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AP Contributed

Worried Britons ‘prepping’ for major disruption with stash of tins and cash, survey shows

  • Rupert Jones
  • 1 hr ago

Fears over a natural disaster or cyber attack are pushing households into contingency planning, Link survey shows

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The British public need to be better prepared for emergencies | Letter

  • Guardian Staff
  • Updated May 7, 2026

Jean Coussins says a cross-party Lords committee has been tasked with coming up with a plan to normalise resilience in our everyday lives

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Global finance watchdog warns over private credit industry fuelling AI boom

  • Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
  • Updated May 6, 2026

Financial Stability Board report reveals tech, healthcare and services sectors as the biggest borrowers

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Investment or waste? How the M4 relief road plan for Newport sums up Wales’s economic quandary

  • Joanna Partridge in Newport
  • Updated May 3, 2026

As potentially seismic Senedd elections loom, competing parties have differing visions of how to reinvigorate the economy

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‘There is real danger’: landline phone users voice fears over digital switchover

  • Zoe Wood
  • May 1, 2026

Rural dwellers reveal failings in backup plans, as campaigners call for deadline to be extended from 2027 to 2030

The County of Monterey decides how to spend a new source of revenue.
Opinion

The County of Monterey decides how to spend a new source of revenue.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Feb 2, 2026

Erik Chalhoub here, looking at the language voters were presented with in November 2024 for Measure AA.

Cal Am proposes double-digits rate increase to begin in 2027, citing infrastructure needs.
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Cal Am proposes double-digits rate increase to begin in 2027, citing infrastructure needs.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Jan 29, 2026

Tens of thousands of California American Water Company customers in the Monterey area could face a rate hike of 16.1 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2027.

North County’s rural roadways face increasing pressure from climate change.
Opinion

North County’s rural roadways face increasing pressure from climate change.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Dec 2, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, thinking back to the 2023 Pajaro flood. Although it was unlikely the flood waters would reach my home, my neighborhood was…

The future of Seaside’s San Pablo pedestrian bridge is clouded by climbing costs.
News

The future of Seaside’s San Pablo pedestrian bridge is clouded by climbing costs.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 18, 2025

The short story is, the Seaside City Council has already committed to spending more than $500,000 for the design of a bridge to replace the pe…

County approves a process for deciding how to spend money from Measure AA.
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County approves a process for deciding how to spend money from Measure AA.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Aug 28, 2025

Last year, voters in unincorporated Monterey County approved Measure AA, a 1-percent sales tax. As the County Board of Supervisors held budget…

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