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Image captionThe Royal Liverpool Hospital building will cost £335m The collapse of Carillion has delayed the opening of the new £335m Royal Liverpool Hospital, with bosses saying it is unlikely to be finished in 2018. Chief executive Aidan Kehoe said it will be “challenging” to open the 646-bed facility this year. First due to openContinue reading “Carillion collapse delays new £335m Liverpool hospital”

Image copyrightAFPImage captionFormer Tesco executives Chris Bush (left), John Scouler (centre) and Carl Rogberg (right) The trial of three former Tesco executives charged with fraud and false accounting has been abandoned. Chris Bush, Tesco’s former UK boss, John Scouler, Tesco’s former commercial food director and Carl Rogberg, its former UK finance boss have been onContinue reading “Tesco fraud trial abandoned after defendant’s heart attack”

Image captionOxford City Council said the abandoned bags were blocking fire exits and posed a hazard to pedestrians Council staff acted “appropriately” when notices threatening homeless people with fines of up to £2,500 were issued in Oxford, a review has found. The city’s council ordered the report after it was criticised for attaching them to bags belongingContinue reading “Homeless £2.5k fine threat within Oxford council’s rules”

Image copyrightPAImage captionStudents marking the anniversary by recreating a suffragette protest march Giving pardons to women who were jailed while fighting for the right to vote would be “complicated”, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said. But she said she would “take a look”, 100 years on from some women getting the vote in the UK.Continue reading “Women’s vote: Pardoning suffragettes ‘complicated’”

Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe WikiLeaks founder has been living at the Ecuadorean embassy for more than five years A UK arrest warrant against Julian Assange is still valid, Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled. Lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder asked the court to withdraw the warrant, saying it had “lost its purpose”. It was issued in 2012Continue reading “Julian Assange arrest warrant still stands, court rules”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionJoshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law (left-right) were key figures in the Umbrella protests Hong Kong’s top court has thrown out jail terms against three leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy “Umbrella” protests. It reverses an earlier court appeal that saw Joshua Wong, 21, Nathan Law, 24, and Alex Chow, 27, being handedContinue reading “Hong Kong umbrella activist Joshua Wong walks free”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe couple, both 26, met at a restaurant while studying at university in 2012 Japan’s Princess Mako is postponing her wedding to her college sweetheart until 2020 due to a lack of time to plan the nuptials, media reports say. The 26-year-old granddaughter of Emperor Akihito was scheduled to marry law firm workerContinue reading “Japan’s Princess Mako postpones wedding to commoner Kei Komuro”

Image copyrightEPAImage captionMany supporters of the governing ANC are demanding Mr Zuma’s resignation The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called for South Africa’s controversial President Jacob Zuma to quit as he faces growing pressure to stand down. South Africa had seen “systematic looting” under Mr Zuma’s rule, and he “must go sooner rather than later”, theContinue reading “Zuma must go, says Nelson Mandela Foundation”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The winner of a $560 million (£400m) Powerball jackpot last month is suing state lottery officials in a bid to protect her anonymity. The New Hampshire woman filed a civil complaint as Jane Doe, after making the “huge mistake” of signing the winning ticket without legal consultation. State law says a winner’sContinue reading “Powerball winner sues for anonymity over $560m jackpot”

Media captionBulldozers clear the site of the Mogadishu truck bomb Somalia’s military court has sentenced a man to death for his role in the country’s deadliest bombing last year, in which at least 500 were killed. Hassan Adan Isaq was accused of leading an al-Shabab unit said to have carried out the truck attack inContinue reading “Mogadishu truck bomber sentenced to death”