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In February, Slocombe, then 33, of Delhi Street, Swansea, was jailed for six years after carrying out dangerous building work at properties in Cardiff, Bridgend and Swansea.The £400,000 fraud cost his nine victims more than £547,000 in total when adding costs for rectifying his dangerous work, according to Cardiff council, external.He had pleaded guilty to participating in a fraudulent business between March 2021 and May 2023, with one charge against him and one against his company, LSP Developments. Slocombe was on Crown Court bail when these offences were committed.It was the third time he had been given a prison sentence…

Clifford believes home heating oil theft highlights a wider inequality facing rural Northern Ireland.”While urban households often have access to gas networks and a choice of energy suppliers many rural households depend on a single fuel source stored outside their homes,” she said.”This creates a unique vulnerability to crime that disproportionately affects rural residents, particularly older people, low-income households, and farms.””Rural communities are often at their strongest when neighbours look out for one another, so if you notice suspicious activity, unfamiliar vehicles repeatedly visiting an area, or anyone behaving unusually around fuel tanks, report it to the PSNI.”A spokesperson for…

For many young people, however, making a will may not seem necessary, particularly if they feel they have little to leave behind.The 2025 National Wills Report found that just one in five 18 to 24-year-olds has a will in place. That rises to 33% of 22 to 34-year-olds, compared with 56% of people aged over 55.Sophia Maslin, founder of Morby, an app that allows people to create wills online, says the idea that you need to own a lot before making a will is one of the biggest misconceptions she comes across.”People believe they don’t own enough. But actually, if…

If you’re gearing up to retire in 2030, you may be growing increasingly excited by the month. And you’re also in a great spot time-wise. At this point, you don’t have to wait too long to enter that next stage of life. But you also have a prime opportunity to approach your post-working years with more confidence. To achieve the latter, here are three things you should definitely do now rather than wait. Image source: Getty Images. 1. Come up with a budget You may have a good sense of what your annual spending looks like now. But some of…

The US is banning Canadian products, including alcohol, dairy and motor vehicles, as Canadian retaliatory tariffs on American goods come into force.In a series of executive orders on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump wrote that Canada is “discriminating” against the commerce of the United States, and ordered the import ban, which will begin 29 September.Earlier on Tuesday, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address that his country’s pivot away from the US as its largest trading partner “will come at a cost”.Both US and Canadian officials have said they would like to strike a deal, but no…

Less than two weeks after Meta agreed to a massive $18 billion multistate settlement in a lawsuit over social media’s consumer harms, the company announced its biggest bet on consumer AI to date — and one that requires significantly more trust than social media ever did. On Tuesday, the company introduced Muse, its new personal AI agent that helps consumers with everyday tasks and projects for users in the U.S. To use Muse, consumers will have to trust Meta with more of their personal information than ever before. The AI agent works by connecting to the user’s apps and services that are…

Earnings season isn’t just when companies report their quarterly results. It’s also when most stock analysts update their ratings and price targets in response to the new data released from the firms they cover. Ratings like Buy, Sell, or Hold are simple heuristics that stand in for deeper fundamental analysis, and it’s hard to hide poor performance from scrutinizing analysts. They aren’t infallible, and reasonable analysts at top firms often have different outlooks on the same companies. But when analysts begin upping their ratings and price targets in unison, it’s time for investors to pay closer attention. That’s the theme…

Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $78,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets fell on renewed Middle East tensions.Key points:Bitcoin briefly dropped under $78,000 for the first time since Sept. 3, following downside pressure on US equities.WTI crude oil hit three-month highs near $95 per barrel on renewed military strikes in the Middle East.Bitcoin needs to hold $78,300 to avoid a repeat of its May breakdown, analysis warns.Bitcoin, stocks fall as Middle East woes spark oil surgeData from TradingView showed BTC/USD dropping as low as $77,600 before a modest rebound, its lowest levels since Sept. 3.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewNews…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder, announced another purchase of the second-biggest crypto, bringing the company closer to management’s goal of accumulating 5% of the total supply.Bitmine acquired 28,086 Ether (ETH) last week, according to a Tuesday announcement, which is currently worth about $69.5 million. The purchase brings Bitmine’s total holdings to 5.93 million Ether acquired at an average price of $2,495 per ETH. Bitmine reported $15.7 billion in total assets, including $593 million in marketable securities, cash, other crypto holdings and 5.1 million in staked ETH, which is expected to generate $330 million in annualized staking revenue.Following the…

Robinhood has taken equity stakes in Crypto.com and its newly spun-off prediction market platform OG.com as part of a multi-year deal to use OG.com’s regulated infrastructure for event contracts.Under the agreement, Robinhood will route retail event contracts through OG.com’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, with the rollout beginning Tuesday for eligible US customers.According to Tuesday’s announcement, the online brokerage will receive initial equity stakes in both Crypto.com and OG.com, with the stakes priced at the valuations established by an earlier Citadel Securities investment in the platforms. The companies did not disclose the size or value of…