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South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up
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The Guardian · World

South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up

Supplier to 2.4m customers says it doesn’t have enough money to last beyond July 2027 South East Water has warned that there is “material uncertainty” over its survival, after a disastrous year in which the lossmaking company paid millions of pounds in fines and its chief executive was forced out.Th...

Jasper Jolly
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Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show
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The Guardian · World

Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show

Campaigners say field will bring minimal benefit for UK economy, as industry lobbies Burnham for go-aheadMore people can fit on to the top deck of a standard London bus than will be directly employed on the new Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, industry documents show.Only 27 direct full-time jobs...

Fiona Harvey Environment editor
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CDC and FDA link lettuce at Taco Bell in five states to cyclospora outbreak
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The Guardian · World

CDC and FDA link lettuce at Taco Bell in five states to cyclospora outbreak

FDA investigation identified a single supplier of the lettuce, but federal warnings did not name the companyFederal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five US states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora....

Associated Press
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Andy Burnham becomes Labour leader in final step towards becoming UK PM
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The Guardian · World

Andy Burnham becomes Labour leader in final step towards becoming UK PM

Former Greater Manchester mayor expected to take reins as prime minister and appoint new cabinet on MondayAndy Burnham has become the leader of the Labour party, paving the way for him to take over as British prime minister on Monday.The former mayor of Greater Manchester won the overwhelming suppor...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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Lindsey Graham’s death leaves South Carolina confronting complex legacy: ‘You loved him and you hated him’
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The Guardian · World

Lindsey Graham’s death leaves South Carolina confronting complex legacy: ‘You loved him and you hated him’

The US state mourns its longest-serving senator while Republicans scramble to choose a successorThe South Carolina state house is a microcosm of the US’s contradictions. Outside there are memorials to the Confederate war dead and African American history. Below a statue of Strom Thurmond, a longtime...

David Smith in Columbia, South Carolina
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