To prison for 12 years and would have been on a sex offenders register for the rest of his life, with precious little chance of appeal. Three people are charged with the murder of people in a house fire. Nasa discovers a whole new star system in a galaxy far far away. Its the first solar system with as many planets as our own. Welcome to brussels, where european leaders are meeting for the second day of a crucial summit this time without the british Prime Minister, theresa may. Theyre expected to formally agree to start the next phase of brexit negotiations at their meeting in brussels today. It will mean talks can move on to the long term relationship between the uk and eu. Translation i have extraordinary faith in the british Prime Minister. She has agreed with me and mr barnier that the Withdrawal Agreement will first be formalised and will be voted on and then we will see. The second phase will be significantly harder than the first, and the first was very difficult. The irish Prim
0xfam says the behaviour of some staff was totally unacceptable. The n60 insists it did inform the Charity Commission, even issuing a press release at the time, and denies a cover up. 0xfam was actually proactive in going to the british public, the department for International Development and the Charity Commission to explain that there had been serious misconduct and wed taken action. The government, which gives 0xfam more than £30 million a year, says. The way this appalling abuse of Vulnerable People was dealt with raises serious questions that 0xfam must answer. Today, fresh claims some of the disgraced staff gotjobs at other aid agencies because 0xfam failed to warn them about the misconduct. This is a shudderingly awful tale, terrible on every single level. And, of course, it eclipses the fact that 0xfam is one of the most brilliant humanitarian organisations in the world. 0xfam has worked in haiti for a0 years, helping more than half a million desperately poor people. Now the b
In January last year, the Church Commissioners, who run the Church of England’s investments, published a report into one of their main predecessors, Queen Anne’s Bounty. The report said the Bounty had invested the rough equivalent of £440 million today in the slave trade, via the South Sea Company, between 1720 and 1740.
On January 29, the Palestinian emergency services received a call from a six-year old girl called Hind Rajab, who said she was trapped in a car with her family and a tank was rolling towards them. “Will you come and get me?” she asked. “I’m so scared.”