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Feb272020 by adminNo Comments

Banned City trader an organiser of Tories’ Black and White ball

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Banned City trader an organiser of Tories' Black and White ball Jay Rutland part of event committee that fundraised for annual Conservative partyThe phone tycoon who arranged Boris Johnson’s £15,000 Caribbean holiday and a businessman who has been banned from City trading are among 11 Conservative supporters who helped organise the party’s fundraising ball, the Guardian can disclose.A leaked document shows that the party’s annual Black and White fundraising event on Tuesday was organised by a committee that includes the Carphone Warehouse founder, David Ross, who called in a favour to provide the prime minister and his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, with a free holiday in Mustique over the new year. Continue reading... Go to Source

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Samaritans drop new chief executive after bullying claims

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Samaritans drop new chief executive after bullying claims Charity abandons appointment of Alzheimer’s Society boss after Guardian revealed claims of toxic cultureSamaritans have abandoned the appointment of their new CEO after a Guardian investigation revealed claims that the Alzheimer’s Society paid out as much as £750,000 to staff who signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) during his tenure there.Jeremy Hughes will no longer be taking the helm at the suicide prevention charity following whistleblower allegations that he displayed bullying behaviour to staff and presided over a toxic culture at the dementia charity. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb262020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus latest updates: stocks plunge in Australia as South Korean cases spike

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Coronavirus latest updates: stocks plunge in Australia as South Korean cases spike Coronavirus impact on financial markets continues, as Hong Kong announces cash handouts to residents. Follow live newsTenerife coronavirus: 1,000 guests at hotel quarantinedIran’s deputy health minister: I have coronavirusTell us: have you been affected by the coronavirus?What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms? 5.28am GMTThailand has reported three new cases today, taking total infections to 40, Reuters is reporting, citing Sukhum Kanchanapimai, permanent secretary at the health ministry. The patients are all Thai nationals. Two had returned from holidays in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, and came into contact with the third. 5.24am GMTThe AP has released a wrap of t...

Feb262020 by adminNo Comments

Bernie Sanders faces onslaught from rivals in fiery South Carolina debate

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Bernie Sanders faces onslaught from rivals in fiery South Carolina debate Candidates bickered and shouted over each other in sharp exchanges in debate before Super Tuesday contestsFollow the South Carolina debate liveThe Democratic presidential candidates bickered and shouted over each other in a series of chaotic exchanges on Tuesday night, in the final debate before the critical South Carolina presidential primary and Super Tuesday contests that could represent a make or break moment for several of the seven candidates on stage.Senator Bernie Sanders, the current frontrunner who cruised to victory in Nevada last week, bore the brunt of criticism from a number of his centrist rivals, including vice-president Joe Biden, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg and former South Bend, In...

Feb262020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus fears grow as more cases found across Europe

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Coronavirus fears grow as more cases found across Europe Virus appeared in new cases in Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and CroatiaCoronavirus outbreak – live updatesThe spread of the coronavirus has accelerated across Europe with new cases in four countries and a rising death toll in Italy, which is desperately struggling to contain the outbreak.Concern about the proliferation of cases prompted a dozen UK schools to send home pupils and the teachers who accompanied them on half-term skiing trips in the Italian alps to self-isolate for 14 days after their return. The schools include ones in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, Pembrokeshire in Wales, Guernsey in the Channel Islands and others in Cheshire, Liverpool, Yorkshire, Berkshire, Teesside and Cornwall. Continue reading......

Feb262020 by adminNo Comments

Downing Street rejects EU’s ‘onerous’ opening trade offer

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Downing Street rejects EU's 'onerous' opening trade offer Brussels offering UK worse deal than those offered to US, Canada and Japan, says No 10No 10 has accused the EU of trying to give the UK a worse trade deal than those offered to the US, Canada and Japan, as the two sides clashed ahead of crucial talks scheduled to take just 40 days.With the opening round of talks due to start on Monday, Downing Street publicly rejected the EU’s opening offer for a trade deal and said it did not recognise the need for a “level playing field” for competition. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb262020 by adminNo Comments

Starmer comes under fire from Long-Bailey and Nandy over Brexit

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Starmer comes under fire from Long-Bailey and Nandy over Brexit Labour leadership hustings saw frontrunner criticised for party’s ‘tone-deaf’ approachThe contenders to become Labour leader have clashed over Brexit and compulsory re-selection for MPs in an occasionally testy hustings event, with the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn intensifying as party members start to cast their ballots.At Tuesday night’s event in Manchester organised by the Guardian, frontrunner Sir Keir Starmer came under sustained fire from Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy over what the latter called Labour’s “tone deaf” approach to Brexit, which they said helped contribute to December’s crushing election loss. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb262020 by adminNo Comments

Pop star Duffy says she was raped, drugged and held captive

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Pop star Duffy says she was raped, drugged and held captive Welsh singer made statement on Instagram saying she was held captive for several daysAimee Duffy, the Welsh pop singer known as Duffy who retreated from the public eye following her hugely successful debut album Rockferry, has said she was drugged, held captive and raped by an unidentified person.In a statement on her official Instagram account she said: “The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine.” Continu...

Feb262020 by adminNo Comments

Artist’s ‘never-ending’ jail term led to sense of hopelessness, inquest told

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Artist's 'never-ending' jail term led to sense of hopelessness, inquest told Psychologist Nicky Asplin says Charlotte Nokes was frustrated in months before she died in Sodexo-run prisonA “never-ending” prison sentence handed to an artist who died in her cell led to a “sense of hopelessness” and “frustration”, a psychologist has told an inquest.Charlotte Nokes, 38, was jailed in 2008 under an imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence, under which offenders are given a minimum jail tariff but no maximum, the inquest in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was told. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus: Europe on alert as three more deaths reported in Italy – updates

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Coronavirus: Europe on alert as three more deaths reported in Italy – updates Switzerland, Austria and Croatia report first cases as 1,000 hotel guests quarantined in Tenerife Tenerife coronavirus: 1,000 guests at hotel quarantinedIran’s deputy health minister: I have coronavirusTell us: have you been affected by the coronavirus?What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms? 5.32pm GMTAngelo Borrelli, the chief of the local Civil Protection agency, has said the three people who died were all in their 80s and came from the worst impacted region: Lombardy. 5.28pm GMTThere have been three further deaths in the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, according to a local official. The authorities say the number of virus cases in the country has grown to 322, with 10 deat...

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

David Steel quits Lib Dems after child abuse inquiry report

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David Steel quits Lib Dems after child abuse inquiry report Former Liberal leader failed to pass on allegations against Sir Cyril SmithLatest political developments - liveLord Steel has quit the Liberal Democrats after the inquiry into child sexual abuse said the political establishment spent decades turning “a blind eye” to allegations of child sexual abuseThe inquiry cited as an example the evidence of the former Liberal party leader, who told the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) inquiry last year how he failed to pass on allegations against prominent colleague Sir Cyril Smith, even though he believed them to be true, because it was “past history”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

EU demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal

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EU demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal Exclusive: clause in negotiating mandate for Michel Barnier will create hurdle to US-UK dealAll the day’s political news - liveThe EU will demand that the UK maintains a ban on chlorinated chicken as the price for a trade agreement with Brussels, in a move that protects European meat exports and creates an obstacle to a deal with Donald Trump.On the recommendation of France, a clause has been inserted into the EU’s negotiating mandate to insist that both sides maintain “health and product sanitary quality in the food and agriculture sector”, according to a copy leaked to the Guardian. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus news: Tenerife hotel in lockdown as tourists tested – live updates

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Coronavirus news: Tenerife hotel in lockdown as tourists tested – live updates H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel on lockdown after Italian tourist tests positive for virusFull story: 1,000 guests at hotel quarantinedSouth Korea: 200,000 sect members to be testedStocks fall as virus fears hit global marketsTell us: have you been affected by the coronavirus?What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms? 11.57am GMTTwo further developments have just been reported by Reuters.It appears that Austria has its first two cases of coronavirus, in the province of Tyrol. There’s no indication yet of the source of the outbreak, but Tyrol borders northern Italy where officials are struggling to contain a growing number of cases. 11.39am GMTBack in the City, the FTSE 100 index of leadin...

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president ousted during Arab spring, dies at 91

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Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president ousted during Arab spring, dies at 91 Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was deposed following mass protests Egypt’s ousted former president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91, weeks after undergoing surgery, state television has announced.Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was deposed following mass protests against his rule in 2011, during the Arab spring. He was jailed for years after the uprising, but was freed in 2017 after being acquitted of most charges. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

Tory MP apologises after exposing himself in pub

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Tory MP apologises after exposing himself in pub James Grundy, MP for Leigh, dropped his trousers at private event in 2007A Conservative MP has apologised after he was filmed flashing his genitals in a pub.James Grundy dropped his trousers at a private event in the bar, with onlookers encouraging him to expose himself. The incident took place more than a decade before Grundy was elected as MP for Leigh, Greater Manchester, in 2019. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

Harvey Weinstein to face charges in Los Angeles after guilty verdict in New York

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Harvey Weinstein to face charges in Los Angeles after guilty verdict in New York LA case, announced before Manhattan trial began, focuses on charges for two alleged attacks over two daysThe verdict in the New York case against Harvey Weinstein is only the beginning of the movie mogul’s prosecution, with separate charges against the disgraced producer ahead in Los Angeles. In the most high-profile trial of the #MeToo movement yet, a New York jury on Monday found Weinstein guilty of third-degree rape for an attack in a New York hotel and guilty of a criminal sex act for forcing oral sex on a former television production assistant. The fallen titan of Hollywood, who was taken away in handcuffs, could face 25 years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender. Continue readin...

Feb252020 by adminNo Comments

Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape at New York trial

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Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape at New York trial Film mogul found guilty of a criminal sex act in the first degree and rape in the third degree, and acquitted on three further chargesThe six women who accused Weinstein at his trial, and what they saidWeinstein verdict – liveHarvey Weinstein, the fallen titan of Hollywood whose sexual abuse of aspiring young female actors sparked the #MeToo movement, has finally been brought to justice after a New York jury found him guilty of two of the five charges he faced.The jury of seven men and five women at the New York supreme court took five days to reach their verdict. They found the defendant guilty of a criminal sex act in the first degree for forcing oral sex on the former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. ...

Feb242020 by adminNo Comments

Weinstein taken into custody after guilty verdict in landmark #MeToo trial – live

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Weinstein taken into custody after guilty verdict in landmark #MeToo trial – live Full report: New York jury finds ex-producer guilty of rapeKey moments from Weinstein’s trialEx-producer to be sentenced on 11 March 5.50pm GMTBefore he gets to lodge any appeal, Weinstein could face further legal jeopardy. Los Angeles authorities have charged him with raping and sexually assaulting two women over a two-day period in February 2013.It remains to be seen whether those prosecutions will proceed or whether they will be allowed to wither now that he is certain to face prison time in New York. One of the two women in the LA case was a “prior bad acts” witness in New York – Lauren Young, who told the jury how Weinstein had groped her in a hotel bathroom in Beverly Hills in...

Feb242020 by adminNo Comments

The six women who accused Harvey Weinstein at his trial, and what they said

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The six women who accused Harvey Weinstein at his trial, and what they said The women represent a small portion of the more than 100 women who have made public allegations against WeinsteinHarvey Weinstein found guilty of rape - full reportWeinstein verdict – liveSix women took the witness stand in the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein to offer descriptive accounts of how the disgraced mogul assaulted them within the last 30 years.Two of the women were seen as the main witnesses of the case as their accusations represent the main charges that Weinstein faced: five counts – two of rape, one of forcible oral sex and two of predatory sexual assault. The accusations of a third woman, actor Annabella Sciorra, supported a predatory sexual assault charge. Weinstein, 67, denied all cha...

Feb242020 by adminNo Comments

‘His reputation will never recover’: the rape trial that took down Harvey Weinstein

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‘His reputation will never recover’: the rape trial that took down Harvey Weinstein One of the most powerful men in Hollywood is unlikely to return to the top after reporting exposed decades of sexual harassment and assault allegationsHarvey Weinstein’s career in the movie business has risen and fallen as markedly as his famous temper.Long before he faced harassment and assault charges from scores of women he worked with over the years, and before he was the symbolic villain of the #MeToo movement paying top-dollar to fend off rape charges, Weinstein was busy defending himself from something much more ordinarily Hollywood: the notion he was a gigantic jerk. Continue reading... Go to Source

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Coronavirus: Iran denies cover-up as six deaths reported in Italy

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Coronavirus: Iran denies cover-up as six deaths reported in Italy Tehran rejects claim death toll is more than four times higher than official figures suggestCoronavirus latest – live updatesThe Iranian government has denied trying to cover up the full extent of an outbreak of the coronavirus, as Italy reported six deaths and officials across the Middle East and Europe scrambled to limit its spread.On Monday, a lawmaker from Qom – a Shia holy city 75 miles (120 km) south of the capital, Tehran, accused Iran’s health minister of lying about the scale of the outbreak. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb242020 by adminNo Comments

Driver arrested in Germany after car hits carnival crowds

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Driver arrested in Germany after car hits carnival crowds Children believed to be among 10 people injured at parade in town of VolkmarsenDozens of people have been injured, some of them children, after a local man appeared to deliberately drive a car into a carnival parade procession in the central German town of Volkmarsen, police have said.The driver was arrested but police could not immediately provide details about the man’s motives, although Bild newspaper cited a spokesman, Henning Hinn, as saying they were “working on the assumption that it was a deliberate act”. Continue reading... Go to Source

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Coronavirus live updates: Nearly 80% of China’s provinces report no new cases on Monday

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Coronavirus live updates: Nearly 80% of China’s provinces report no new cases on Monday Only one of 150 new deaths is outside of Hubei province as President Xi warns of impact on economy. Follow latest news 5.33am GMTEarlier we reported that 24 out of 31 provincial-level regions across China had no new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. This includes Beijing and Shanghai. 24 provincial-level regions of China, including Beijing and Shanghai, reported no new confirmed cases of #COVID19 Sunday, according to local health authorities Monday. pic.twitter.com/01srDOK3mH 5.30am GMTWe’re getting some more details on the changed conditions in Wuhan – here’s a report from China Global Television Network:China’s Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (CO...

Feb232020 by adminNo Comments

World is approaching coronavirus tipping point, experts say

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World is approaching coronavirus tipping point, experts say 78,000 cases confirmed, as Italy and Iran scramble to contain major outbreaks The world is fast approaching a “tipping point” in the spread of the coronavirus, according to experts who warn that the disease is outpacing efforts to contain it, after major outbreaks forced Italy and Iran to introduce stringent internal travel restrictions and South Korea’s president placed the country on red alert.Some of the countries most affect by the virus are scrambling to halt its progress two days after Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said the international community needed to act quickly before the narrowing “window of opportunity” closed completely. Co...

Feb232020 by adminNo Comments

More than 11,000 homes in England to be built on land at high risk of flooding

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More than 11,000 homes in England to be built on land at high risk of flooding Exclusive Guardian and Greenpeace analysis finds areas hit by recent storms are planning houses on floodplainsMore than 11,000 new homes are planned to be built on land at the highest risk of flooding in the regions battered by the worst winter storms in a generation, the Guardian has learned.An analysis of planning documents reveals that 11,410 new homes have been planned for land the government considers high-risk in the seven English counties where thousands of properties have been devastated by flooding since November. Continue reading... Go to Source

Feb232020 by adminNo Comments

Brexit: UK reneging on Northern Ireland pledges risks trade deals with US and EU

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Brexit: UK reneging on Northern Ireland pledges risks trade deals with US and EU Concerns raised after reports negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreementReneging on the special Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland will risk trade deals with both the EU and the US, experts have warned.Concern has been raised after Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiating team has reportedly been ordered to come up with plans to “get around” the Northern Ireland protocol in the withdrawal agreement which includes checks on goods and food going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Continue reading... Go to Source

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Who might make the cut for Labour’s next shadow cabinet?

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Who might make the cut for Labour's next shadow cabinet? With voting in the leadership election about to begin, speculation is turning to the party’s future frontbenchLabour members start voting next week for the party’s new leader. As the process enters its final stage, thoughts are turning to who the three remaining candidates might appoint to shadow cabinet posts. Here are a few possibilities for each – though it must be stressed that this is an ever-changing process. Continue reading... Go to Source

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MI5 rejects claims that officials withhold intelligence from Priti Patel

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MI5 rejects claims that officials withhold intelligence from Priti Patel Informed security source says Sunday Times report quoting unnamed officials is untrueMI5 has rejected claims that its officials are withholding information from Priti Patel because they do not trust her.An informed security source said the report about Patel’s relationship with the agency in the Sunday Times was “simply untrue” and that she was getting the same information from the agency as any other home secretary. Continue reading... Go to Source

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Coronavirus outbreak: special powers enacted in Italy after deaths – live news

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Coronavirus outbreak: special powers enacted in Italy after deaths – live news Number of cases in north of the country jumps causing disruption to Milan fashion week and Serie A matches 11.31am GMTIran has confirmed eight deaths from the the new coronavirus, with the number infected rising to 43. Most of the infections have been in Qom. Health Minister Saeed Namaki urged people to avoid traveling to the city, a major site for Shi’ite pilgrims 120 km (75 miles) south of the capital Tehran. 11.25am GMTThe total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy had reached 115.The governor of the Lombardy Region Attilio Fontana said that there were 89 cases in his region, most of which had popped up in small towns in the countryside. Continue reading... Go to Source

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Tyson Fury expects Deontay Wilder rematch rather than Joshua showdown

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Tyson Fury expects Deontay Wilder rematch rather than Joshua showdown Fury camp say they will honour rematch clauseEddie Hearn keen for Joshua title unification boutTyson Fury is “almost sure” he will face Deontay Wilder for a third time rather than Anthony Joshua in an all-British four-belt unification fight that would crown an undisputed heavyweight champion for the first time in two decades.Fury administered a shocking beatdown of the favoured American knockout merchant to capture the WBC’s version of the heavyweight championship on Saturday night in a return meeting of their split draw 15 months ago, flooring Wilder in the third and fifth rounds before the badly wounded champion’s corner threw in the towel midway through the seventh. Continue reading... Go...