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Zoom will incur about $50 million to $68 million in charges related to the layoffs (Picture: Unsplash) Zoom is the latest tech company to be hit by mass layoffs as 1,300 jobs are set to get cut. On Tuesday, the company said it was laying off nearly 15% of its workforce, as demand for its video conferencing services slows with the waning of the pandemic. While announcing the layoffs, Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan said he would take a pay cut of 98% for the coming fiscal year and forego his bonus. ‘We worked tirelessly… but we also made mistakes. We didn’t…

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Met Police under pressure to explain how rapist David Carrick got away with ‘monstrous’ abuse for so long The i says The conviction of serial rapist David Carrick has done little to rebuild confidence in the police despite apologies and pledges to root out other officers engaged in criminal activity. Carrick, who carried pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women, including 24 rapes, was handed 36 life sentences and ordered to spend a minimum term of 30 years in prison on Tuesday. The conclusion of the second day of sentencing means one of the UK’s worst sexual offenders will…

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Serial rapist police officer David Carrick’s ‘lenient’ sentence to be reviewed The Independent says Serial rapist and former Met Police officer David Carrick’s sentence is being reviewed after complaints it isn’t tough enough. Carrick, 48, was on Tuesday handed 36 life sentences and told he would not be eligible for release for at least 30 years. He was convicted of a range of offences, including dozens of rapes, while he was a serving officer. Following the sentencing at Southwark Crown Court, the Attorney General’s Office said it had received “multiple requests” to review Carrick’s jail term. “We can confirm we…

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Video shows moment rapist police officer David Carrick was arrested Evening Standard says Disgraced PC David Carrick tried to use his status as a police officer when he was first arrested on suspicion of rape, newly-released footage has revealed. The 48-year-old former Metropolitan Police firearms officer was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years at Southwark crown court on Tuesday, after admitting a horrific catalogue of sexual offences against 12 women. Following the sentencing, Hertfordshire Police released footage of Carrick’s arrest, in October 2021, at a time when he was suspected of raping a woman he had…

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David Carrick jailed for life over series of rapes while Met police officer The Guardian says David Carrick, who believed his position as a Metropolitan police officer made him “untouchable” as he raped, assaulted and inflicted “irretrievable destruction” on at least 12 women before intimidating them into silence, has been jailed for life. The firearms officer, entrusted to guard parliament and diplomatic sites after the Met missed clue after clue about the danger he posed, will spend at least 30 more years in prison for his 17-year spree of crimes. Carrick, 48, stood in the dock at Southwark crown court,…

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Epsom head teacher called sister before shot by husband Emma Pattison, the head teacher of Epsom College, made a distressed call to her sister before she and her daughter were shot dead by her husband, media reports. George Pattison is believed to have shot and killed Emma Pattison and Lettie, 7, at the family home on the school grounds, before ending his own life. Mrs Pattison is believed to have called the relative late on Saturday evening, by the time the family member arrived, all three were dead. The school announced on Tuesday it would close until the half-term break,…

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A man has been charged after the school-girl was found at a house in Galashiels (Picture: Daily Record/Media Scotland) A 53-year-old man who had been arrested in connection with the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl from Scotland has been charged by police. Police Scotland said the girl was reported missing from the Borders on Sunday night, before being found at a property in Galashiels at around 9.30pm the following day. Mountain rescue teams had joined search efforts after sightings near the town’s Interchange – which offers train and bus services from the town. Door-to-door inquiries were carried out in the…

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