Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and guitarist, dies aged 80 pred 10 urami in 43 minutami Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who wrote the band’s biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, dies at home in Florida ‘surrounded by his whole family’Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, has died. He was 80.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts’ manager of 20 years, confirmed. Betts had been diagnosed with cancer and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spero said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’ pred 10 urami in 57 minutami Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two hundred years agoFrance should repay billions of dollars to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognising the island’s independence, according to a coalition of civil society groups that is launching a new push for reparations.The Caribbean island state became the first in the region to win its independence in 1804 after a revolt by enslaved people. But in a move that many Haitians blame for two centuries of turmoil, France later imposed harsh reparations for lost income and that debt was only fully repaid in 1947. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok pred 11 urami in 3 minutami Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok.Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, where 276 schoolgirls were seized in April 2014. As many as 82 are still missing a decade after the high-profile mass kidnapping. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Post Office was urged by external lawyers to ‘suppress’ key document, inquiry hears pred 11 urami in 11 minutami Email was sent suggesting postal company should withhold disclosing investigation guidelinesThe Post Office was urged by its external law firm to “try and suppress” disclosure of a key document for “as long as possible” as branch owner-operators tried to mount legal action against the state-owned postal company, a public inquiry has heard.Rodric Williams, a senior in-house lawyer at the Post Office giving evidence to the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, was asked about an email sent to him in which it was suggested that his employer should withhold disclosing its investigation guidelines as they could harm its defence to a lawsuit brought by post office operators. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two sons of world’s richest man Bernard Arnault join him on board of LVMH pred 11 urami in 17 minutami Pair also join two other siblings on board, further strengthening family’s control of French luxury goods companyTwo sons of the world’s richest man, Bernard Arnault, have joined the board of LVMH after a shareholder vote, further cementing the family’s control of the French luxury goods company.The pair joined their elder siblings on the board of directors of the company, which houses brands such as Dior and Louis Vuitton, meaning four of Bernard Arnault’s five children now sit on the board. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Andy Street ditches Tories in West Midlands mayoral campaign material pred 11 urami in 20 minutami Mayor says ‘brand Andy’ move is utterly deliberate as people are ‘sick and tired of Westminster’The West Midlands mayor, Andy Street, has said it is “utterly deliberate” to exclude reference to the Conservative party from his campaign material, as he believes he is fighting an individual campaign and “people are sick and tired of Westminster”.Street is hoping to be elected to a third term in office in May’s election in a vote that could be the strongest indicator yet as to how the two main parties will perform at the impending general election. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Criminal Cases Review Commission apologises to Andrew Malkinson for handling of case pred 11 urami in 30 minutami Chair Helen Pitcher says she is ‘deeply sorry’ for failing man jailed for 17 years for rape he did not commit• Rape, DNA and injustice: a timeline of the Malkinson caseThe chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission has offered an “unreserved apology” to Andrew Malkinson for its handling of his case after he spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit.The apology from Helen Pitcher comes ahead of the publication of an independent review by Chris Henley KC of the CCRC’s handling of the case. The review of the body set up to look into potential miscarriages of justice has been completed, and is expected to be critical and to be published imminently. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Peter Murrell rearrested in SNP finances investigation pred 11 urami in 33 minutami Former party chief executive and husband of Nicola Sturgeon taken into custody for further questioningPeter Murrell, the husband of the former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been rearrested and questioned for a second time by police investigating allegations of financial wrongdoing by the Scottish National party.Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, was first arrested and interviewed as a suspect by Police Scotland detectives in April 2023 at the home he shared with Sturgeon in Glasgow, but was released later that day pending further investigation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two endangered black-footed ferrets cloned from frozen tissue samples pred 11 urami in 33 minutami Noreen and Antonia, born last May, are among first cloned offspring of a native endangered species in the North AmericaTwo more black-footed ferrets have been successfully cloned in an attempt to save the endangered species, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced.The national agency shared news about the births of ferrets Noreen and Antonia, who were both born last May. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
All 48 victims of 1981 Dublin nightclub fire unlawfully killed, inquest finds pred 12 urami in 4 minutami Survivors and relatives of those who died in Stardust club on Valentine’s Day in 1981 wept and thanked juryForty-eight young people were unlawfully killed after an electrical fault started an inferno at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin in 1981, an inquest jury has found.The jury delivered the verdict in a coroner’s court on Thursday more than four decades after a disaster considered one of the darkest moments in Ireland’s history. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
