Legitimate https://legitimate.net/ Legitimate: Recent articles en-us 20 It’s high time for a national debate on whether lead water pipes should be replaced In the EU, officials have recently halved the level at which they say lead should be found in drinking water. The UK has been left having to catch up 14 Jul 2023 18:47 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/lead-water-pipes-national-debate-replaced-safe-2481080 https://inews.co.uk/news/lead-water-pipes-national-debate-replaced-safe-2481080 Dean Kirby Drinking water Pollution Schools Water Water Pollution Schoolchildren exposed to drinking water containing dangerous levels of lead Tests results from tap water obtained by i show the toxic metal is still being found at levels well above the limit of 10 micrograms per litre despite a ban on lead pipes in 1970 14 Jul 2023 14:33 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/school-children-exposed-drinking-water-dangerous-levels-lead-2476655 https://inews.co.uk/news/school-children-exposed-drinking-water-dangerous-levels-lead-2476655 Dean Kirby Drinking water Pollution Schools Water Water Pollution Girl Guides' row as charity seeks to sell off five activity centres in money-saving drive Campaign grows to save the five centres used by young people across the UK, and sell 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compulsory, under new proposals announced by the body 28 Jun 2023 10:01 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/forced-installation-prepayment-meters-ofgem-rules-energy-firms-2439870 https://inews.co.uk/news/forced-installation-prepayment-meters-ofgem-rules-energy-firms-2439870 Dean Kirby Prepayment meter investigation Prepayment meters Subscribers The other places around the world where Wagner mercenaries operate and what will they do next The Wagner Group is reported to be present in between eight and 12 African countries and experts believe many mercenaries will return after the failed coup in Russia 27 Jun 2023 15:37 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/wagner-group-what-prigozhin-mercenaries-where-operate-next-coup-2438315 https://inews.co.uk/news/wagner-group-what-prigozhin-mercenaries-where-operate-next-coup-2438315 Dean Kirby AFRICA Alexander Lukashenko Prigozhin Russia-Ukraine war Subscribers Forced installation of prepay meters made easier after warrants deemed 'boring' for magistrates Court officials discussed proposals to 'streamline' the process used by energy firms and their agents to force their way into homes to fit prepayment meters 18 Jun 2023 11:07 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/prepayment-meter-warrants-boring-before-made-quicker-forced-entry-homes-2415105 https://inews.co.uk/news/prepayment-meter-warrants-boring-before-made-quicker-forced-entry-homes-2415105 Dean Kirby Cost of Living Crisis Energy Prices Fuel poverty Prepayment meter investigation Prepayment meters Mortgage lenders abruptly removing deals is causing more harm to fragile market, brokers warn The UK has been hit by 12 consecutive interest rate rises in recent times, bringing the base rate to 4.5 percent and it is expected to increase again 11 Jun 2023 16:04 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/mortgage-lenders-abruptly-withdrawing-deals-causing-further-harm-fragile-market-2404313 https://inews.co.uk/news/mortgage-lenders-abruptly-withdrawing-deals-causing-further-harm-fragile-market-2404313 Dean Kirby cost 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https://inews.co.uk/news/nova-kakhovka-dam-before-and-after-satellite-images-flood-destruction-dniper-river-2393816 Dean Kirby Russia Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine Apple’s new Vision Pro augmented reality headset explained Apple's first major hardware launch in a decade promises to help people mix the virtual and real world but it comes with a hefty price tag 06 Jun 2023 11:36 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/vision-pro-apple-augmented-headset-explained-2389745 https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/vision-pro-apple-augmented-headset-explained-2389745 Dean Kirby Apple Subscribers Virtual Reality Calls to halt forced-fitting prepayment meters in Europe as UK looks to restart court warrants More than 50 million people across the continent are struggling to pay their energy bills as a new manifesto by a coalition of anti-poverty and environmental groups calls for a ban on disconnections 21 May 2023 16:00 UTC 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before a senior judge told them in February to stop processing them immediately 17 Mar 2023 06:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/energy-firms-force-fitted-prepayment-meters-rise-bills-2214736 https://inews.co.uk/news/energy-firms-force-fitted-prepayment-meters-rise-bills-2214736 Dean Kirby Energy bills Fuel poverty Prepayment meter investigation Prepayment meters Prepayment meter customers will be charged the same as those on direct debits, Hunt confirms i’s long-running investigation exposed how families have been forced onto prepayment meters 15 Mar 2023 12:46 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/budget-2023-prepayment-energy-meter-customers-charged-same-direct-debits-2210330 https://inews.co.uk/news/budget-2023-prepayment-energy-meter-customers-charged-same-direct-debits-2210330 Dean Kirby Budget Budget 2023 prepayment meter Prepayment meter investigation Prepayment meters Ban on forced installation of prepayment meters to be extended indefinitely The code will be legally enforceable and will 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profits, prepayment meter families are in the dark over compensation After Centrica's record £3.3bn profits, one figure remains unknown: the amount of compensation energy firms are willing to pay vulnerable people who have been wrongly forced onto prepayment meters 16 Feb 2023 18:47 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/centrica-british-gas-profits-prepayment-meters-compensation-2154994 https://inews.co.uk/news/centrica-british-gas-profits-prepayment-meters-compensation-2154994 Dean Kirby Energy bills Prepayment meter investigation Subscribers MPs call for Centrica to use 'obscene' profits to compensate prepayment meter victims British Gas's parent company has reported record profits of £3.3bn after energy firms were told by Ofgem to halt the forced installation of prepayment meters which can leave families in the cold and dark 16 Feb 2023 16:56 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/mps-centrica-profits-prepayment-meters-2154288 https://inews.co.uk/news/mps-centrica-profits-prepayment-meters-2154288 Dean Kirby British Gas Energy bills Fuel poverty Prepayment meter investigation Subscribers Energy firms threaten higher bills for all customers after prepayment meter ban Ofgem is facing criticism after its chief executive acknowledged in a letter to suppliers that unrecoverable debts ‘may be recovered from the bills of paying customers’ 16 Feb 2023 06:00 UTC https://inews.co.uk/news/energy-suppliers-higher-bills-customers-prepayment-meter-ban-2152045 https://inews.co.uk/news/energy-suppliers-higher-bills-customers-prepayment-meter-ban-2152045 Dean Kirby Energy bills For Subscribers Prepayment meter investigation Prepayment meters