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Welche? enthüllt die besten und schlechtesten britischen Ferienhausfirmen für 2024, wobei The Landmark Trust und Rural Retreats an der Spitze der Rangliste stehen und Vrbo und Norfolk Cottages ganz unten stehen

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Die besten und schlechtesten britischen Ferienhausanbieter für 2024 wurden in einem neuen Ranking gekürt – und The Landmark Trust liegt an der Spitze.

Die Liste wurde mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Recherchen des Verbraucherschützers Which? erstellt, wobei sich Rural Retreats den zweiten Platz sicherte und Toad Hall Cottages den dritten Platz belegte.

Am anderen Ende der Tabelle belegt Vrbo den vorletzten Platz, knapp vor Norfolk Cottages.

Die Liste wurde durch eine Befragung von mehr als 4.000 Personen erstellt. Sie wurden zu

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Hawaii school students sue transport department over pollution crisis and claim ‘rising tides are washing up ancestors’ BONES’ – months after Montana youths won landmark climate change trial

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Fourteen Hawaiian school students are suing the transport department for infringing on their right to grow up in a healthy environment by polluting it with greenhouse gases. 

Ranging in age from 10 to 19, the plaintiffs claim they have been ‘seriously injured’ due to the government violating constitutional pledges to decarbonize the transport sector by 2045. 

Their complaint says global warming is threatening age-old agricultural industries in Hawaii, while rising sea levels are projected to wipe out entire communities within

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The ‘landmark’ Panorama interview with Diana enthralled the nation on this day in 1995 and won plaudits for the BBC. Yet it was a masterpiece only of cruelty and deceit which shamed those involved

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It has been almost three decades since Diana sat down to give a television interview often discussed as a broadcasting landmark – and a moment in royal history.  

Princess Diana’s sit-down Panorama interview with Martin Bashir aired on this day in November 1995. Some 20million people tuned in to watch.

Yet today the broadcast is seen as a landmark of a very different sort – as a shameful of deceit which besmirched the reputation of the BBC and caused great

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Is this the death blow to a major anti-vax theory? Landmark 20-year study finds sudden cardiac deaths in athletes have fallen – despite claims Covid jabs fuelled a rise

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Cardiologists have hailed a ‘landmark’ and ‘reassuring’ study showing no spike in sudden cardiac deaths in young athletes.

Debunking a major claim peddled by anti-vaxxers in the wake of Covid, scientists discovered such cases have actually fallen after examining 20 years of US college sports.

Deaths remained stable even during the pandemic, they claimed, with rates having plunged by about 29 per cent every five years. 

Academics credited the drop to more effective and frequent screening systems for heart conditions

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Judge sides with activists in landmark climate change trial: State of Montana violated kids’ rights by ignoring global warming, court rules

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A judge has ruled in favor of youths who claimed Montana’s use of fossil fuels contributed to the climate crisis and harmed their health.

The ‘monumental decision’ was based on the state’s policy in evaluating requests for fossil fuel permits – which does not allow agencies to assess the effects of greenhouse gas emissions – was found unconstitutional.

The youths, aged five to 22, did not seek a payout following a win but wanted defendants to ‘bring the state energy

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Woman denied full arrears in state pension scandal wins landmark ‘maladministration’ ruling against DWP

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Daphne and Tim:  ‘It has taken years to work our way through the complaints procedure, with the support of Steve Webb’

A state pension victory for a Surrey woman offers a ‘glimmer of hope’ for others being denied full backpayments of lost cash.

Tens of thousands of elderly women are receiving nearly £1.2billion in state pension arrears after being shortchanged for decades, a scandal uncovered by our columnist Steve Webb and This is Money.

But some women are only receiving

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Salt or pepper shaker? Town split on its landmark towers | UK | News

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A town’s residents are being driven potty by a debate over its iconic “salt and pepper” water towers.

Residents in Goole, East Yorks, have long called the grade II-listed landmarks “the salt and pepper pots”, but they now cannot agree which is which.

The 141ft red-brick tower and its shorter, wider concrete neighbour, built in 1885 and 1927 respectively, dominate the skyline and are synonymous with the inland port town.

So much so that the local civic society plans to

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Air passengers could get payouts if their flights are delayed after landmark ruling against budget airline Wizz Air… so how can YOU lodge a claim and what are your chances of winning compensation?

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Air passengers may be more likely to get payouts if their flights are delayed after a landmark ruling against budget airline Wizz Air.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) made it clear that it will take enforcement action against companies that fail meet passenger obligations.

The unprecedented intervention means that thousands of passengers could be entitled to compensation.

The CAA demanded that Wizz Air pay back holidaymakers whose claims over cancelled flights were wrongly dismissed.

In April, it emerged that Wizz

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Landmark London Bewertung: Ein luxuriöser Aufenthalt in einem legendären Londoner Hotel | Vereinigtes Königreich | Reisen

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Das The Landmark London liegt nur einen Steinwurf vom Bahnhof Marylebone entfernt und wurde in der romantischen Ära des Zugreisens geboren und hat eine lange Geschichte als eines der renommiertesten Bahnhotels der Hauptstadt.

Das 1899 eröffnete Hotel hat seitdem seinen luxuriösen Standard mit atemberaubender Innenarchitektur und klassischem Design beibehalten. Das Hotel wurde seitdem für mehrere Millionen Pfund renoviert, wobei die gleiche Opulenz beibehalten wurde, aber mit einem zeitgemäßen Flair und modernen „Fünf-Sterne“-Annehmlichkeiten.

Bei der Ankunft werden die Gäste von freundlichen

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Landmark wurde zum „schlechtesten“ in Großbritannien gewählt, da Touristen es als „überteuert“ und „überfüllt“ bezeichnen | Vereinigtes Königreich | Nachricht

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Der Blackpool Tower ist offiziell das am meisten beklagte Wahrzeichen in Großbritannien, wobei Touristen nach dem Besuch des Bauwerks scharfe Kritiken hinterlassen. Rund 40 Millionen Touristen besuchen das Vereinigte Königreich jedes Jahr, was es zu einem der verkehrsreichsten Reiseziele der Welt macht. Aber während einige die Küsten in Cornwall oder die Landschaft im Lake District besuchen, entscheiden sich Millionen dafür, Sehenswürdigkeiten in ganz Großbritannien zu besuchen – und einige werden bitter enttäuscht.

Eine Analyse der größten Denkmäler der Welt ergab,

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