All news for 2024-12-14

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Billionaire founder of Mango fashion chain dies in a freak holiday accident
Isak Andic, founder of high street chain Mango, has died in a freak hiking accident near Barcelona, the brand says.
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’Chinese spy’ was ’invited’ to Buckingham Palace by Prince Andrew, sparking calls for their identity to be revealed
The businessman accused of being a Chinese spy was invited to Buckingham Palace by the Duke of York, it has been reported.
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South Korean parliament votes to impeach the president
Vote comes almost two weeks after Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law plunged country into crisis
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Colombian national admits guilt in kidnapping U.S. soldiers
Pedro Silva Ochoa pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assaulting U.S. soldiers in Bogotá.
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Police hunt for two men in connection with £200k luxury handbag theft
The owner of a vintage handbag business has been forced to move premises after a "high percentage" of her stock was stolen.
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US to push UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal
US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers
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Construction workers are four times more likely to die by suicide, with 7,000 lives lost, report reveals
Social media company On The Tools found that 73% of the UK’s 2.1 million construction workers have been affected by mental illness. In the last decade 7,000 have taken their own lives.
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Man missing for 24 hours after skiing alone in Scotland
Police are urgently searching for a 40-year-old man who went missing while skiing alone in the Scottish Highlands yesterday.
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Bird flu prevention zones established in the UK after detecting first case of ’highly infectious’ strain
Four Bird Flu prevention zones have been enforced in the UK after a ‘highly infectious’ strain has been detected.
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Wayne Rooney’s ex-Premier League teammate sentenced to 20 years for bribery
Statement from the Duke of York says he met the businessman through ‘official channels’ and ‘nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed’