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It’s the 50th anniversary of the comedy that’s so foundational for TV as a medium, it’s the Beatles for the small screen. Five decades later, John Cleese and Connie Booth’s show is still unmatchedThe first episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcast on 19 September 1975....
Ministers tell Environment Agency to wave planning applications through
Exclusive: Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent housing approvalsMinisters have told officials at the Environment Agency to wave through planning applications with minimal resistance, as part of a major regulatory shakeup...
UK borrowing hits five-year high for August at £18bn
Worsening public finances mean Rachel Reeves will almost certainly announce tax rises in November budgetBusiness live – latest updatesUK government borrowing rose to a five-year high in August, official figures show, fuelling growing expectations for Rachel Reeves to...
‘You could drink from that pond’: the city digging for a solution to toxic runoff
A project in Brighton to stop harmful chemicals from seeping into a chalk aquifer could set an example for managing such pollution“The designer claims that you could drink the water from there,” says Nick Bean, an engineer for the local council, at a large shallow...