Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has pleaded guilty to fraud after failing to declare more than £400m held in a trust in Singapore. Billionaire Ecclestone, 92, did not disclose the trust to the government in July 2015. He was charged following a tax investigation by HM Revenues and Customs, which said the probe had been “complex and worldwide”. Prosecutors say he declared “only a single trust” to tax authorities, which was established on behalf of his daughter. According to the charge, he had told HMRC he was “not the settlor nor beneficiary of any…
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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Paper Talk: Full-scale invasion of Gaza expected next week The growing crisis in Israel and Gaza continues to dominate the UK newspapers. Israel formed a coalition government and is expected to invade Gaza soon. Israel-Hamas The Times says the new Israeli government is preparing to invade Gaza as “early as next week.” The Sun says “Israel steps up blitz on Gaza.” The Daily Mirror says Israel and Hamas “trade blows” as the world “holds its breath” ahead of an “all-out attack”. The paper’s front page headline is “Death and more death.” The Guardian has…
‘The really big failures that are labelled as intelligence failures… are in fact failures of imagination,’ he told BBC Radio 4.
Lewis Campbell, 15, has been named by police as the boy who died.
The appeal comes from the force’s counter-terrorism unit.
Isaac first started the foodbank during the pandemic and used his pocket money to set it up.
We’re about to return to a much more familiar British autumn.
This up from the previous estimate of ‘more than 10’.
The lawsuit is ongoing, but the court of appeal ruled the couple’s case ‘appears to be well-founded in principle’.
How Luton Airport fire is affecting flights – here’s what we know Sky News says Flights from Luton Airport were cancelled on Tuesday night after a huge fire caused a terminal car park to partially collapse. The airport said flights would remain suspended until Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know about the fire and how it is affecting passengers. When will flights start again? All flights to and from the airport are currently suspended until 3pm on Wednesday. The airport initially suspended flights until midday, but extended this early on Wednesday morning. About 25,000 passengers are suffering disruption,…
Luton airport fire appears accidental, says fire chief as flights suspended until 3pm The Guardian says All flights at Luton airport are suspended until 3pm, the airport said in a statement. It is Britain’s fifth-busiest airport after Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Mancheter, and it handled 13.3 million passengers last year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority. The local fire chief Andrew Hopkinson told reporters: “We’ve got no intelligence to suggest it’s anything other than an accidental fire that started in one of the vehicles.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2023/oct/11/luton-airport-fire-birkenstock-float-new-york-imf-world-bank-inflation-business-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-652669b88f08868e610b887b#block-652669b88f08868e610b887b
Luton Airport fire: Cause of car park inferno that damaged 1,500 vehicles revealed The Independent says The cause of the huge blaze at London’s Luton Airport that has damaged up to 1,500 cars has been revealed. Over 100 firefighters battled through the night to extinguish the car park inferno, which has left thousands of passengers affected by diversion and cancellations. With flights set to be disrupted for most of the day, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has now revealed the cause of the blaze was a diesel car. “We don’t believe it was an electric vehicle,” Andrew Hopkinson, chief fire…
Luton Airport fire rips through multi-storey car park A massive fire in a Luton Airport terminal car park on Tuesday evening has led to all flights being suspended at the airport until this afternoon. Flights have been halted until 15:00 BST after the fire at the car park caused a building to suffer a “significant structural collapse”. Around 1,500 vehicles may have been in the car park and subsequently damaged, Bedfordshire Fire Service said. Four firefighters and an airport staff member were taken to hospital with issues stemming from breaking in smoke. Another patient was treated at the scene, although…
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Paper Talk: Hamas massacred babies and Sir Keir pitches a Labour Britain Wednesday’s front pages continue to lead with Hamas attacks on Israel. Elsewhere, the Labour Party conference in Liverpool and TV presenter Holly Willoughby quitting This Morning also makes the front pages. Hamas attacks The Guardian says the bodies of victims are still being recovered, four days after the attacks began. The i newspaper reports on children being killed in the village of Kfar Aza, which headlined “massacre of innocents.” “This was a holocaust pure and simple,” says the Daily Mail. The Express…
‘It’s not like a gold diamond ring or anything like that, so who would want to take that?’
The Wednesday letters page discusses the economics of keeping video games versus selling them, as one reader asks for F1 racing wheel advice.
Protester throws glitter on Sir Keir as conference gets underway The Labour Party conference began in Liverpool with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech being disrupted by a man who threw glitter over him as he prepared to speak. The man shouted about “true democracy” and “crisis” before he was dragged off the stage. Starmer laughed off the protest and delivered his speech. Labour promises ‘decade of national renewal’ Sir Keir has promised a “decade of national” renewal in his speech if Labour is elected at the next general election. The speech is likely Starmer’s last pitch to be prime…
Keir Starmer to make housing pledge in leader’s speech As the Labour Party conference gets underway, leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to pledge to “build a new Britain” with extra powers for housing and local mayors if the party wins the next election. He will promise to accelerate building on unused urban land. He will also say Labour would build the “next generation of New Towns” near English cities. And he will say extra police will guarantee patrols in town centres. Sir Starmer will say a Labour government will herald a “decade of national renewal” after 13 years of…
Bibby Stockholm: Asylum seekers to be returned to migrant barge Migrants are set to be sent back to the Bibby Stockholm barge off England’s south coast. The Home Office says it has begun notifying asylum seekers that they would be moved back to the barge “following the vessel completing all necessary tests”. In August, 39 men were moved onto the vessel but were later removed when the Legionella bacteria was detected. Portland Labour councillor Paul Kimber said “people are being told from today onwards they will be trying to get people on board. “As you can imagine a lot of…
More than 10 Britons feared dead or missing in Israel-Gaza attacks An official UK source has told the BBC that more than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing in Israel after the weekend’s attack by Hamas. So far, two Britons – Nathanael Young and Bernard Cowan – have been confirmed dead. According to the BBC, photographer Dan Darlington’s family believe he is dead whilst another Briton, Jake Marlowe, is missing. A pro-Palestianian demonstration took place near the Israeli embassy in west London. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak showed his support at a synagogue whilst a vigil for victims was…
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Most of Monday’s front pages continue the coverage of the Hamas attack on Israel. Militants have killed an estimated 600 people and kidnapped around 100. The attack has drew widespread condemnation from political leaders. Paper Talk: ‘bloodiest day of terror in 50 years’ The Daily Mail has photos of some of the Israeli civilians who have been kidnapped, including two mothers and their kids. An 84-year-old woman has also been kidnapped. The paper headlines its front page: “pawns of merciless terrorists.” The Daily Express leads with images of buildings on fire in Gaza, surrounded…
Revealed: Desperate last voice note of British citizen feared abducted in Israel music festival horror The Independent says A British citizen feared abducted by Hamas militants to Gaza said he was trying to evacuate people on a quad bike in a last desperate voice message sent as gunmen stormed the Israeli festival where he was working. Jake Marlowe, 26, a carpenter by trade, was employed as a security guard at the Nova music festival just six kilometres east of Gaza, which was in full swing Saturday when Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in decades. He is among dozens…
UK races to establish status of British nationals in Israel after Hamas attack The Independent says The Government is working to establish the status of UK citizens in Israel after a British man serving in the country’s army was killed during attacks by Hamas. Rishi Sunak condemned the incursion as an “appalling act of terror” as the death toll climbed to at least 700 on Sunday night. Among those killed was 20-year-old Nathanel Young, a Briton serving in the Israeli Defence Services who died on the Gaza border on Saturday. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/israel-palestine-conflict-british-nationals-rishi-sunak-b2426350.html View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Labour’s Rachel Reeves to set out plan to recover Covid fraud billions The Labour Party has said if they win the next general election, a Labour government would create an anti-corruption commissioner to recoup billions of pounds lost to fraud and waste during the pandemic. Rachel Reeves will set out the plan in her speech at Labour’s conference on Monday. She is expected to put the cost to the taxpayer of Covid fraud at £7.2bn. Reeves, the shadow chancellor, will also pledge to speed up the planning process for critical infrastructure if the party comes to power. Labour’s proposal to…
HS2 services to Manchester may run slower than normal trains The Guardian says Journeys from London to Manchester that use the new HS2 line as far as Birmingham could run slower as they continue north than existing services, and with less capacity, rail experts have warned. And in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s plan to spend the money saved by scrapping HS2 north of Birmingham on other transport projects, the Observer has seen invoices suggesting the government will have to spend more than £1bn on work relating to the part of the line now terminated. There is now concern among…
