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From hotel suites to virtual reality, museums turn to licensing deals as costs rise
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Spain's PM Sanchez calls snap election after housing crisis protests
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is in Madrid, where a series of marches have been scheduled, after Spain's Congress rejected measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis.
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BT agrees rescue deal to buy broadband operator TalkTalk
The takeover still needs to be approved by the regulator, but would give certainty to TalkTalk's millions of customers
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BT strikes deal to rescue broadband firm TalkTalk; euro slides amid France debt burden fears – business live
TalkTalk’s wholesale and consumer arms will be sold to BT on a debt-free basis and save 900 jobs The UK’s culture Lisa Nandy stepped in to intervene in BT Group ’s acquisition of TalkTalk , citing risks to public services and vulnerable customers if the broadband provider’s services were disrupted. She said : Phone and broadband services are vital national infrastructure. If TalkTalk services fail, there is a genuine risk to life and public services – including to hospitals, schools and emergency care. These are unprecedented circumstances that require action now. That is why I am acting with urgency to ensure that impacts on public health, critical national infrastructure and supply to vulnerable customers are fully considered as part of this process. Continue reading...
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Euro hits 17-month low as political uncertainty in Spain and France rattles markets
Political and fiscal concerns are mounting in two of the euro area's biggest economies.
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Russia hospitalizes almost 200 people after researcher's death from plague: Reports
Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.
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‘I didn’t know what to do’: collapse of providers of high-end digs leaves students in shock
Cost of living crisis and drop in international students hits market for purpose-built accommodation “It was dead in the middle of summer, it was a shock,” says Nathalie Sriwiboonrattan. The fourth-year game design student at Abertay University was at home with her family thousands of miles away in Thailand when she discovered the owner of her Scottish studio flat had abruptly gone bust. “I was like, my hands are tied. I’m not in the country. I don’t know what to do,” she says. Sriwiboonrattan was forced to act quickly to secure new housing for the academic year, which has just begun, paying £850 to have her possessions moved. Continue reading...