Councils across England and Wales will receive stronger powers to fine driving for minor traffic offenses. The Department for Transport is set to hand over more power to councils so they can stop drivers from stopping in yellow box junctions and performing bad turns. Councils could hand drivers £70 for breaking minor rules such as … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major California gas company has been ordered to pay the state nearly $10 million and reimburse customers for money it improperly spent on work related to developing energy-efficient building codes. The penalties faced by Southern California Gas Co. faces were ruled Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission, … Read more
The public will be told if Boris Johnson is fined for lockdown breaches, No 10 has said. There had been concerns that the public would never be officially told if the Prime Minister was issued with a fixed penalty notice for attending a No 10 party, because the identity of people issued with a ticket … Read more
Social media companies should face fines if they can’t prove they’re preventing people banned from their platforms for abusive behavior from opening new accounts, a report by MPs says. The House of Commons Petitions Committee has called on the government to strengthen its online safety bill to better tackle abusive behaviour. In addition to fines … Read more
Apple: The market regulator in the Netherlands region fined Apple 5 million euros because the company did not cooperate in changing the iOS payment system. According to the TechCrunch website, the original complaint arose from a complaint from dating apps in the region, asking for alternative payment methods to be incorporated into the iPhone operating … Read more