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27

Radical Proposals To Reform Uk Consumer Law Enforcement

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By Daniel Kidd

The Department for Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) is consulting on consolidating and modernising consumer law enforcement powers.

The consultation focuses on five specific areas and proposes reforms to the consumer law enforcement regime with the stated objectives of reducing regulatory burdens on businesses, protecting civil liberties and improving effectiveness of enforcement.

The consultation seeks view on proposals in the following five areas:

1. Consolidating and simplifying consumer law powers

There are currently several public bodies enforcing consumer law, including Trading Standards Services (TSS), the Office of Fair Trading and various Consumer Protection Cooperation enforcers under the Enterprise Act 2002. These bodies derive their enforcement powers under more than 60 separate pieces of legislation covering many business sectors (including retailers, estate agents, providers of consumer credit etc.), with some being sector-specific.

BIS is proposing to introduce generic enforcement powers in place of existing legislation to make these powers more transparent and consistent. The new law would include:

alignment of investigatory powers to provide consistency and transparency across all consumer legislation selected by BIS for consolidation

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alignment of powers to allow TSS to make test purchases

clarification of powers to require the production of documents, including digital content

alignment of penalties across consumer law for obstructing enforcement officers

It is clear from the proposals that as previously flagged, the role of the Office of Fair Trading in this area will be all but extinguished in favour of the TSS.

2. Improving cross boundary co-operation and authorisation for the Trading Standards Services (TSS)

BIS proposes to authorise TSS in England and Wales to investigate and bring proceedings outside their own local authority.

3. Removing barriers to the use of civil procedures for enforcement

Breaches of consumer law can be enforced through either civil injunctive relief or by means of criminal prosecution. BIS’s concern is that the TSS is unable to present civil cases in County Courts, meaning that the cost of civil enforcement is often higher than it needs to be (due to the need to hire external lawyers) and contributes to the relatively now number of civil enforcement actions by TSS compared to the number of criminal prosecutions.

BIS is proposing permitting the accreditation of individual TSS professionals to enable them to present cases in County Courts to encourage the use of civil enforcement which may be more proportionate than criminal prosecutions. An example given of the type of case which TSS could potentially present in court itself is in relation to a company cold-calling consumers with claims that it could sell their cars or refund their service fee, neither of which it in fact did.

4. Introducing more flexible qualification requirements for TSS officers

BIS proposes introducing general competency requirements for TSS professionals, whose only current statutory qualification requirement relates to weights and measures enforcement and no other consumer law.

5. Enabling competition by opening up of calibration of measurement standards market

BIS’s proposal is to assist local authorities to reduce their costs in enforcing weights and measures legislation by providing them with alternative testing laboratories.

Why this matters:

BIS hopes to simplify and consolidate investigatory and enforcement powers so that they are clearer and more transparent. Given the myriad of consumer legislation, including additional legislation in relation to some specific business sectors, a set of generic enforcement powers is likely to be welcomed by businesses.

It remains to be seen whether the ability of TSS to present civil cases in County Courts would lead to an increase in the overall number of investigations and enforcement actions, or whether it would in fact result in more proportionate penalties for businesses for non-compliance.

The consultation highlights how the consumer protection landscape is likely to be changing over the next few years, both in terms of legislation and enforcement. Together with the anticipated Consumer Rights Bill, businesses can expect to see more changes in this area in the next few years.

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Mar

26

Fire erupts in parking structure at Sola Airport, Norway

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Friday, January 10, 2020

At about 15:30 local time (1430 UTC) on Tuesday a fire was reported in the “Kiss & Fly” section of a parking structure at Stavanger Airport, Sola in Norway. The structure has over 3000 parking spaces; reports said more than half of those were filled. The airport was quickly closed to air traffic.

It was initially reported the fire started in an electric vehicle, but news broadcaster NRK later reported the fire started in a recalled 2005 Opel Zafira. The car was recalled after a similar fire in Cork, Ireland in August last year, causing damage to about 60 cars. Police said they questioned the car’s owner.

The fire produced heavy smoke, and local officials said there was danger the building might collapse. Nils-Erik Haagenrud of Rogaland Fire and Rescue said late on Tuesday no personnel would be sent into the building. Rogaland Fire and Rescue requested support and equipment from other fire departments. The airport and nearby hotel were both evacuated and local police warned people in the general vicinity to stay inside and close exterior vents and windows. Through Tuesday evening the fire was reduced and the order for a fire extinguisher robot from Oslo Fire and Rescue was canceled.

The airport closure also led to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg being stranded after a visit to the Johan Sverdrup oil field. Solberg posted on Twitter asking for places to eat for the seven hour drive from Stavanger to the capital of Oslo.

Reports as of Wednesday said an estimated two to three hundred vehicles had been damaged or destroyed, but no humans had been hurt.

By about 22:00 local time (2100 UTC) on Tuesday the flames were under control. Local firefighters planned to continue to monitor the situation and work to prevent further damage. It was also discovered the structure was built without sprinklers. Stavanger Airport, Sola was to open on Wednesday morning, but returning to normal service was expected to take longer. Affected travelers were advised to contact their airlines for rebooking.

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Mar

24

‘Each makes the other more difficult to recover from’: University of Sussex professor L. Alan Winters speaks to Wikinews on trade, COVID-19, Brexit

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‘Each makes the other more difficult to recover from’: University of Sussex professor L. Alan Winters speaks to Wikinews on trade, COVID-19, Brexit
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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Earlier this month, Wikinews spoke with University of Sussex professor of economics L. Alan Winters regarding the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU) in the 2016 Brexit referendum and the subsequent negotiations leading up to and following the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement of December, which he has researched extensively. In a call, a Wikinews correspondent spoke with Professor Winters about recent developments in UK trade policy to learn more about his observations.

Winters is professor of economics at the University of Sussex, as well as founding director and fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO). His career spans over 15 years, including as chief economist at the Department for International Development, director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank, CEO of the Migrating Out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium and advisor for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Three reports where Winters is listed as an author were used as reference during the interview: “COVID-19 will reinforce the Brexit shock”, “The Costs of Brexit” and “Taking stock of the new UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: governance, state subsidies and the level playing field”.

Winters was awarded the title “Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath”, styled C.B., on June 16, 2012 as part of the 2012 Birthday Honours.

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Mar

23

The Best Way To Combat High Heating Oil Prices In Groton, Ct

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As the summer heat and sunshine begin to fade, homeowners in much of the United States begin to turn their thoughts to the long heating season ahead. One of the best ways to lower your Heating Oil Prices in Groton CT is to find a reliable oil company with prices as low as reasonably possible and professional customer service that makes turning to them even more worthwhile.

Anderson Oil Company is that full-service oil company. They have a dedication to serving the residents of Groton, Connecticut and the surrounding areas. This family owned and operated business has 45 years of experience in the oil business. They have spent all of those years treating their customers right with exceptional service and unbelievably low prices.

Anderson Oil Company supplies its customers with home heating oil, kerosene and diesel. They have fixed price and price cap programs for customers who are looking to escape the ups and downs of oil prices through the winter. They offer automatic delivery so you never have to worry about running out of fuel in the middle of the night again. They also offer cleaning services that can save you hundreds of dollars or more in heating costs each year.

If your system begins to have problems, Anderson offers qualified repair and replacement services. They work on furnaces, boilers, water heaters and more. The entire staff at Anderson Oil Company is licensed, bonded and insured, so you can feel comfortable about letting them work on your heating system.

Anderson has 24-hour emergency services for those frosty nights when your furnace decides to stop working. You will never need to worry about being left out in the cold again because you will have a dependable, caring company on your side.

Make winter as easy on your wallet as possible despite Heating Oil Prices in Groton, CT. Choose a company that can make your system more efficient. A company that offers programs designed to protect and save you money. Choose Anderson Oil Company and get all of that as well as 24-hour care, reliable products and some of the lowest oil prices available in the area.



Mar

22

Natural gas odor permeates New York and Jersey Cities

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Monday, January 8, 2007

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A strong odor of natural gas permeated through parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Jersey City early this morning. Authorities assert that there is no cause for alarm and assure the air quality, though smelly, is safe enough to breathe. New York City’s Health Department, the Coast Guard, and Con Ed are still on the scene.

In a press conference, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that a small gas leak at Bleeker St. and Sixth Av. “could not account for a smell so pervasive throughout the city”. PATH trains were temporarily suspended from Hoboken, New Jersey, to the 33rd St. terminus, and an MTA control tower at West 4th St. was also temporarily shut down.

“Sensors do not show any high concentration of natural gas that would cause concern” continued Bloomberg. “We want to take our time and make sure we don’t get the wrong information. We cannot speculate, but these are the facts: the smell is there, we don’t know the source, and it doesn’t appear to be dangerous.”

Some buildings in Midtown Manhattan were evacuated as a safety precaution, and HVAC systems in the area have been brought back online. Jersey City EMTs report that seven people have been taken to hospital, but it is unclear if it is a direct result of mercaptanline inhalation.

WINS-AM reporter Juliett Poppa has been reporting along 34th St., commenting that the odor was most noticeable around Fifth Av., but has now dissipated. Radio announcer Lee Harris added that the odor was noticeable even in their Broadway and 57th St. studios. During an interview on air, a Con Ed spokesman said that no gas leak has been found.

“We’ve had reports as far north as 96th St. on the West Side and 130th on the East” said one NYC 311 operator (This was during this journalist’s report of a gas smell at 205th Street.)

Natural gas supplied for domestic and commercial use is odorless. Mercaptan is added to give natural gas its distinctive smell as an aid to leak detection.

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Mar

22

How To Make Your Skin Healthy And Youthful Looking?

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With the kind of diet, environment and stressors that we have today it becomes so easy to make your skin look older than you really are. If you want to regain that youthful glow, there are certain things that you can do or practice to bring that out. But other than that, you must also know about the things which you need to avoid because repeated exposure will render those regimens to be a lost cause. Here are the things that you need to protect yourself from to make a youthful looking skin.

Adequately Protect Your Skin from Sun exposure

If you want to protect your skin from wrinkles and spots, you should avoid direct sun exposure. Just imagine how grapes turn out when they are exposed to the sun to make raisins. So bring an umbrella at all times if possible, you may find this hard to keep up at first but this will most definitely protect your face from the sun. Apply some sunscreen that has a high SPF with UVA and UVB protection for additional and stronger defence.

Wear shades especially during summer or in tropical countries. This way you prevent wrinkles that form around the eyes and even sagging that can also result.

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Avoid the Cigarette Smoke

For those who are fond of puffing stick after stick of cigarette and yet clamour for younger looking skin, better start dissing the urge to smoke. This depletes the skin from its moisture making it look dry and prone to breakouts. Smoking also promotes skin wrinkles to form particularly on the lips and the mouth.

Avoid Too Much Alcohol

Alcohol is beneficial under moderation, but drinking too much can dry the skin. In addition to that it also dilates the small blood vessels on the skin which can be permanently damaged over time. This will result to a flushed appearance instead of that healthy glow.

Avoid Sleepless Nights if Possible

Lack of sleep can create a plethora of health problems if you don t control it. Give yourself enough time to snooze, at least 6 hours of uninterrupted shuteye to help your body recuperate from the day s stress. Sleeping will give your skin that refreshed or well-rested aura.

So avoid caffeine a few hours before going to bed because not only will these leave you sleepless, but it also dries up the skin. This is probably the best skin rejuvenation technique that you can adapt.

Avoid Rubbing Your Face

After washing your face you should pat it dry instead of rubbing the towel. This may not be evident now, but this action can actually contribute to your wrinkles when you grow old.

Avoid Sleeping in a Prone Position

Sleeping on your side or on your chest with your face on your pillow can cause wrinkles later on. Did you ever have that time where you wake up and you find lines on your face due to the folds on your pillows? It may disappear in few minutes but this can leave an imprint beneath the skin which later reappears as wrinkles when you grow old.

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Mar

21

Wikimania 2009 held in Buenos Aires

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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After three days of presentations, discussion and general community interactions, the fifth annual Wikimedia conference, Wikimania, has completed, and attendeess are returning home. Wikimania 2009 — held in Buenos Aires, Argentina — was the first Wikimania held in the southern hemisphere as well as the first in a Spanish-speaking country.

Over 80 presentations, panels and workshops were held over the three day conference. Among the many topics presented were presentations on the Wikimedia Communities, how Wikimedia and related projects operate within Latin America, and the technology which relates to Wikimedia and free content. There were also panels on Wikipedia’s Growing Pains, Wikimedia chapters, and Semantic MediaWiki. Many presentation offered simultaneous live audio translation into English and Spanish.

Richard Stallman presented the opening keynote titled “Before, after, and around Wikipedia”. In his keynote, he discussed what he calls the four freedoms. He also addressed what he perceives to be the issues with Wikipedia, and particularly with the Spanish Wikipedia.

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikimedia, also presented his annual report on the The State of the Wiki.

In her keynote, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, Sue Gardner addressed a number of the concerns within the Wikimedia Foundation. Among these concerns, she noted that Wikimedia sites currently underperform in Asia. According to a comScore report, approximately 16% of Internet users in Asia use Wikipedia compared with the approximately 1/3 world average.

Gardner also said to help address that issue, the Foundation has been working with the Chinese government to help open lines of communication. To assist the development of Wikimedia sites in India, representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation visited India this year to conduct media interviews assist in holding a Wikipedia academy. They also discussed was to help the development of an Indian chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Starting August 25 and continuing throughout Wikimania, the MediaWiki developers were hard at work in the basement of the Centro Cultural General San Martín at the Wikimania Codeathon. Wikimedia developer Brion Vibber presented the highlights of the Codeathon in a presentation on the third day. Among the new features and changes are support for jQuery, allowing improved AJAX support, an overhaul of the maintenance scripts, new upload features including upload via url, several image editing functions, LiquidTreads and new AJAX editing helpers. Other features now under development are new maps support, an eventual migration to a database based configuration system, as well as a new system that allows for much quicker updates for translated MediaWiki messages.

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Mar

21

David S. Touretzky discusses Scientology, Anonymous and Tom Cruise

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

David S. Touretzky, prominent free speech activist and critic of Scientology, discussed his opinions on the recent Internet backlash against the Church of Scientology in an interview with former Scientologist and Wikinews reporter Nicholas Turnbull. The recent conflict on the Internet between critics of Scientology and the Church has been spurred on in declarations by a nebulous Internet entity using the name Anonymous that the Church of Scientology “will be destroyed”. Anonymous has directed recent protests at Scientology centres across the world, which have attracted significant numbers of individuals supporting the cause. In recent e-mail correspondence with Wikinews, a representative of the Church of Scientology declared that the Church considers the activities of Anonymous to be illegal, and that Anonymous “will be handled and stopped”.

Touretzky, a research professor in artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University, has been a prominent critic of the Church of Scientology since mid-1995, and has been protesting against Scientology vociferously since then; he has also run websites that publish material that Scientology wishes to keep suppressed from the public eye, such as extracts from Scientology’s formerly-confidential Operating Thetan (OT) materials. Touretzky views the actions of the Church of Scientology as being “a threat to free speech”, and has endured harassment by the Church of Scientology for his activities.

The Church of Scientology continues to suffer damage to its public reputation through increased exposure on the Internet and vocal protests by Scientology critics such as Prof. Touretzky. A recent event that focused intense attention on Scientology’s totalitarian attitude was the leak of an internal Church of Scientology propaganda video to the Internet video sharing site YouTube, in which celebrity Scientologist Tom Cruise spoke heavily in Scientology’s jargon and stated that that “we [Scientology] are the authorities” on resolving the difficulties of humanity. The declaration of war by Anonymous followed shortly after this leak, in the form of a video posted to the Internet.

The ongoing dispute, cast by some as Scientology versus the Internet, brought Scientology terms such as “SP” (Suppressive Person, an enemy of Scientology) and “KSW” (Keeping Scientology Working) into general usage by non-Scientologists from the late 1990s onwards; increased attention has been drawn to Scientology by the release of the Cruise video in addition to media coverage. This focus has caused an even greater propagation of these terms across the outside world, as Touretzky comments in the interview.

Wikinews asked Prof. Touretzky about the impact that the activities of Anonymous will have on Scientology, the public relations effect of the Tom Cruise video, the recent departure of individuals from the Church of Scientology’s executive management, the strategies that Anonymous will employ and Touretzky’s experiences of picketing the Church.

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Mar

20

Records, competitiveness and creations centre-stage at 2007 Soochow International 24H Ultra-Marathon

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Thursday, November 29, 2007

2007 Soochow International 24H Ultra-Marathon. Image: Rico Shen..

Founded in 1999, and the first-ever 24 hour ultra-marathon race in Taiwan, the 7th Soochow International 24H Ultra-Marathon, took place on November 24-25, 2007. Even though the race has been suspended in the past, in 2000 and 2006, due to poor conditions on the track field, several world-class runners participated in the 2007 race.

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Mar

20

Arrest Warrants: Check For Warrants For Arrest And Don’t Get Left Alone At Your Wedding

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Get a background check on your new love before it’s too late

Angelina works in a busy office all day and spends much of her time chained to her PC so when she found herself single again she turned to the Internet to fill the hole that she now felt in her life. It didn’t take long for her to find a new boyfriend but she wishes now that she had checked to see if he had arrest warrants before they got serious together.

It can be safe to find dates on the Internet but you must be careful

Do you have the time to go clubbing, hang around in bars and join loads of activities just in case you’ll find Mr Right? No not many people do today. Life is such a busy place and you have to find faster ways of doing things. The Internet provides quick and efficient ways of doing so many things and dating is one of them. Everyone is doing it and even I managed to find a soulmate this way.

So after a few short evenings of searching online Angelina met George. They got on really well and after they had spent a few weeks chatting to each other in email and messenger they decided to meet in real life. Angelina had purposely searched for someone local to make this stage easier. It’s no good finding a soulmate if they are too far away to visit now is it?

Their first date

Angelina and George followed all the rules of safe dating for the first few times that they met. They met in a public place in broad daylight and always made sure that someone knew where they were going. Angelina is very sensible and knows the importance of staying safe.

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George swept Angelina off her feet every time they met and she fell madly in love with him. She was so happy a few months later when he asked her to marry her so they set an early date for the wedding.

A simple background check could avoid embarrassment at the wedding

A few short months later Angelina looked stunning in her wedding dress. She glowed with excitement and thought that this was going to be the happiest day of her life.

Angelina had never been more wrong about anything. You see George never turned up at the wedding and all the excitement and happiness that Angelina had felt turned to hate and bitterness, not to mention the embarrassment of being stood up at your wedding with a hundred or more guests. Oh yes and the huge expense of the wedding itself.

George had arrest warrants and had been apprehended by the police

George had climbed into the wedding car that day but he never got to the wedding because the cops had stopped and arrested him. Angelina had no idea that he had several arrest warrants out on him, one was for skipping bail on a sex offender charge!

How could Angelina have found out if he had arrest warrants

Angelina could have avoided this embarrassing conclusion to the relationship if only she had done a simple online background check on George when they first met. It’s so easy to do and it could have turned up all the arrest warrants, criminal records and marriage records on George. Yes he might have been married, you never know do you?

This is a story that I made up to illustrate a very real problem that affects thousands of people every day. How do you know that new friends and other people that you come in contact with are actually who they say they are and that they aren’t hiding something from you.

Find out if he has arrest warrants now before you get serious

Angelena had a narrow escape. Have fun when you date but don’t you get caught out like she did. Do a Background Check on your boyfriends now.

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