, also quit (OK I made that last sentence up). More are likely to follow. Forget their opportunism, which is rank....
...After two brothers from Blackburn in northern England beat the Wall Street behemoth Apollo in the race to buy Asda this month, they were riding high....
...There’s a Supreme Court equal pay case around the corner which could force a hefty one-off bill and longer-term higher staff costs....
...Scotland’s strength in traditional distilling gives producers of the new spirits a potential edge, said Bill Garnock, co-founder of Fife-based no-alcohol spirit Feragaia....
...In Florida, Bill Nelson called for a recount after returns put him less than 0.5 per cent behind his Republican challenger Rick Scott....
...It should also enable the government to negotiate a lower price for the electricity paid through subsidies on household energy bills....
...“We remain firmly of the view that the government needs to meet the exceptional cost to councils of removing and replacing cladding and insulation on high-rise blocks,” said Simon Blackburn, chair of the...
...The biggest decreases are in Blackburn (25 per cent), Blackpool and Newport (both 24 per cent)....
...Squads that have managed to win the title, such as Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea and Manchester City, only did so after substantial investment....
...Blackpool and Blackburn, both in Lancashire, each lose £560 per working age adult as a result of the post-2015 reforms, compared to £150 in Guildford in Surrey, £140 in Richmond and £130 in the Hart district...
...Europe’s biggest carmaker by sales has set aside €6.5bn to cover recall costs but the total bill is expected to be higher because of potential fines and lawsuits....
...During a debate on devolving powers to Scotland and Wales he asked why he should be able to vote on matters affecting Blackburn, Lancashire, but not Blackburn, West Lothian....
...Cairn is now valued at £1.3bn; its founder and chairman is now Sir Bill....
...Blackburn’s venture is more ambitious....
...Blackburn has the most unoccupied shops of any large centre, with more than one in four stores empty. By comparison, just 7 per cent of shops in Cambridge are unoccupied....
...The remarks are at odds with a leaflet issued by the diocese of Blackburn this week warning that fracking in Lancashire risks harming “God’s glorious creation”....
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