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Police in South Africa say they have launched a manhunt for a convicted rapist who faked his own death in a daring prison break that has shocked the country. Authorities said they had believed Thabo Bester died after setting himself alight in a privately run prison in Bloemfontein in May, but at the weekend, police said DNA tests revealed the charred remains found in the serial rapist’s cell belonged to someone else. “At this point, our priority is to find this fugitive of justice and establish exactly how he faked his death,” police spokeswoman Athlenda Mathe told reporters on Monday.…
More than a dozen people have been killed after heavy rains caused a mudslide in southern Ecuador. In a statement on Monday, Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat (SNGR) said at least 16 people were killed and about 500 others were affected by a wave of mud and debris that swept through the small community of Alausi on Sunday night. “We have had to witness a terrible tragedy,” Transport Minister Dario Herrera told the Reuters news agency in Alausi, located in central Ecuador about 317km (197 miles) south of the capital, Quito. “The first thing is to attend to and evacuate people…
A former Treasury deputy of Kwasi Kwarteng has told LBC that he wouldn’t pay the ex-Chancellor £10,000 for his views, after Mr Kwarteng was caught up in a fake interview sting. Chris Philp, who was chief secretary to the Treasury while Mr Kwarteng held the government purse strings, told Nick Ferrari on Monday: “I don’t think I’d be coughing up 10,000 pounds for the pleasure of his views.” Both Mr Kwarteng and former Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the fake company – Led By Donkeys – that they charged five-figure sums for advice, it emerged over the weekend. Meanwhile senior…
Barclays is planning to close 14 more branches this year across England and Wales. Branches in Surrey, Cambridge and Kent are among those set to close across a week in late June this year. Branches in Surrey, Cambridge and Kent are among those set to close across a week in late June this year. That takes the total number of Barclays branches closing to 68 this year. Some eleven branches have shut their doors for good in March, with 22 closing in April and seven more ending operations in May. Another 14 branches will close in June, according to an…
Sir Keir Starmer will officially block former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing for the party in the next general election. Sir Keir will propose a motion that will make clear that the National Executive Committee (NEC) will not endorse Mr Corbyn at the next election as part of crunch talks on Tuesday Sir Keir first revealed that he intended to block Mr Corbyn from running again as a Labour MP in February, insisting the party has undergone a transformation under his leadership. The motion, which the NEC is expected to back, says the Islington North MP “will not be endorsed by the NEC as…
A female shooter killed three children and two adult staff members at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee before the 28-year-old was killed by police. Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed the news in a Facebook post, writing: “3 students and 3 adult staff members from Covenant School were fatally shot by the active shooter, who has now been identified as a 28-year-old Nashville woman “Two MNPD officers who entered the building and went to the sounds of gunfire engaged the shooter on the second floor and fatally shot her.” John Howser, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told media: “three paediatric…
Andrew Marr has said that the Scottish National Party’s performance under new leader Humza Yousaf could have profound effects across the UK, as Labour seek to capitalise on division within the SNP at the next election. Speaking on LBC’s Tonight with Andrew Marr, the presenter said the leadership race had been damaging to the SNP’s reputation, with close second in the race Kate Forbes, tearing into the new leader over his handling of the health service, policing and transport in Scotland. Andrew said: “What I try to do at the top of this show, obviously, is to talk about the…
Prince Harry lost friends and suffered from the pressures of “suspicion and paranoia”, a court has heard at the start of a case dealing with alleged phone-tapping by a newspaper company. The Duke of Sussex, who has not been seen in the UK since the Queen’s funeral, is among several people suing Associated Newspapers, the company that publishes the Daily Mail. His trip will be seen as demonstrating the strength of his determination over the legal action and he is not expected to see Charles or William during his visit. The seven claimants, who also include Elton John and his husband David Furnish, Sadie Frost,…
Humza Yousaf was named the new leader of the SNP this afternoon after winning the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as party leader. Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Mr Yousaf had competed to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader after she announced last month that she was standing down after more than eight years as Scotland’s First Minister. Mr Yousaf succeeded in the voting run-off with 26,032 votes, or 52.1%. He succeeds Ms Sturgeon after defeating the current Scottish Finance Secretary Ms Forbes and former community safety minister Ms Regan in what was the SNP’s first leadership contest for almost 20 years. Mr…
Angola came out fighting to put the Black Stars of Ghana in discomfort for most parts of the first half but Ghana survived the scare with good goalkeeping and collective defensive play till the first half ended barren. Outstanding in this period was Ghana’s goalie Lawrence Ati Zigi who magically intercepted dangerous balls to keep Ghana in the game.An amazing outing The second half also opened on a blistering note with Angola still probing for goals. It did not take long, just six minutes into the new half Angola earned a penalty which it converted. Ati Zigi was on this…
