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Wealthy US financier Jeffrey Epstein facing sex trafficking charges
US Federal prosecutors have announced sex trafficking and conspiracy charges against wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. Court documents unsealed on Monday show Epstein is charged with creating and maintaining a network that allowed him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls. The alleged victims were as young as 14 at the time. Epstein was taken into custody on Saturday. Authorities say he paid underage girls for massages and then assaulted them at his homes in Florida and New York...
Heather Mills libel payout over phone hacking a ‘record’ fee
The businesswoman and campaigner settled her claim against News Group Newspapers, the former News of the World publisher in February. Heather Mills has received an apology at the High Court after settling her case against the News of the World over phone hacking for a “substantial” sum. The businesswoman and campaigner, who was formerly married to Sir Paul McCartney, settled her claim against News Group Newspapers (NGN), the ex-publisher of the newspaper, in February for an undisclosed sum. An apology...
Is Getting An Online Global MBA Worth It?
A very noticeable trend has been observed in students to opt for the Online Global MBA program.
Westminster terror accused ‘wanted to kill as many people as possible’
Salih Khater allegedly drove his car at cyclists and police outside the Houses of Parliament in August last year.
Grayling accused of trying to silence no-deal Brexit concerns in Panorama expose
The accusation comes after Civil Emergency planners described Chris Grayling’s Department for Transport as “unhelpful” and decried it for omitting “key” information when planning for a no-deal Brexit.
Children’s lives could be cut short by air pollution
Air pollution could shorten a child’s life by up to seven months, a study on one of the largest UK cities has suggested. An eight-year-old child born in 2011 may die between two to seven months early if exposed over their lifetime to projected future pollution concentrations, Kings College London researchers studying Birmingham have found. It is the first time new Government guidance on “mortality burdens” of air pollution has been applied in practice in a large city area. The...
NHS trusts to take Government to court over rates bills
A total of 17 Trusts will go to court to argue they should get the same discount as charities for rates bills on their hospitals More than a dozen NHS Trusts are taking the Government to court to argue that they should have an 80% reduction in business rates – the same discount given to private hospitals and fee-paying schools. The High Court will now decide whether to give the trusts a financial boost of around £2.4 billion, or allow...
Trump hits back at UK ambassador over assessment of his ‘inept’ White House in leak scandal
The ambassador described Donald Trump's regime as "dysfunctional", "faction riven", "diplomatically clumsy"and "inept.”
Baked Alaska sets new temperature record on Independence Day
The US state of Alaska’s largest city and two other state locations reached record high temperatures on Independence Day. The National Weather Service says Anchorage on Thursday afternoon reached 90F (32.22C). Meteorologist Bob Clay says the previous record for Anchorage was 85F (29.44C) on June 14 1969. Kenai and King Salmon also reached new high temperatures of 89F (31.67C). https://twitter.com/AlaskaWx/status/1146984891386494976 Palmer matched its record high at 88F. Mr Clay said a high pressure ridge over much of south-central Alaska is...