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Green Openreach-style street cabinet on a suburban pavement with fibre cables visible at the base, overcast daylight, no readable labels or logos

Ofcom Enforces Withdrawal of Openreach New-Customer FTTP Discount From 1 October

The regulator directed Openreach to pull a targeted full-fibre discount of up to £9.50 a month while clearing other wholesale offers that took effect this month.

Anika Rahman

Open street telecom cabinet with fibre cables and engineers in high-visibility jackets working on connections, suburban UK pavement, overcast daylight, no logos or readable text

Dame Melanie Dawes Says Ofcom Will Police BT-TalkTalk Migration Without Pre-Granting Immunity

Ofcom’s chief told BT she will regulate the TalkTalk rescue pragmatically but refused blanket immunity as the CMA’s 19 October deadline looms.

Anika Rahman

Parents and police tape outside a modest Polish village primary school on a grey morning, officers speaking with worried families near the gate

Caretaker Killed as Former Pupil Stabs Three Staff at Polish Primary School

A 15-year-old former student killed a 37-year-old caretaker and wounded a teacher and headteacher at a primary school northeast of Warsaw, the second knife attack on Polish school grounds in two days.

Amara Cole

Suburban kitchen with a Wi-Fi router and utility bills spread on the counter, soft morning light, no readable personal data

Telecom Plus Reaffirms FY27 Profit Band as Multiservice Customers Pass 526,000

Utility Warehouse owner Telecom Plus said multiservice customers grew at an 11% annualised pace to about 526,000 while reiterating £80m–£90m adjusted profit guidance for FY27.

Anika Rahman

Regulator office corridor with frosted glass doors and wall-mounted security camera, cool fluorescent light, empty chairs in waiting area, no logos or readable text

Ofcom Opens Formal Probe Into Meta Over Instagram Instants Risk Assessments

Ofcom opened a formal investigation into whether Meta carried out required illegal-content and child-safety risk assessments before launching Instagram Instants in the UK.

Anika Rahman

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