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London if you could add your Oyster card to your Apple Wallet
Could we please get Oyster support in Apple Wallet - I know it supports contactless but that doesn’t include railcards @SadiqKhan @MayorofLondon
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The kind of innovation that the UK should be embracing nationwide.
This is a wonderful initiative.
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Proud to call this amazing city home x
The capital is ranked above Paris and New York for its large, quality, accessible cultural scene ➡️ bbc.in/4d7AEfy
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This is true. While local radio saw their funding cut, ex-reality show stars were given expensive top national slots. BBC should nurture home grown talent.
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Bemi Orojuogun aka The "Bus Aunty" being in an advert for Burberry is absolutely the type of content I want to see ☝🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😌
Aligns with reports in The Observer yesterday that Starmer is "seriously considering" a nationwide digital ID system to tackle illegal immigration and improve public servcies
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NEW
Screen time crackdown for under-16s to tackle "compulsive" scrolling is on the way, tech sec @peterkyle tells me.
Two-hour curfews are being considered, with announcement expected later this year.
In interview, he says:
*Parents shouldn't feel they have to be "ripping phones out of kids hands"
*Teens spend hours viewing content which "isn't criminal but it's unhealthy"
*"It's madness" that children are routinely contacted by strangers online and "we have to go further".
Teenagers spoke to him about their screen time and concerns - report by me, @IzzyLosseff @dhaim
Notably echoes Kyle's calls for the institute to be focused increasingly on defence and national security following criticism that it failed to anticipate major changes to the AI landscape
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨
The Alan Turing Institute has visibly struggled, and is now at a critical juncture. The Secretary of State has intervened. What happens next?
A new report for @britishprogress by me and @jujulemons sets out a plan: 🧵
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Yess! It’s the fourth sector pathfinder initiative!
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It only took 5 Secretaries of State, 4 Prime Ministers, 3 Sports Ministers, 2 Monarchs (and 2 Governments) but the Football Governance Bill has now passed all its Parliamentary stages!
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First for the streaming age in the UK.
Disney+ and ITVX have entered a new partnership, whereby big shows from both platforms will be shown on each others.
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Ministers preparing plans for a new statutory instrument this week dictating how much a foreign state can own of a British newspaper, likely to be set at 15%. This is the 'Telegraph rule' in consultation since Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI was blocked in its takeover last year.
Government has today published its first digital inclusion strategy since 2014 - also appointing Baroness Hilary Armstrong to lead an action committee. It has been widely welcomed from industry such as partner Digital Poverty Alliance who have long called for a renewed strategy
with it difficult to see how success will be measured beyond the Committee's goal to "feed into" the Government's long-term missions
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Gambling addiction ruins lives.
It's only right that those who are profiting from gambling are helping to tackle its addiction.
We’re making sure that those at risk have access to the support they need.
ALT Reducing gambling harms. Gambling businesses to pay £100 million towards the research preventions and treatment of gambling harms.
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A House of Lords committee has criticised the Football Governance Bill for failing to define which leagues the incoming football regulator will have power over.
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