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Property sales that fall through ‘costs Britain £900 million a year’1:02 Rightmove’s data indicates that 6 per cent of property transactions collapse and do not come back to market within 12 months The wheels of British justice have ground to a halt1:02 Editorial: Beset by backlogs and sclerotic bureaucracy, David Lammy must employ extraordinary measures to fix an ‘inhumane’ system that is so broken it is no longer fit for purpose Consumer confidence falls despite easing inflation1:02 GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index dropped three points to minus 19 in February to a level last seen in November, despite easing inflation. £900m economic opportunity in England ‘lost to property sales falling through’1:02 Last year, it took an average of five months for a house purchase across Britain to go through the completion process, Rightmove said. Nationwide recall issued for ‘Boner Bears’ chocolate syrup containing undeclared Viagra ingredient1:02 The sexual enhancement product was recalled after an FDA laboratory analysis confirmed it contained an undeclared Viagra ingredient Cuba says it is communicating with US after fatal boat shooting but seeks more details1:02 Cuba’s deputy foreign minister says the island’s government is communicating with American officials following the fatal shooting of a U.S. boat in Cuban waters Pro-Trump lawyers push president for emergency order to expand his power ahead of midterm elections: reports1:01 Claims of Chinese election interference will propel a national emergency declaration to give Trump unprecedented power over voting, a new report says Trump sends steep list of U.S. demands and preps for further strikes as Iran claims ‘significant progress’ in nuclear talks0:27 In Congress, Democrats increasingly fall in line behind War Powers resolution but holdouts give the White House support Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asks judge to toss out indictment against him0:27 The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked a judge to toss out the indictment against his client on the grounds that the United States has violated his rights to defend himself by blocking funds to pay his legal costs |