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UK regulator bans tanning salons from downplaying cancer risk in advertising

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has issued an enforcement notice across the UK: tanning salons are banned from claiming their procedures are safe, attributing medical benefits to them, or presenting them as a source of vitamin D. Advertisers have until 7 December 2026 to comply, with monitoring carried out by an AI-based system.

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Extreme weather hits Europe's harvests: farmers see the way out in diversification and regenerative agriculture

A hot and dry summer, which ECIU says would have been practically impossible without climate change, cut Europe's grain harvest forecast by roughly 16.7 million tonnes and cost farmers more than €3 billion. Farmers in Spain, Germany and Sweden describe how crop diversification and soil restoration help them survive droughts and frosts, and call on authorities to change the support system. A hot and dry summer, which ECIU calls virtually impossible without climate change, cut Europe's grain harvest forecast by roughly 16.7 million tonnes and cost farmers more than €3 billion. Farmers in Spain, Germany and Sweden describe how crop diversification and soil restoration help them survive droughts and frosts, and they call on authorities to change the support system.

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