And finally… Council apologies for emojis on tax bill
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Lambeth Council has apologised for an error that led to taxpayers seeing an emoji when viewing their council tax bill on an iPhone.
Journalist Alice Jones tweeted about the mistake, which saw a crying emoji appear on the statement of her outstanding council tax balance.
https://twitter.com/alicevjones/status/808617438803857408
A council spokesman told The Telegraph: “The emojis appeared on council tax notices when accessed on iPhones, due to the way certain software interprets the coding.”
He added: “This was obviously an error and it has now been rectified.”
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