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Disgraced: Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded Watchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings The family of the NHS charities fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore personally benefited from the charity set up in his name through a series of lucrative deals worth more than £1m, the charities watchdog has ruled in a highly critical report. A Charity Commission inquiry concluded the late Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin Ingram-Moore, were culpable of “serious and repeated” instances of misconduct, mismanagement…

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Imagine that tomorrow is the worst day of your life Everything is ruined. You lose your job, your house, your partner and your life savings. Within a single day, you are destitute outside of your family. Who do you turn to? Which of your friends do you know would be there to help? Whose face is it who answers the door to let you in from the cold? It’s a curious fact that not all of our friendships are equal. Some of them are fun and frothy and some are hugely serious. Some are lifelong familiars and others occasional and…

The tech giant Nvidia shows no signs of stopping mammoth growth in 2024 and is trending again in the past 24 hours. The company, whose value has soared by $2.2tn this year to $3.6tn on the back of near-doubling of chip sales, said it had revenue of $35.08bn, against expectations of $33.15bn. Its profits more than doubled year-over-year. Revenue surged 94% from the same quarter last year. The company projected that revenue would increase by 70% in the coming quarter. Nvidia shows no signs of stopping mammoth growth The company rolled out another set of quarterly business results on Wednesday to…

To help with the cost of living crisis here are Six grants to help with energy bills. With energy costs rising, what grants are available to Brits who may be in need of extra financial support this winter? Yvonne Ridley has shared the following advice for Brits worried about rising energy crisis as we head into winter: “Energy costs have been a constant worry for millions of Brits over recent years and with Ofgem announcing that the price cap would rise by 10% from October, many people will be having to make some difficult decisions this winter to heat their…

Paris is not always associated with musical theatre, but little by little the French capital is becoming more like Broadway and the West End. The latest live show to wow critics and audiences alike is “Hello, Dolly!”. On Entre Nous, we speak to Caroline O’Connor about what it’s like playing Dolly in Paris. Paris-hit-musical-celebrates-60th-anniversary”>’Hello, Dolly!’ comes to Paris: Hit musical celebrates 60th anniversary

Hunt for Tube hero who gave blind man his shoes after he lost one through the gap The hunt is on find an ‘absolute hero’ who gave his shoe to a blind man after he lost his on an Underground track – and the good deed went viral on social media. A Tube passenger – called Sami – posted a picture of a fellow traveller sitting with only one shoe on after he donated the other to a sightless man. Sami told Metro the blind man lost his shoe down the side of the train getting on a Circle line train at King’s…

UK weather: snow and ice warning as commuters face widespread disruption Commuters face widespread travel disruption after heavy snowfall and ice affected parts of the UK. Forecasters issued several warnings from Tuesday evening through to early Wednesday after an Arctic blast has brought the “first taste of winter for many”, with further warnings anticipated. A yellow warning for ice for much of southern England, the Midlands and eastern Wales was put in place by the Met Office from Tuesday evening to 10am on Wednesday, as it warned of developing snow showers. Several other warnings for snow and ice have been…

US shuts Kyiv embassy over fears of ‘significant air attack’ The US embassy in Kyiv was shut down on Wednesday morning after receiving information of a potential significant air attack, US officials said. “Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” the US Department of State Consular Affairs said in a statement published on the website of the US embassy in Kyiv. “The US embassy recommends US citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced,” the statement said. The warning comes…

Images from yesterday’s farmer’s protest in London dominate much of the UK media – online and in print – amid warnings that the protests are just the start.

The prime minister assures the public that the inheritance tax rule will affect only a small amount of farmers. Around 13,000 farmers protested outside Westminster yesterday and were joined by Jeremy Clarkson and Nigel Farage.

Higher energy rates have pushed up UK inflation the latest figures show. The rate is at its highest in six months. The latest figures come after the government revealed that around 50,000 pensioners will be living in relative poverty next year due to the winter fuel allowance cuts.

The UK cold snap has arrived and more weather warnings have been issued across the country as the wintery weather causes travel disruptions and school closures.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him in the Premier League for a little longer.

Away from domestic news, much of the UK media – in print and online – also looks at the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden permitted Ukraine to use US-made weapons to strike Russia – which they did yesterday.

Russia’s Putin has called it a major escalation of war and has, in response, lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike on the West. It’s led to fears a nuclear war may be on the horizon.