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Primed for manipulation: best-selling Amazon products display evidence of fake and incentivised review practices

Primed for manipulation: best-selling Amazon products display evidence of fake and incentivised review practices, Which? finds

Best-selling products and brands on Amazon Marketplace display reviews from buyers saying they have been offered vouchers, freebies and money in exchange for posting five-star reviews and removing negative ones as the tech giant fails to adequately protect...

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WHEN DOES A JOKE BECOME A DAD JOKE? WHEN IT BECOMES AP-PARENT!   COMEDIAN MARK WATSON NAMES THE UK’S BEST DAD JOKER TO CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY

  • Aldi’s baby and toddler brand, Mamia, crowns the winner of the Best Dad Joke competition
  • Aldi enlisted the help of comedian, father and certified dad joker, Mark Watson, to pick a winner
  • The competition garnered over 2,700 cringeworthy entries, and all jokes aside, some of them were actually quite funny!

Dad’s the word - Aldi’s baby and...

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Some banks leaving customers exposed to scammers

Some banks can and should be doing more to protect their customers from criminals trying to steal sensitive information, Which? research has found.

With the last year seeing an increase in scams, many consumers will expect that the companies they deal with in their everyday lives are doing everything they can to protect them.

However, a new Which? investigation has found...

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New support for teachers to help pupils manage emotions and have their voices heard when parents separate

Experts have designed new lesson plans to help pupils manage the emotions they may feel when parents separate and ensure their voices are heard during this difficult time.

The new resources, ‘The Rights Idea?’ are designed to help schools sensitively tackle parental separation as part of the PSHE and Citizenship curriculum. They have been produced by Professor. Anne Barlow and Dr Jan...

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Wedded to the venue – Which? warns couples are still being left out of pocket by venues keeping their cash

Which? is calling for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to be given greater powers to deal with businesses that break consumer law – after hearing from several couples still struggling to get refunds for weddings cancelled due to the pandemic.

A year after the consumer champion first raised the alarm that venues were leaving couples out of pocket, Which? has found that some...

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Cornwall or Tyneside: Data reveals the cleanest beaches in England

With foreign travel just opening up and only a handful of countries making the green list , staycations are on the cards for a lot of Brits this summer. But not all holidays live up to expectations, and some coastal trips can be let down by smelly water, littered sand and run-down towns. With this in mind, SaveOnEnergy.com/uk set out to find Britain’s beaches with the cleanest, or filthiest,...

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Countdown to kick off: Sports Direct and Nike get kids back into sport with nation’s biggest kickabout 

  • New research suggests more than half (52%) of parents are struggling to get children back into physical exercise, despite restrictions lifting and sport restarting
  • The majority (61%) admit their children can easily go days without physical activity
  • To get kids back on their feet, Sports Direct and Nike launch Monster Kickabout - an action packed football
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The secret to a happy retirement? £26,000 per year, Which? research reveals

Two-person households need an average annual income of £26,000 for a comfortable retirement, Which?’s latest research has found.

With the past year altering many people’s spending habits or potentially accelerating their plans for retirement, finding out how much money is needed to finance a reasonable standard of living in later life has taken on an increased importance.

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Which? exposes supermarket pricing secrets that could lead to you paying over the odds for grocery products

Shoppers could be paying almost four times more than they need to for the same branded grocery products at certain times, Which?’s biggest ever supermarket pricing investigation has found.

The consumer champion analysed more than a million prices for 493 branded grocery items at six major supermarkets – Asda, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose – throughout 2020....

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