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Wellcome Trust charity criticised over £11m in payouts to investment team
The Wellcome Trust, the UK health research charity
, has been criticised for paying its investment executives more than £11m last year, more than 10 times as much as its own governors.The pay packets, which included £5m for Wellcome’s chief investment officer, Nick Moakes, were awarded after …
Father and daughter, 14, ‘messing about’ before fatal knife wound, UK court hears
A father accused of stabbing to death his 14-year-old daughter in the family kitchen told police they were “just mucking around” throwing objects at each other while cooking tea, a court has heard.
Simon Vickers, 50, is standing trial at Teesside crown court in Middlesbrough accused of the murder or …
French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt
A French woman who believed she was in a long-term romantic relationship with Brad Pitt and was scammed into paying €830,000 (£700,000) to help him with medical treatment faced such a wave of online mockery that a TV programme about her has been withdrawn.
The interior designer, named as Anne, …
Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal
Afghan citizens who fled the country with American assistance after the US’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan remain stranded in third countries, new documents shared exclusively with the Guardian suggest, some at prison-like facilities and many with no clarity about their prospects for resettlement.
US officials won’t say exactly how many …
Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack
The comedian and actor Tony Slattery has died aged 65 after a heart attack, his partner has announced.
Slattery was known for his improvisations on the popular comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as well as his appearances on Just a Minute and Have I Got News for You.
…Councils ‘keen’ to help Home Office move asylum seekers out of hotels
Councils across England and Wales have said they are keen to help accommodate asylum seekers as the government attempts to move as many as possible out of hotels, in part to try to ease community tensions.
Angela Rayner’s housing and communities department is in talks with the Home Office about …
Jimmy Kimmel on LA wildfires: ‘A sickening, shocking, awful experience’
Late-night hosts discussed the
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and infighting in the Maga movement asDonald Trump
’s inauguration approaches.Jimmy Kimmel
After cancelling his show last week and evacuating for the LA wildfires – one of which burned a mere two miles from his …
Tulip Siddiq resigns as Treasury minister over alleged Bangladeshi financial links
Warhammer maker Games Workshop plans fourth UK factory as sales boom
In Nottingham, an army of tiny warriors is on the advance. Space Marines, Weirdboyz, Chaos Knights – and very small paint pots – are grabbing more territory as Games Workshop confirms plans for its fourth factory and buys land for two more to meet demand for its fantasy figurines.
It …