Sentence for former CEO of now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange is lower than the 4-50 years prosecutors asked for
Sam Bankman-Friedas parents are in the courtroom to witness their sonas sentencing.
Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried are both law professors at Stanford University, the former of tax law and the latter of legal ethics. Bankman-Fried said they were not involved in aany of the relevant partsa of FTXas operation.
Continue reading...Labour leader was asked how party would plug APS4bn gap at launch of its local election campaign in West Midlands
Keir Starmer has told voters he cannot aturn the taps ona to fix the crisis in local authority funding as he was quizzed on how Labour would plug councilsa APS4bn gap at the launch of its local election campaign.
aI canat pretend that we could turn the taps on, pretend the damage hasnat been done to the economy a it has,a he said. aThereas no magic money tree that we can waggle the day after the election. No, theyave broken the economy, theyave done huge damage.a
Continue reading...Decision increases concerns about financial future of UKas biggest water firm and increases prospect of nationalisation
Investors in Thames Water have pulled the plug on APS500m of emergency funding amid a standoff with the industry regulator over attempts to raise bills, increasing the prospect that the heavily indebted company may be nationalised.
The beleaguered utilities company said on Thursday that its shareholders had refused to provide the first tranche of APS750m funding to secure its short-term cashflow, after the company had failed to meet certain conditions.
Continue reading...Eva Tennent, whose operations were scheduled in Edinburgh, has Rett syndrome and advanced scoliosis
A 10-year-old girlas spinal condition has become inoperable after her planned surgery was cancelled seven times in six months, her mother has claimed.
Eva Tennent suffers from Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects brain development, and has advanced scoliosis that causes her spine to twist and curve to the side.
Continue reading...Man in his 40s detained on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, Essex police say
A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the death of the Gogglebox star George Gilbey, who died after a fall at work, Essex police said.
The 40-year-old reality star was best known for appearing on the Channel 4 series alongside his mother, Linda McGarry, and stepfather Pete McGarry, who died aged 71 in 2021.
Continue reading...Leicester have sacked manager Willie Kirk after an investigation into an alleged relationship with a player.
The Guardian revealed on 8 March that Kirk had been suspended while the club carried out an investigation into an alleged relationship with one of his squad members.
Continue reading...IS has stalled in Iraq and Syria but officials believe it has been planning new attacks on west for years
Islamic State (IS) remains defeated in its core strongholds of the Middle East but has made significant progress in Africa and parts of south Asia, winning territory and resources that could serve as a launchpad for a new campaign of extremist violence, analysts and officials believe.
European governments have moved to their highest levels of alert for years after the attack on a concert hall in Moscow last week by militants from IS which killed 140 people.
Continue reading...Media companies to combine publishing and advertising platforms to target gen Z and millennials
The Independent will take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in the UK and Ireland with the intention to create aBritainas biggest publisher network for gen Z and millennial audiencesa, the publishers have said.
The two media companies will combine their publishing, data and advertising platforms ato allow commercial partners to seamlessly buy across their sitesa.
Continue reading...Line closures and strikes coinciding with school holidays and turbulent weather are expected to hit travel plans
A long Good Friday looms for many drivers and rail passengers who are heading off for a UK getaway, as the Easter weekend collides with the start of school holidays, engineering works and turbulent weather.
With more than 14 million leisure trips planned by drivers over the coming days, motorists have been warned to expect delays on many routes. Additional cars could be forced on to the roads because of major railway line closures, with strikes hampering possible return train journeys next week.
Continue reading...Sara Poyzer, who appears in the stage production of the Abba-soundtracked musical, sees tweet about losing voice work go viral
Sara Poyzer, who stars in the stage production of the Mamma Mia! musical, claims that she has been told that her voiceover work in an upcoming BBC production will be replaced by AI.
The actoras posts on social media appear to show a screengrab from an email sent by a production company working for the BBC, which are in response to some voiceover work she had been pencilled in to perform.
Continue reading...Scotland could become first part of UK to offer terminally ill adults assistance to end their lives if Holyrood approves bill
A new bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland has been published at Holyrood by the Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur, in a fresh attempt by supporters to get the measure enacted for the first time in the UK.
Continue reading...Too often cemeteries for enslaved people have been all but erased from history but how we remember matters
For archeologists, what defines people as human is how we bury our dead. Imagine, then, a society that relegates a whole community as legally inhuman, enslaved with no rights. In spite of slavery, African burial grounds are tangible reminders of the enslaved and free a defying oppressive circumstances by reclaiming peopleas humanity through acts of remembrance.
When I first visited the British overseas territory of St Helena in 2018 and saw the burial ground in Rupertas Valley, I was astounded by its size and significance. It unambiguously placed the island at the centre of the Middle Passage a tying the British empire to the institution of slavery in the US, the Caribbean, and globally.
Continue reading...Greater fall per head and latest trade data illustrate longer term decline of economy
aC/ Blow for Sunak as revised figures confirm UK went into recession last year
As the UK economy struggled for momentum, with households tightening their belts, higher defence spending in the second half of last year was a factor that prevented it from contracting by more than it did.
The second estimate by the Office for National Statistics of national income, as measured by gross domestic product last year, showed that extra cash for the military, and an increase in government spending more generally, masked a deep and persistent recession in manufacturing and downturns in several other sectors of the economy.
Continue reading...As Nenaas 99 Red Balloons turns 40, we look back at the best continental foreign-language songs that achieved cross-Channel success
Shuffling French Euro-disco with vocals in Spanish and a melody line worthy of a John Barry spy thriller theme, El Bimbo might be the apotheosis of the 70s aholiday hita, brought back from the continent as a souvenir like the musical equivalent of a straw donkey. Still, far better than 1974as other big holiday hit, Y Viva EspaA+-a.
Continue reading...One wants to fix the second chamber. The other would scrap it and bring in the aDanish systema. Can they meet halfway?
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Continue reading...The star of The First Omen takes your questions on working as a chimney sweep, finessing his perfect sandwich a and hoping to die in a hail of bullets
Thereas an argument that youare the person James Bond matures into: women still want to sleep with you and men want to be you. Whatas your secret? MarcoPoloMint
I have no idea. I donat get out much and I donat identify with whomever theyare talking about. I did used to quip that I could be James Bondas grandfather and Iave always wanted to say: aThe nameas Nighy. Bill Nighy.a Iam very happy to hear, but itas a bit of a stretch for me to grasp.
When you were younger, you travelled to Paris to write a book, but never completed it. Will you ever dust down your great unfinished novel to realise your literary ambitions? VerulamiumParkRanger
I had a very romantic idea a I was a walking cliche in my 20s a of running away to Paris to write the great English short story. The pathetic thing is that I went and stood in the TrocadA(c)ro, outside the Shakespeare and Company bookstore and under the Arc de Triomphe, hoping to catch some vibes. I sat down for an hour in front of a blank page and drew a margin, like at school, for the teacheras remarks, but the doorbell went or the phone rang and that was the end of my literary career.
Godas Ghostwriters by Candida Moss aims to shine a light on the contributions to Christianity by imprisoned workers
Enslaved people wrote the Bible, carried the messages of the apostles and spread the word of Jesus around the Roman empire, according to a shocking new book by the theology professor Candida Moss. Godas Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible argues that apostles and early Christians used enslaved scribes, secretaries and messengers to write the New Testament and shape the very foundations of Christianity.
aThe overwhelming literary and archeological evidence shows that this kind of work was done by enslaved or formerly enslaved people,a says Moss, the Edward Cadbury professor of theology at the University of Birmingham. Scholars think only about 5-10% of Romans were literate: the very wealthy a and the people they enslaved.
Continue reading...From picking a perfect fragrance to spraying your radiators and getting rid of the worst stinks, here is how to make sure your life always smells sweet
From a fancy fragrance to a simple bowl of oranges, scent can transform how you feel about yourself, another person or a place. But how can you work out what suits the moment? And the best way to get rid of a stink? Perfumers reveal how to make your world smell fantastic.
1. Smell is an extreme sensation
aScent provokes a visceral reaction,a says Ezra-Lloyd Jackson, a perfumer and artist who makes wearable fragrances under the brand name deya and creates scent installations for art exhibitions. What fascinates him about working with scent is the process of transforming asomething that is grotesque or alarming into something that is familiar and comforting, or vice versaa.
2. Your reaction to a smell is linked to memory
Maya Njie makes perfumes inspired by her Swedish and Gambian heritage. She tried to capture this feeling in other artistic forms before realising that what she really wanted was to portray the way it smelled. aWe know that our sense of smell is directly linked to the part of the brain where our memories are stored,a she says. aSo it makes a lot of sense that fragrance and smells are connected to our memories. If you smell something that someone has worn, or you go to a house that belongs to your grandparents, smelling makes you feel way more emotional than a photo ever could.a Jackson describes this as ainternal time travel. It is another form of communication that isnat linguistic.a
3. It is possible to train your nose
aThat is what perfume is all about,a says Jackson. He didnat have a very orthodox route into perfumery: aI went straight into a laboratory and got to work, but most people will train at one of the schools in France, where the first year is all about learning 500 smells.a Brighton-based French perfumer Elodie Durande, who works for Somerset label Ffern, honed her craft at the University of Montpellier. aYou start out by working on your olfactory skills, remembering smells and describing smells,a before receiving a wide-ranging education about the perfume industry, she says.
While France and England are among the favourites, Austria could spring a surprise
This was not a vintage window for Didier Deschampsa side with a home defeat against Germany followed up by a shaky 3-2 win against Chile in Marseille. The captain, Kylian MbappA(c), had a difficult few days and the absence of Antoine Griezmann, who missed his first France games for seven years because of injury, was clearly felt. There were positives, however, with the 18-year-old Warren ZaA-re-Emery having a good game against Germany and Randal Kolo Muani scoring and assisting against Chile. Deschamps made nine changes for the second game with William Saliba getting a rare start in Marseille, even though the coach had said beforehand that the Arsenal player adoes things he doesnat likea. Still the team to beat. Marcus Christenson
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These two reissued solo albums from the German singer have a fearsome reputation a but they offer an experience like no other
To say Nico is an artist more talked about than listened to is putting it mildly. In recent years, her life has been the subject of two plays, two autobiographies, a biopic and at least four songs, Lowas Those Girls (Song for Nico) and Beach Houseas Last Ride among them. But Spotifyas list of her 10 most popular tracks contains two of her three contributions to the first Velvet Underground album a These Days and The Fairest of the Seasons a the two Jackson Browne covers from her debut solo album that were featured in Wes Andersonas The Royal Tenenbaums, and a| five Velvet Underground songs that donat actually feature Nico: she does appear on the No 1, Sunday Morning, but only as a spectral presence, her few backing vocals buried deep in the mix. Itas hard to think of another artist so tangentially attached to their most-streamed song a Milli Vanilli, perhaps.
Perhaps this is rooted in the fact that Nicoas slender solo oeuvre is preceded by its reputation, or rather reputations plural. In the popular imagination, her solo work falls into three categories: unrepresentative (jaunty debut single Iam Not Sayina and Chelsea Girls, which the singer hated so much, she burst into tears the first time she played it); cobbled together to fund her heroin habit (1981as Drama of Exile, 1985as Camera Obscura); and famously unlistenable, including the two albums reissued here. Indeed, the fearsome reputation of 1968as The Marble Index was burgeoning before it was even completed. Supposedly it lasts only half an hour because thatas as much as its putative producer, Frazer Mohawk, could stand to listen to before being overwhelmed by despair.
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