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Dame Menna Rawlings and Professor Emyr Lewis will co-chair a standing advisory body that the Welsh Government says will run for years rather than report once and close.
New guidance for broadcasters covers relationship-based formats, where participants are encouraged into emotional or physical intimacy. It suggests background checks, independent support and a contact point after the show airs.
Ofgem wants operators and suppliers to set out how quickly they restore heating and hot water, fix meters and keep appointments, and what customers get when they fall short. Automatic compensation is not part of this first step.
HMRC may send letters, emails or texts about the change until 11 January 2027. The special tax treatment for holiday lets ended in April 2025, so the 2025-26 return due by 31 January is the first under the new rules for many owners.
The Energy Ombudsman has been the only approved dispute service for complaints against energy suppliers since 2008. Ofgem has now had an application from a would-be rival and is also planning for disputes involving energy brokers and comparison sites.
Adults dependent on illegal drugs can hand in a small sample at the Hunter Street site and get advice based on what it contains. Aberdeen and Dundee are due to follow in the coming months.
The letters can arrive from 9 November 2026 to 5 February 2027 and may be followed by a text reminder within two weeks. HMRC has listed the contact as genuine so recipients can tell it apart from scam messages.
The Security Industry Authority has released its first practical tools for premises and events that will fall under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, and is taking feedback on them until 23 December.
Defra will make remote electronic monitoring compulsory for pelagic boats of 18 metres or more, whatever flag they fly, with a technical specification and approval process due in 2027.
A yellow Met Office warning runs from 6pm on Monday to 10am on Tuesday 10 November, with visibility expected to drop below 100 metres. It follows a morning of dense fog across much of England and Wales.
Regulations published on Monday bring more of the Act into force in stages from 18 November 2026 to 1 September 2027, including a stronger duty on sibling contact for children in care and new Ofsted powers over unregistered schools.
New HMRC guidance sets out a separate route for serving personnel and their partners whose child's birth was registered abroad. The claim starts with a call, and a birth certificate or passport follows by post within 12 weeks.
From Monday 9 November people registering a birth or death no longer sign a paper register. They make a declaration instead, and anyone registering a birth must also prove who they are.
Every bird keeper in Scotland must follow compulsory biosecurity rules from noon on Tuesday 10 November, after more bird flu was found in wild and captive birds.
The new software is reaching Glass and Stream customers over the coming weeks, with a navigation bar on the home screen, a My Library section for recordings and a dedicated Sports Home.
The Energy Ombudsman has been the only approved dispute service for complaints against energy suppliers since 2008. Ofgem has now had an application from a would-be rival and is also planning for disputes involving energy brokers and comparison sites.
HMRC may send letters, emails or texts about the change until 11 January 2027. The special tax treatment for holiday lets ended in April 2025, so the 2025-26 return due by 31 January is the first under the new rules for many owners.
Ofgem wants operators and suppliers to set out how quickly they restore heating and hot water, fix meters and keep appointments, and what customers get when they fall short. Automatic compensation is not part of this first step.
Dame Menna Rawlings and Professor Emyr Lewis will co-chair a standing advisory body that the Welsh Government says will run for years rather than report once and close.
New guidance for broadcasters covers relationship-based formats, where participants are encouraged into emotional or physical intimacy. It suggests background checks, independent support and a contact point after the show airs.
Government nutrition advisers say what matters is whether the fruit or vegetable is still intact. Blending, mashing and powdering release free sugars. Chopping, grating and drying fruit such as apricots so that it stays largely intact do not.
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