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Wikinews has learned that at least six of the United Kingdom's main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, amongst up to 1200 other websites. Wikine
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Over the summer, the London travelcard ticketing system — called Oyster — fell over twice, forcing the transport authority to offer free travel to the six million Londoners using the system. After that, it cut its contract with the supplier of the system, a consortium called TranSys. But now, Trans
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New figures reveal a credit-crunch driven £181million increase in National Lottery ticket sales in just 6 months.
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Property prices are unlikely to bounce back to their peak August 2007 levels until 2023, it has been claimed.
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Alistair Darling has moved to reassure savers worried that they have lost their money with the firm's collapse.
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Records of the recently deceased are to be shared with law enforcement and credit agencies in the government's latest attempt to wipe out identity theft.
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Jeremy Clarkson has sparked controversy after it was revealed he has pocketed another £300,000 from Top Gear on top of his estimated £2m BBC salary. The 48-year-old presenter has cashed in on an unprecedented deal with bosses, allowing him to make money from merchandising and overseas sales.
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The Duke has decided to put these paintings up for sale in an attempt to broaden his investment portfolio, initially offering them to the National Gallery, where they have been displayed since 1945, at a significantly discounted rate.
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In two seperate instances over a million sets of bank details have been recovered from computers sold on Ebay.
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A car hire firm have seem their stock drop £12million after a meddler sent a defamatory email to 700 clients.
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Chief Executive of HBOS, the UK's 4th largest bank, has had his identity stolen and accounts plundered by fraudsters.
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In a landmark case for the gaming industry Topware Interactive have been awarded £16,000 in damages after an East London resident illegally shared their games online.
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Sussex town launches its own local currency as it attempts to strengthen its economy and buffer the effects of the credit crunch.
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According to the financial firm, the changes will come as part of a general restructuring exercise - and will result in Intelligent Finance only offering offset mortgages. Current credit card, loan and account holders will not be immediately affected by the move.
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