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Tommy LumbyBusiness data journalist, BBC NewsGetty ImagesA report has called for bold action to improve HMRC’s customer servicesHMRC has denied running a “deliberately poor” phone service in an attempt to push taxpayers to seek help online instead.Nearly 44,000 customers were cut off without warning after being on hold for more than an hour last year, a report by a committee of MPs has found.It said HMRC’s service had got even worse since its last report and warned the authority it had “damaged trust in the tax system”.HMRC chief executive Jim Harra said the committee’s claims on its customer service were…

“The greatest woman,” the 30-year-old wrote in the Jan. 18 Instagram story, alongside a picture of Hailey bundled up in all black, “I have and will ever know.” But the two—who share 5-month-old son Jack Blues—are no strangers to breakup rumors. In fact, when Hailey first got wind of the online chatter surrounding their marriage, she subtly slammed her fans for speculating about their relationship woes. “Me to all of you on the Internet,” Hailey wrote last month over a TikTok that she reposted, which said, “You’re not well and it’s OK. You’ve done made a lot of choices. The…

Merve Kara KaskaBBC TurkishGuests said no fire alarms could be heard and there was no sign of firefighters for a long periodThe fire that killed at least 76 people at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Monday is one of the deadliest disasters of its kind in Turkish history.Some survivors have said they did not hear an alarm and experts have told the BBC they would not have expected such a high death toll in a hotel where fire protection systems were working properly. What went wrong?The 12-storey hotel at Turkey’s popular Kartalkaya ski resort hosts tens…

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Badenoch says schools bill is ‘act of vandalism’ because of its impact on academiesKemi Badenoch welcomes the release of the hostages from Gaza.She says there are important questions to answer about the Southport killings. She will return to those after the sentencing.Turning to education, she says the schools bill is “an act of vandalism” because it wrecks a cross-party consensus (on academy freedoms) that lasted for decades.Starmer says Labour introduced academies, and they will stay.The bill includes safeguarding measures. The Tories voted against it, he says.ShareUpdated at 07.27 EST

The White House has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to enhance the security of internet-connected devices in American homes. The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label, is set to appear on smart products sold in the United States later this year. This program aims to help you make informed decisions about the safety of the smart devices you bring into your home.I’M GIVING AWAY THE LATEST & GREATEST AIRPODS PRO 2 U.S. Cyber Trust Mark (FCC)What is the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark?The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark is a label designed for consumer smart devices, including home security cameras, TVs, internet-connected appliances,…

Prince Harry’s lawyer announced on Wednesday that he had reached a settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers over accusations of unlawful information gathering — an abrupt end to a case that Harry had cast as a last chance to hold the tabloids to account for years of predatory behavior.News Group Newspapers offered Harry a “full and unequivocal apology” for hacking his cellphone and intruding into his personal life, and acknowledged “unlawful” conduct by private investigators hired by one of the tabloids, The Sun. It was the first time News Group has admitted wrongdoing involving that paper.The company also apologized…

Ingrid Lewis-Martin told investigators she was innocent and the Department of Correction would “take care” of her after her arrest last month, according to court filings from last month.“Corrections will take care of me,” Lewis-Martin told investigators during her arrest processing, according to prosecutors. “I’ve been good to them.”“I’m not afraid. I know what I did and didn’t do,” she added, according to a filing, which didn’t make clear the context in which she spoke. “This is wrong. I have God and faith. I’ll tell the judge myself — I’m not guilty.”Lewis-Martin, former chief adviser to the mayor, was indicted…

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the “inappropriate political influence of WHO member states” and required “unfairly onerous payments” from the U.S. that were disproportionate to the sums provided by other, larger countries, such as China.“World Health ripped us off, everybody rips off the United States. It’s not going to happen anymore,” Trump said at the signing of an executive order on the withdrawal, shortly after…

Kathryn ArmstrongBBC NewsEsra Yalcinalp & Aynur TekinBBC TurkishReporting fromKartalkaya, TurkeyDeadly fire at Turkey ski resort hotelA day of mourning is under way in Turkey for the 76 victims of a fire that engulfed a popular ski resort hotel in the country’s north-west. The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period when 234 people were staying there. It took 12 hours to put out. An investigation has been launched into the incident and there have been conflicting reports about whether the hotel was up to…