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When a child can be left home alone in the summer holidays

With the school holidays just around the corner, you may be wondering when it is okay to leave your child at home on their own while you're at work

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Royal Mail given green light to scrap second-class post on Saturdays

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Plans to split UK market into energy pricing zones dropped

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WPP hires Microsoft executive Cindy Rose as new boss

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Royal Mail given green light to scrap second class Saturday post from July 28

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Royal Mail given go ahead to slash second class deliveries to just three a week

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