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Housebuilders and Healey Headlines as Ofcom Blocks Openreach Discount
Monday’s UK edition spans Your First Home equity loans lifting Persimmon, a £6 billion naval contract pledge, Ofcom’s first blocked Openreach fibre offer, NCSC NetScaler zero-days, and England’s Prague trip.
SportsFortuna Arena Awaits England Lineup as Trafford Keeps Starting Role in Prague
Thomas Tuchel is expected to keep James Trafford in goal when England face the Czech Republic at Prague’s Fortuna Arena at 7:45pm, with ITV1 carrying the Nations League tie live.
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EntertainmentBBC and MGM+ Release First Look at Macfadyen-Led Legacy of Spies After Czech Filming
HealthTuesday Webinar Walks NHS Trusts Through 2026-27 Oversight Compartment Updates
ScienceBristol Team Converts APOE4 to APOE3 in Blood Cells in Alzheimer's Gene Therapy Step
PoliticsPortsmouth and Clyde Yards Count Bodies on Six Billion Pound Warship Pledge
OpinionEditorial: Alt-Net Wholesale Investors Want Pricing Certainty After Ofcom Blocks Incremental Offer
SecurityNCSC Urges NetScaler Patching After Citrix Confirms Twin Zero-Day Exploitation
AIOrange Book AI Workbook Gives Whitehall Teams Five-Point Likelihood Scales
TechnologyOfcom Blocks Openreach Nine-Pound-50 FTTP Discount Ahead of October Pricing
Credit CardsSeptember Balance-Transfer Tables Still Favour 26-Month 0% Deals Despite Deposit Rule Changes
StocksFTSE 100 Dips to 10,684.88 as Persimmon Rises on Equity Loan Scheme
BusinessHealey Awards Six Billion Pounds of Naval Contracts to Clyde and Portsmouth Yards
TravelHeathrow and Schiphol Scramble After National Air Traffic Services Computer Failure
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Ofcom Blocks Openreach Nine-Pound-50 FTTP Discount Ahead of October Pricing
Ofcom forced Openreach to withdraw an incremental fibre discount worth up to £9.50 per line for 30 months, the first time the regulator has blocked a wholesale offer from BT’s network arm.
September Balance-Transfer Tables Still Favour 26-Month 0% Deals Despite Deposit Rule Changes
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FTSE 100 Dips to 10,684.88 as Persimmon Rises on Equity Loan Scheme
London’s main index closed down 0.1% at 10,684.88 on Monday while Persimmon and peers rallied on the government’s Your First Home equity-loan scheme for new-build buyers.
Healey Awards Six Billion Pounds of Naval Contracts to Clyde and Portsmouth Yards
Chancellor John Healey used Labour’s Liverpool conference to lock in £6 billion of warship work and a £300 million Rolls-Royce factory package, even as he warned fiscal headroom has shrunk ahead of the 28 October budget.