Travel firm exits partnership after Panorama revealed allegations by three women against on-screen husbands The travel operator Tui has ended its sponsorship of the UK and Australian versions of Married at First Sight on Channel 4 after contestants on the former made allegations of rape and sexual misconduct. An edition of the BBC’s Panorama programme this week revealed allegations by two anonymous women that they had been raped by their on-screen husbands on the show. A third woman, Shona Mande
Chancellor says she will raise tax on global oil giants to help meet costs of plans and confirms freeze on fuel duty increases Business live – latest updates Rachel Reeves will cut VAT to 5% on summer attractions such as theme parks and softplay centres during the school holidays, as she aims to ease the impact of the war in Iran on cash-strapped households. The chancellor told MPs on Thursday she would also raise more tax from global oil firms operating in the UK, to help meet the costs of her
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A Virginia judge dismissed the criminal case against a former Newport News assistant principal who was accused of ignoring warnings before a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his teacher. NBC News' Danny Cevallos reports on why the charges against Ebony Parker were dismissed.
Forecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest. (Image credit: Matias Delacroix)
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Lawsuit says university and private investigators conspired to intimidate, terrorize and retaliate against Josiah Walker A University of Michigan student is suing the school, accusing it of violating his constitutional rights when it waged a vast undercover surveillance operation against him in response to his protest of Israel’s war in Gaza. The lawsuit, which will be filed on Thursday in federal court by Cair-MI and U-M student Josiah Walker, claims the university and individual private invest
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Ebony Parker was accused of ignoring warnings about six-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in 2023 Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A Virginia judge has thrown out a case against an elementary school principal who was accused of failing to act on warnings that a six-year-old student had brought a gun to school, leading to the wounding of his teacher in 2023. The eight-count indictment against Richneck elementary assistant principal Ebony Parker was dismissed abruptly
Guardian - World · Oct 8
One of two MPs who came in top five of vote could be persuaded to take on Kim Leadbeater’s bill in the Commons Assisted dying campaigners have a narrow path to revive the bill after two MPs who backed the change came in the top five of the new private member’s bill ballot. Supporters of Kim Leadbeater’s original private member’s bill, which ran out of time to be passed, have the chance to use the Parliament Act to bypass the Lords if they can persuade another MP to take it through the Commons ag
