Over a quarter of a million people may not have access to cheap phone and broadband for the foreseeable future, despite attempts by the communications regulator to help cut prices.
A company that promised to sell energy without adding a profit margin is set to fold without ever getting off the ground, after its directors resigned last week.
House prices recovered by 0.6% during July as the property market reversed the entire slump seen in the previous month, according to the latest Halifax house price index.
4 August 2010
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