5 d. ago 'No justice' in Hillsborough probe findings as dozen cops set to escape punishment

A review decided police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for their failures on the day.

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5 d. ago St Lucia prime minister Philip Pierre keeps majority as ruling party wins

The Labour party holds at least 13 seats after a campaign centered on crime, the economy and passport salesSt Lucian prime minister Philip Pierre’s Labour party (SLP) has held its legislative majority, putting Pierre on course for reelection after a campaign centered on economic management, violent crime and passport sales.Official election results on Tuesday showed the social democratic SLP winning at least 13 seats in the small Caribbean island’s 17-seat House of Assembly, matching its current majority with two seats left to be called. The results showed Pierre with 57.1% of the popular vote against conservative opposition leader Allen Chastanet’s 37.3%. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The Hillsborough Report: 11 things learned from investigation and 363

An investigation into the Hillsborough disaster has found 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for 'fundamental failures'.

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6 d. ago 12 Hillsborough cops accountable for 'failures' walked away scot

A new report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has found that 12 officers would have faced proceedings for 'fundamental failures' on day of the 1989 disaster

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6 d. ago The Godfather director, 86, shares terrifying new insight into his shattered finances after pouring $120m into flop movie Megalopolis

The building was snapped up by Coppola in 1972 during the success of the legendary mob flick.

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8 d. ago Family of murdered Claire Inglis demand John Swinney release Crown Office report into failures

Following Claire's death an expert social work report was commissioned into the case which found the 28-year-old and her son were “invisible in the system”.

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9 d. ago At least 248 dead after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Rescue workers in Indonesia are struggling to reach victims in several devastated areas

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1 week ago Damage and more rain hamper search for flood and landslide victims in Indonesia

Rescuers are hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island that killed at least 74 people

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1 week ago Flash floods and landslides on Indonesian island leave at least 10 dead and others missing

Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving six others missing

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1 week ago Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra island leave at least 10 dead and 6 missing

Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving six others missing

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1 week ago DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal

Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak outThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineHundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after a damning official review concluded they had been left with huge debts because of government failure and maladministration.The review, due to be published on Tuesday, was triggered after a year-long Guardian investigation revealed how carers had been hit with draconian penalties of as much as £20,000 relating to carer’s allowance. Some were plunged into hardship, others were jailed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'It's a tragedy that should have been avoided': Survivors of Patagonia blizzard disaster that killed British woman tell how officials' 'failures' forced trekkers to become rescuers

Multiple survivors of the Patagonia tragedy have alleged that failings by park authorities and managers of the campsites forced them to become their own rescuers and healers.

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3 w. ago Indonesian rescuers search for nearly three dozen people after landslides killed at least 18 people

Rescue workers are digging through tons of mud and rubble as they searched for 34 missing people after two separate landslides in two different regions on Indonesia’s main island of Java that killed at least 18 people

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer has had ‘500 days of failure’ in office, says SNP

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

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3 w. ago Texas dam compromised as officials plead residents to evacuate before failure

Residents in southeast Texas were evacuated after the discovery of an eight-inch hole in the dam’s embankment

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4 w. ago Texas dam compromised as officials plead for residents to evacuate before failure

Residents in southeast Texas were evacuated after the discovery of an eight-inch hole in the dam’s embankment

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4 w. ago Francis Ford Coppola gives up Belize island lease after Megalopolis box office failure

Veteran filmmaker leased Coral Caye island for nine years

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last month Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer

UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a “moral failure” and a strategic disaster.With ministers and officials expected to decide the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria within days, the letter renews pressure on Starmer to pull back from an expected 20% cut. Continue reading...

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