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Adrian and Joanne Fenton hit with penalty after calling police when they found a boy hiding inside bike-rack coverA couple who were fined £1,500 after reporting a boy who had stowed away on the back of their motorhome for their journey from France to Essex have had the penalty cancelled.Adrian and Joanne Fenton, from Heybridge, were fined by the Home Office for “failing to check that no clandestine entrant was concealed” when they returned to their home across the Channel. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/16/essex-couple-fine-reporting-channel-stowaway-cancelled Author : Hannah Al-Othman Publish date : 2025-03-16 14:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Numbers using satellite broadband system has been growing but users are having second thoughts due to Musk’s role in Donald Trump’s administrationTesla sales have tumbled, X has seen an exodus of users, and now it seems cracks are appearing among those who have turned to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system as a means of staying connected in remote areas.While the number of Starlink users has been growing, some subscribers have been venting their frustrations over Musk’s political machinations, saying they will no longer use the high speed satellite internet system. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/16/deeply-uncomfortable-uk-starlink-users-switch-off-over-musks-political-machinations Author : Ben Quinn

The pandemic forced many people to reflect how they might die with dignity, and the numbers of those wanting to die at home is on the riseWhen Marlene Viggers was told her newly diagnosed cancer was untreatable, she said she wanted to go home to die. “She was the matriarch of the family, she held everything together, and she wanted to have her family all around her,” said Neil Andrews, her son-in-law.For the next few weeks, until Marlene died in January 2022 at the age of 73, she was given round-the-clock care by her closest relatives supported by Marie Curie,

Blaze reportedly broke out in the early hours at Pulse club in town 60 miles from SkopjeRelatives of some of the victims have gathered in front of hospitals and Kocani’s city offices asking authorities for more information, according to reports.As a reminder, Kocani is a small town of around 30,000 people about 60 miles (100km) east of the capital, Skopje. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/16/north-macedonia-nightclub-fire-pulse-kocani-europe-live Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2025-03-16 10:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.