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Londra Gazete, 21 April 2022 LondraGazete.com/English 5

Leaving fake reviews to be illegal under new rules

PEOPLE are set to be better line reviews and spends £60 tempts to manipulate reviews
protected from fake reviews on "unwanted subscriptions", on our site".
and "subscription traps" under the government said. The government also wants
plans to tackle rip-offs. Under the proposed rules, to bring in new rules against
Proposals include making it there will be a new laws against "subscription traps", in which
"clearly illegal" to pay someone offering to write and commis- businesses make it difficult to
to write or host fake reviews. sioning fake reviews. leave a contract.
A competition watchdog will Websites hosting consumer Businesses will have to give
get new powers to fine firms reviews will have to take rea- clearer information to con-
up to 10% of their global turn- sonable steps to check they are sumers before they sign up to
over for bad business practic- genuine. a subscription contract.
es. Reviews website Trustpilot They will need to send a re-
But an industry group said said it "welcomes legislation minder that a free trial or
the new rules shouldn't put introduced with the aim of low-cost introductory offer is
"any further unnecessary bur- protecting consumers from coming to an end, and ensure
dens on businesses". fake reviews". customers can leave a contract
The average UK household It said it is "continually work- in a "straightforward, cost-ef- The average UK household line reviews and spends £60
spends about £900 each year ing to ensure we are taking fective and timely way", the spends about £900 each year on "unwanted subscriptions",
after being influenced by on- appropriate action against at- government said. after being influenced by on- the government said.

Watching TV in self-driving cars to be allowed

PEOPLE using self-driving technology and a full regulatory way Code will be a "major mile-
cars will be allowed to watch tel- framework is planned to be im- stone in our safe introduction of
evision on built-in screens under plemented by 2025. self-driving vehicles".
proposed updates to the Highway They will also lay out that users She also claimed their use "revo-
Code. of self-driving cars will not be re- lutionise the way we travel, mak-
The changes will say drivers sponsible for crashes. ing our future journeys greener,
must be ready to take back con- Instead insurance companies, safer and more reliable".
trol of vehicles when prompted, not individuals, will be liable for The development of self-driv-
the government said. claims in many circumstances, ing vehicles could create around
The first use of self-driving the DfT said. 38,000 new jobs and be worth
technology is likely to be when Transport Minister Trudy Har- £41.7 billion to the UK economy
travelling at slow speeds on mo- rison said updating to the High- by 2035, according to the DfT.
torways, such as in congested
traffic.
However, using mobile phones
while driving will remain illegal.
No self-driving cars are current-
ly allowed on UK roads, but the
first vehicles capable of driving
themselves could be ready for use
later this year, the Department
for Transport (DfT) said.
The planned changes to the
Survey: Fewer pupils starting code are expected to come in over
the summer.
The updates, proposed follow-
primary school this year ing public consultation, were de-
scribed as an interim measure to
support the early adoption of the
FEWER children are expected ing their preferred school com-
to start primary school in most pared to 2021.
areas in England this year, but Overall, 88% of children in Lon- Labour councillor invested after street
a higher proportion are gain- don due to start primary school
ing places at their first choice of this September received an offer
school, a survey suggests. from their first preference, a rise fight while canvassing breaks out
Hundreds of thousands of fam- 0.5% from last year.
ilies across England are finding Kensington and Chelsea had A street fight broke out on Sat- stepped in to launch an inquiry volved but then the punching
out what primary school they will the lowest proportion of children urday (April16) afternoon when after footage showing a fight on started while others were trying
be joining this autumn, on what getting their top choice at 69.5%, Small Heath council candidate the doorstep as Labour activists to restrain him."
is commonly known as National up from 66.4% last year. for Labour in Birmingham, Saqib delivered leaflets in Small Heath. West Midlands Police initially
Offer Day. Elsewhere in the country, big Khan, and neighbouring council- Officers now plan to quiz those in- said they had received no reports
Early findings from a PA news rises in accepted first choices lor Mohammed Idrees were leaf- volved. to investigate, but have now said
agency survey of local authorities were in Lincolnshire which saw letting in Kenelm Road, accompa- In a statement to Brimingham they are formally investigating the
show a child’s chances of gaining an increase of just under 10%, as nied by supporters and activists. Live Cllr Idrees said: "I was can- incident saying: "We are aware of
During one doorstep encounter vassing when it broke out 10 me-
a place at their preferred school well as Newcastle at 5.47% , Bris- with one resident punched and tres in front of us. a video circulating on social media
of a fight in Kenelm Road, Bor-
varies significantly depending on tol, at 3.37%, and Middlesbrough kicked several times. The moment "A man was hurling abuse and desley Green on Saturday (April
where in the country they live. which was up 3.2%. was captured on video by a neigh- inciting violence at Labour Party 16). While we haven’t received
As of Tuesday afternoon, 45 Primary schools in the capital bour and quickly circulated. Bir- door knockers – he was bringing any formal reports, officers are
out of 71 councils in England, ex- received 89,618 applications in mingham Labour confirmed they brothers and sisters into it. looking into this and will speak to
cluding London, which reported total this year, a 1.3% decrease have launched an inquiry. "I was saying that we need to individuals who they believe to be
data saw a rise in children secur- compared to last year. West Midlands Police have move on and avoid getting in- involved...”