All news for 2024-11-13
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Premier League referee David Coote filmed ’snorting white powder’ while ’working at Euro 2024’
David Coote was suspended on Monday after a clip thought to have been filmed several years ago leaked - and now another video has been released of the under-fire referee
359
Owner of Aberdeen and Glasgow airports sold in £1.53bn deal
Spanish construction giant Ferrovial and joint venture partner Macquarie agreed to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance.
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DVLA could ’revoke’ over 600,000 driving licences due to a single rule
Thousands of road users are at risk of having their driving licence taken away on safety grounds.
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Ginsters owner fined £1.28m over worker death
Pasty maker Ginsters’ parent company has been fined £1.28m after an employee was killed by a lorry that was delivering supplies.
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P&O Ferries spent £47m on mass layoffs amid financial woes, accounts show
Delayed filings reveal cost of sacking 786 seafarers and replacing them with lower-paid agency staff in 2022
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Bus carrying schoolchildren collides with lorry on major road
Sixteen people have been injured after a bus carrying schoolchildren was involved in a crash.
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Armenia’s former deputy PM managed project that benefited his family company
Armenia’s former deputy prime minister, Tigran Avinyan, was swept to power by the country’s “Velvet Revolution” in 2018. His family company went on to indirectly benefit from a state agricultural program he oversaw.
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Drug kingpin’s son released after pleading in shark fin trafficking case
Less than two months after a four-year sentence for wildlife trafficking, a Colombian court has released Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón—a son of the late drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela—following a deal with prosecutors.
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Italian authorities charge 38 people in $215M art forgery ring
Italian authorities dismantle a forgery network selling fake works attributed to Banksy, Warhol, Picasso, and Miró, averting $215 million in potential losses.
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Russian ’spy’ beluga whale ’was trained to guard Kremlin’s military base but fled due to its rebellious nature’
A Beluga whale that was branded a Russian spy by some onlookers fled a training programme to guard a military base, a scientist has claimed.
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Sara Sharif’s father admits to beating her over the head with a phone months before her death but claims he did not intend to kill her
Sara Sharif’s father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.
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Two women sentenced after being involved in ’sickening and sadistic’ monkey torture network
Two women - who were part of a "utterly horrifying" global network of torturing monkeys - have been jailed.
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A London-based Russian chef and Putin critic has died mysteriously aged 52
Alexei Zimin, who ran the Zima restaurant and media organisation in Soho, was found dead in Serbia, with no reason given for his death.
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Brian Whitelock: Convicted murderer charged with killing and torturing neighbour
The trial at Swansea Crown Court heard Whitelock had been jailed for life in 2001 for murder and manslaughter, before his release in 2018. He is accused of murdering Wendy Buckney, 71, which he denies.
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Man Utd, Liverpool, and Arsenal prepare early legal action if Man City is found guilty
Four Premier League clubs have pre-emptively registered a notice for the right to be compensated if Manchester City are found guilty of their 115 breaches of Premier League rules
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Assisted dying: Wes Streeting orders review into potential costs of changing the law
The Department for Health will look at the potential costs of implementing a controversial policy that is due to be debated by MPs later this month.
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Spanish police detain ex-fraud chief after finding €20 million stashed in his walls
Investigation into country’s largest cocaine bust reveals cash in home of former head of anti-money laundering
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Bishop suggests more senior Church of England clergy may need to resign over abuse scandal
Julie Conalty, bishop of Birkenhead, welcomes resignation of Justin Welby but says institutional changes needed
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Donald Trump appoints Elon Musk to lead new government efficiency department
Donald Trump has confirmed Elon Musk will head a new department aimed at creating a more efficient government.
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People in Spain wrapping their cars in cling film to protect them ahead of extreme floods
People are wrapping their cars in cling film and thousands have been evacuated from their homes after a red weather alert was issued for extreme rain in the Costa del Sol.
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