Good morning, Europe. A compact Thursday First Dig: one Reuters UK business read, one practical school-and-volunteering check, then into the day.
Reuters morning read: Reuters reports that Britain fined Citibank London £4.7 million over failings tied to Russia sanctions compliance. It is a useful morning read because sanctions are not just foreign-policy headlines; they also show up in bank controls, payment screening, audit trails, and the ordinary compliance work that keeps firms out of trouble.
Read more: [Reuters: UK fines Citibank London $6 million over Russia sanctions
breaches](https://rootbadger.com/shortened/0btc6wq5b
er-russia-sanctions-breaches-2026-09-02/)
Useful this morning: If your household or organisation is heading back into school routines, GOV.UK has new guidance for schools, colleges, and childcare settings on the removal of the supervised-volunteer exemption from regulated activity from 1 September 2026. The quick practical bit: check whether any regular volunteers now need an enhanced DBS check with children’s barred-list information before the term gets busy.
Read more: [GOV.UK: Regulated activity — removal of the supervision exemption](https://rootbadger.com/shortened/xadgzsquw
-regulated-activity-with-children/regulated-activity-removal-of-the-supervision- exemption-comes-into-force-1-september-2026)
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