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AA driving schools ordered to refund 80,000 learner drivers over hidden fees
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AA driving schools ordered to refund 80,000 learner drivers over hidden fees

UK motoring group fined £4.2m for not showing full price of lessons at time of bookingThe AA has been fined £4.2m and ordered to make payments to more than 80,000 learner drivers for not showing the full price of lessons at the time of booking, an illegal practice known as “drip pricing”.The UK comp...

Mark Sweney
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Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says
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The Guardian · World

Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says

Former Treasury secretary says a tax rate was ‘socially optimal’ in submission to a new parliamentary inquiryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says “self-serving” claims from gas gi...

Dan Jervis-Bardy Chief political correspondent
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Justice denied: why families of apartheid victims are still searching for answers
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Justice denied: why families of apartheid victims are still searching for answers

Struggle for justice symbolises limitations of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose hearings began 30 years agoDarkness had fallen on 27 June 1985 when Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto set off on the 150-mile drive back from a meeting of anti-apartheid activists i...

Rachel Savage in Gqeberha
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Middle East crisis live: US claims blockade has ‘completely halted economic trade’ into Iran, as Trump hints at return to talks in Pakistan
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Middle East crisis live: US claims blockade has ‘completely halted economic trade’ into Iran, as Trump hints at return to talks in Pakistan

US military boasts blockade of the strait of Hormuz will incapacitate Iran’s economy; Trump says negotiations could return to PakistanUS-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump saysWelcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.The US military has said A...

Jonathan Yerushalmy
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‘Meeting of two worlds’ as Prince Harry joins Wiggles and Australian football stars to put men’s mental health in spotlight
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‘Meeting of two worlds’ as Prince Harry joins Wiggles and Australian football stars to put men’s mental health in spotlight

Second day of ‘faux-royal’ tour sees Duke of Sussex speak candidly about challenges of new fatherhood as amused football fans watch onIt was an unusual sight. As a group of children were rocking out to the Wiggles, Prince Harry kicked a football on Whitten Oval in Melbourne, home of Australian rules...

Cait Kelly and Australian Associated Press
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Air New Zealand's economy Skynest bunk beds set for launch
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Air New Zealand's economy Skynest bunk beds set for launch

Passengers can book a four-hour session in the bunk beds from May for Auckland-New York flights but airline cautions against smuggling in childrenEconomy passengers on Air New Zealand’s ultra-long-haul flight between Auckland and New York can book a spot in the airline’s bunk-bed style sleeping pods...

Eva Corlett in Wellington
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Kanye West faces possible ban from France ahead of concert in Marseille
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Kanye West faces possible ban from France ahead of concert in Marseille

Interior minister is ‘highly determined’ to block US rapper from performing in the southern city in June due to his past antisemitic remarks, sources sayFrance’s interior minister is seeking to block the US rapper formerly known as Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Marseille in June...

Sian Cain and agencies
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Lidl and Iceland ads are first banned under new UK junk food rules
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Lidl and Iceland ads are first banned under new UK junk food rules

ASA rules ads on Instagram and Daily Mail website broke ban on promoting items high in fat, salt and sugarLidl and Iceland have become the first companies to have ads banned after the introduction of rules cracking down on the marketing of junk food in the UK.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA...

Mark Sweney
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Higher-income households benefited most from Help to Buy, thinktank finds
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Higher-income households benefited most from Help to Buy, thinktank finds

Analysis by IFS shows George Osborne’s mortgage schemes launched in 2013 had little effect on social mobilityHigher-income households were the biggest beneficiaries of George Osborne’s Help to Buy mortgage schemes, introduced in the 2010s, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies...

Heather Stewart
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Chiang Mai’s New Year revelry hit by smog and war-related price spikes
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Chiang Mai’s New Year revelry hit by smog and war-related price spikes

Air pollution caused by wildfires is another blow to northern Thailand’s tourism industry as businesses suffer amid war in IranThe Doi Suthep temple in northern Thailand is known for its spectacular views of Chiang Mai and the lush forested mountains that surround it. Over recent weeks, though, visi...

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Chiang Mai and Navaon Siradapuvadol
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