Space weather threat: Fears solar flares will shut down Britain and cripple satellites David Williamson
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A five-year road map will set out how the UK will get protection in place to reduce the threat from extreme space weather. Solar flares, which Nasa describes as the most powerful explosions in our solar system release surges of radiation into space and can bombard the earth s upper atmosphere with electrically charged particles. Paul Maynard, a former transport, justice and Treasury minister, is at the forefront of efforts to persuade the Government to prepare for the damage that a major solar flare could cause.
Checkout credit providers have been accused of making it too easy for young people to get into financial trouble, after research found they often didn t realise they were taking on debt.
A survey of 2,700 users of buy now, pay later services like Clearpay, Klarna, Laybuy, Openpay and PayPal found more than half of 18-34-year-olds had signed up without realising, while 35 per cent went onto regret their debt-fuelled purchases.
Two in five of those surveyed by Citizens Advice between January in February felt what they had signed up for was not proper borrowing in the same way a credit card or loan was, and 42 per cent didn t fully understand what they were signing up for.
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GPs are to prescribe financial advice sessions for patients as part of a pilot scheme to help people with long-term health conditions.
Under the scheme in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, doctors will send patients to see financial support link workers, who will help them claim benefits, obtain grants for essential items and deal with debts.
The groups behind the programme, Impact on Urban Health and the Centre for Responsible Credit, said in a report that there was a “reciprocal relationship” between financial health and multiple long-term health conditions, and that those who shaped healthcare policy should take a “much wider” view of public health.
Flexible rail season ticket proposals come under fire
Ministers are facing calls to introduce a pay-as-you-go system to help get commuters back on to trains as lockdown ends
16 April 2021 • 5:31pm
Proposed carnet tickets will offer passengers five return journeys in a month at a 15pc discount on peak fares
Proposed flexible season tickets will not reduce costs enough to get commuters back to the office, campaigners and industry experts have warned.
The French-style “carnet tickets being discussed by ministers are too expensive for the new age of flexible working and are likely to fall flat, critics said.
Commuters travelling in for three days a week on major routes would pay more than for a normal monthly season ticket under the plans.
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