Switzerland said it would make a one-off payment of 50,000 Swiss francs (£47,755) to severely injured survivors and bereaved families of the New Year bar fire in Crans-Montana. The blaze killed 41 people and injured 115 more, according to Swiss authorities. The fire appeared to have been started by the use of sparkling candles that […]
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Children got an inflation-busting rise in pocket money last year, according to new data. Parents are giving their children a weekly average of £10.73, an 8% rise on the 2024 average of £9.92. Data from GoHenry, a money app that helps children learn to earn, save, spend and invest, shows children earned a total of
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Two people have been arrested as part of a waste packaging fraud and money laundering investigation, the Environment Agency (EA) has said. A man and a women, both 47, were arrested at properties in Penzance, Cornwall, in an early morning operation by the EA and Devon and Cornwall Police on Monday. The arrests relate to
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Jordan for a two-day visit focused on supporting refugees in the region. The couple began their trip with a roundtable summit discussion hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), with representatives from the United Nations, diplomatic officials and donors. The WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed
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Sir Keir Starmer has expressed concern after a man with an axe in a bag was arrested at a mosque in Manchester. Police said the suspect, a white man in his 40s, was with another man, a black male, when they entered the property during Ramadan prayers. It happened at the Manchester Central Mosque, in
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An ex-techno DJ has been jailed for selling almost £7m worth of counterfeit aircraft engine parts to major airlines. Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, 38, was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for the fraud, which risked passenger safety and led to flights around the world being grounded after it was discovered. Working
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Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister amid a controversy over a thinktank he used to run, which was accused to paying a PR firm to investigate journalists. Sir Keir Starmer recently confirmed he had asked his ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, to look into whether Mr Simons had broken the ministerial code.
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Josh Simons may not be well known outside of Westminster, but his name has generated much controversy in recent weeks – and now he has resigned. Mr Simons has quit as Cabinet Office minister after an investigation was launched into claims the thinktank he ran – Labour Together – ordered a PR firm to dig
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This week has seen the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That’s four years of war and continuous suffering for the people of Ukraine. The ramifications have been felt far and wide and it would appear crass to moan from these shores about higher energy bills since. The link, however, can not be dismissed
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Searches at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former Windsor residence in relation to an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office have concluded, police have said. Thames Valley Police (TVP) began searches of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, following the arrest of the former prince at Sandringham on what was his 66th birthday last Thursday. Andrew