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All news for 2024-08-20

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Rachel Reeves plans to raise taxes and cut spending in the October budget
Chancellor insists she still has large black hole to fill despite stronger-than-expected growth in first half of 2024
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Maria Branyas Morera, the world’s oldest person, dies at 117.
Supercentenarian who died in her sleep had lived through two world wars and Spain’s civil war
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Nigel Farage travels to the US again, marking his second trip in seven weeks since becoming Clacton MP
Nigel Farage is the keynote speaker at Saturday’s “Keep Arizona Free Summit”, and the Clacton MP - and Reform UK leader - has already been paid an upfront deposit of nearly £12,000 for the speech.
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Chef Recaldo Thomas dies in Bayesian superyacht sinking, pictured for the first time
The body of a man recovered near the Bayesian yacht is believed to be that of Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef who was working on the boat
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Mohammed Akram sentenced to life in prison for a series of sexual and physical abuse convictions
Mohammed Akram, 64, denied any wrongdoing but was convicted of nine charges related to the severe sexual and physical abuse of three women across Forth Valley, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.
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King Charles arrives in Southport to meet children who survived the stabbing attack
Three children died as a result of the attack at The Hart Space community centre in Southport in July. The King will hold a private meeting and then carry out a public visit to Southport’s town hall to meet other members of the community.
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Divers ’open hole’ in sunken superyacht but have only 10 minutes to search for bodies
The Bayesian superyacht is still largely intact on the seabed, but the depth makes it difficult to access, and the time window divers have make searches incredibly tight.
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Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in U.S. fraud trial ‘fatally struck’ by car while jogging
Stephen Chamberlain was VP of finance for Autonomy, the firm co-founded by British tech tycoon missing in Sicily
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German court denies appeal by former Nazi secretary over involvement in 10,500 murders
Irmgard Furchner, 99, was found guilty in 2022 of being an accessory to killings at Stutthof concentration camp
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Last moments of the Bayesian yacht as it is battered by a storm before sinking
Newly released CCTV footage has shown the moment the Bayesian superyacht was engulfed by a suspected waterspout.