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Long delays after manhole collapses on A82 causing half-hour tailbacks

Drivers are facing long delays travelling on the A82 after the collapse of a manhole cover

The National (Scotland)

EE launches its fastest fibre broadband ever - 8GB per second speeds should appeal to home workers, gamers and AI developers alike

As long as you're in Surrey - where EE will be delivering its fastest speeds yet.

TechRadar

BT’s Openreach new customer deal could be blocked over ‘not fair and reasonable’ concerns

Openreach said it was ‘disappointed’ at Ofcom’s proposed action to intervene

The Independent UK

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Ofcom proposes blocking Openreach new customer deal over competition concerns

The telecoms watchdog said it provisionally found Openreach’s new customer offer was

Evening Standard

BT reveals dip in earnings despite ‘solid start’ to year

BT told shareholders that adjusted earnings dipped by 1% to £2.01 billion for the quarter to June 30, compared with a year earlier.

Evening Standard

BT reports decline in earnings despite ‘solid start’ to year

BT told shareholders that adjusted earnings dipped by 1 per cent to £2.01 billion for the quarter to 30 June

The Independent UK

‘Smart operator’: how BT’s first female CEO helped turn company around

The firm’s share price has risen 80% under Allison Kirkby’s leadership – but pressure remains for her to deliver further growth

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‘Communities across the UK are paying the price for this criminal behaviour': Openreach teams up with metal recycling giant to tackle UK's £4bn a decade cable theft problem

Openreach is fighting the escalating £500m yearly cable theft problem with new partnerships, DNA tracing and grid alarms.

TechRadar

BT Group H2 Earnings Call Highlights

BT Group (LON:BT.A) said it met its financial guidance for the year ended March 31, 2026, as record fiber deployment and connections at Openreach helped offset pressure from equipment sales, legacy voice declines and weakness in its international operations. Chief Executive Allison Kirkby said the

MarketBeat

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

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

The Guardian - UK

BT keeps my 90-year-old mother waiting three months to reinstate phone number

Ordeal left vulnerable woman living alone cut off from family, friends and doctors

The Guardian - UK

Stocks and pound rise as US rate call approaches

The FTSE 100 index closed up 85.91 points, 0.8% at 10,403.60 and the FTSE 250 was up 158.43 points, 0.7%, at 22,180.90.

Evening Standard

Britain's broadband roll-out enters final stage with final fiber rules confirmed

Ofcom wants to focus on getting full-fiber into the hands of more UK consumers, targeting hard-to-reach areas.

TechRadar

Fiber internet provider says it can detect leaking water pipes using existing infrastructure, prevented loss of 2 million liters a day over three months — Lightsonic tech detects underground vibrations, machine learning isolates the source

U.K. fiber network provider Openreach used startup firm Lightsonic's technology to detect leaks in Affinity Water's service area, helping save over 2 million liters of drinking water daily.

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The Guardian - UK

Openreach said yes to full fibre broadband, then branded it ‘uneconomical’

Its ‘fibre checker’ tool confirmed I could have a connection, but a month later it changed its mind

The Guardian - UK

BT replaces Openreach boss in latest management shake-up

Katie Milligan replaces Clive Selley, who oversaw £12bn rollout of full fibre broadband to 25m homes

TechRadar

Openreach is planning major price hikes to force business users off old copper networks

Three price hikes this year could see copper networks costing businesses twice as much as they did last year.

Evening Standard

BT broadband customer losses slow as competition eases

The group revealed it shed 210,000 broadband customers in the last three months of 2025, which was less than feared in the market.

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The Independent UK

Telecoms giant’s profits dip after losing more than 200,000 broadband customers

Adjusted UK service revenues fell by 2 per cent to £3.8 billion for the quarter

The Guardian - UK

BT loses more than 200,000 broadband customers as profits slump

Third-quarter figures reveal 57% fall in profits and firm expects to lose 850,000 broadband users in full financial year

The Guardian - UK

Why it has not been so easy being green for the white van in the UK

Electric van sales are behind government targets, but those fleets that have switched are seeing a real difference

The Guardian - UK

‘Cornwall isn’t resilient enough’: towns struggle with broadband outage after Storm Goretti

Politicians call for more infrastructure funding amid anger that county is seen as ‘holiday playground’

Evening Standard

BT loses broadband customers to rivals and sheds another 5,000 jobs

The telecoms giant said its Openreach broadband customers fell by 242,000 over the second quarter of 2025.

The Independent UK

Telecoms giant BT cuts another 5,000 jobs as broadband customers go elsewhere

Openreach broadband customers fell by 242,000 over the second quarter of 2025

Evening Standard

Proposed changes to business rates ‘risk slowdown’ in investment, warns BT

BT’s finance chief said expected changes at next month’s Budget could cost infrastructure firms an extra £400 million each year.

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