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Grab your Stetsons! How country music is taking over the UK

With country music festival attendances soaring and US artists selling out tours, are British and Irish audiences ready for “the full Southern experience”?

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair adopts ‘free of charge’ family seating policy after watchdog investigation

Chief executive claims CMA has forced airline to adopt ‘less transparent and less consumer-friendly’ approach

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair makes key seat policy change for any parents flying with children

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary hit out at The CMA over the changes

The Independent UK

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Ryanair to allow parents flying with young children to avoid seat fee

This comes after the competition watchdog launched an investigation into its previous policy.

Evening Standard

“Be transparent on costs or risk action”: Are you one of StubHub's 50,000 customers due a ticket refund?

Platform tried to sneak through hidden fees

MusicRadar

Online ticket reseller StubHub UK fined £900,000 over illegal ‘drip pricing’, 50,000 customers to get refunds

StubHub UK has been fined £889,200 and ordered to refund more than 50,000 customers after the UK’s competition watchdog found it had failed to clearly disclose the full cost of tickets upfront,The Guardian reported

The Times of India

Ticket reseller StubHub ordered to refund customers who paid hidden fees

The watchdog discovered that the ticket resller was employing an unlawful method known as ‘drip pricing’

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StubHub ordered to refund 51,000 customers over hidden ticket fees

The live event ticket marketplace has been fined £889,200 following an investigation by the UK’s competition watchdog

Evening Standard

StubHub UK fined almost £900,000 over ‘hidden’ ticket fees

Reseller is also ordered to refund more than 50,000 fans, while its rival Viagogo remains under investigation

The Guardian - UK

CMA orders Marks Electrical to refund customers over opt-ins to extra services

The retailer will pay affected customers an average of £15 each – totalling around £600,000, the Competition and Markets Authority said.

Evening Standard

Google must ‘improve transparency and fairness’ of search results, says CMA

The Competition and Markets Authority has also made a currently voluntary data sharing tool a legal requirement for the firm.

Evening Standard

UK regulator sets out conduct requirements for Google's search services

The first ‌requires Google to ⁠improve transparency and fairness in how search results are ranked, while the second requires Google to allow users ‌to move their search data to authorised third ⁠parties, the Competition and Markets Authority said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Economic Times

Kingsmill owner cleared to create UK’s biggest bread brand with Hovis takeover

ABF’s bakeries arm would be likely to exit the market entirely if the deal did not proceed, CMA finds

The Guardian - UK

ABF’s Hovis takeover deal given go-ahead by competition watchdog

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said ABF could have pulled out of the UK bakery sector if the merger were not to take place.

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Regulators investigate Ryanair over controversial family seating fees

Europe’s largest low-cost airline is under investigation over its policy requiring families with young children to pay for seat reservations. UK regulators will examine whether the fees are unfair and whether they breach rules designed to prevent hidden charges.

The Independent UK

Ryanair faces investigation over charging parents to sit with their children

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The Economic Times

UK watchdog investigates Ryanair over fees to seat parents with children; airline defends policy

Britain's competition watchdog is investigating Ryanair over its "mandatory family seat" charge. The CMA is examining if the fee unfairly forces parents to pay for the airline to meet child safety obligations and if it's not displayed upfront. Ryanair maintains its policy complies with laws, stating no fee is charged…

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their children

Budget airline describes inquiry as ‘bogus’ as watchdog says it is only large carrier flying from UK to impose charge

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Evening Standard

Ryanair investigated by watchdog for charging parents to sit with their children

The Competition and Markets Authority said it will determine whether the practice is ‘in line with consumer law’

The Guardian - UK

Middle East war is hurting eurozone economy, warns ECB, after announcing first interest rate rise since 2023 – as it happened

European Central Bank has lifted interest rates and warned that the war in the Middle East is generating inflation pressures

The National (Scotland)

Competition watchdog issues statement as SNP call for 'price gouging' investigation

The competition and consumer rights watchdog has issued a statement in response to the SNP calling for an investigation into fuel 'price…

The Guardian - UK

What do UK watchdog’s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?

Giving publishers power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications

The Economic Times

Google must let UK publishers opt out of AI search under new rules

Britain's competition watchdog has introduced new rules for Google's search. Publishers can now decide if their content powers Google's AI. This move aims to give creators more control and better deals. Google accounts for over 90% of UK searches. The changes respond to how users find information with AI. Google…

The Independent UK

Google forced to let publishers opt out of controversial new AI search

Complete overhaul of search engine means that users will get customised responses to searches – which news organisations say has stopped people clicking through to articles

TechRadar

UK regulator mandates that Google should let publishers opt out of AI search

Britain's CMA has imposed new requirements on Google's AI search business – publishers can opt out of appearing in AI results.

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