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Google Cloud London Power Outage Took UK Bank Apps Down

On October 20, 2026, a power failure in Google Cloud's London zone took Revolut, HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland apps, card payments and ATM withdrawals offline. Google said service was restored by 14:03 UTC; its incident analysis is still pending.

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Courtroom exterior in the Astana International Financial Centre, where an injunction bars six crypto exchanges from serving users inside the zone.

AIFC Court Freezes Six Crypto Exchanges Inside Kazakh Zone

Court sketch of a defendant in the dock at Southwark Crown Court during a fraud trial hearing

Civil servant on trial over five concurrent government jobs

Prosecutors allege Chowdhury held up to five full-time civil service jobs at once, with total earnings of £349,378 across eight employers. The overlaps, they say, were found by reconstructing employment dates rather than any shared payroll check. He denies the charges.

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