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Baltimore bridge collapse: Maryland asks for $60m in emergency federal aid
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Request would fund removal of debris from site not reconstruction of bridge itselfMaryland has requested the “quick release” of $60m from the US government to cover the initial fallout from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore earlier this week.The request for funding does not cover the reconstruction of the crippled bridge itself, but to instead remove shattered parts of the structure and deal with traffic in order to reopen Baltimore’s shipping channels. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Ted Cruz, US senator mocked for flight to Cancún, seeks airport police escorts
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Republican senator, who flew to Mexico as Texas faced deadly cold snap, complains of ‘serious security threats’ to lawmakersThe Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz, who achieved viral infamy in 2021 when he was seen at Houston airport for a flight to Cancún even as his state faced a historic and deadly spell of cold weather, this week moved a step closer to securing police escorts for lawmakers at airports.Under an amendment to the Federal Aviation Authority Reauthorization bill introduced by Cruz, members of Congress and other prominent officials, and some family and staff members, will be offered security escorts if they are deemed “currently … or previously … the subject of a threat, as determined by such applicable federal protective agency”. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Businessman who donated £5m to Tories gets knighthood
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Mohamed Mansour, a Conservative senior treasurer, is one of several surprise recipients of honoursA businessman and former Egyptian government minister who donated £5m to the Conservative party last year has unexpectedly been given a knighthood on the recommendation of Rishi Sunak.Mohamed Mansour, a senior treasurer of the Conservative party for just over a year, was one of several surprise recipients of honours on Thursday, with the citation saying it was given for business, charity and political service. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
‘Potentially serious impropriety’: Labour questions Johnson’s Venezuela meeting
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Former PM’s meeting with President Maduro, in capacity as hedge fund consultant, is under further scrutinyLabour is demanding answers over what the party said was “potentially serious impropriety” by Boris Johnson after it emerged that the former prime minister met the Venezuelan president in his role as a consultant for a hedge fund.Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, said in a letter to Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister and Cabinet Office minister, that there were concerns that Johnson may have breached the ministerial code. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Goldsmiths academics to strike over ‘incomprehensible’ redundancies
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Union says cuts will make the creative powerhouse unrecognisable and risk unprecedented industrial unrestStaff at Goldsmiths, University of London have voted to strike over plans for an “almost incomprehensible” number of redundancies, a trade union has announced.More than 87% of University and College Union (UCU) members at the south London institution voted for strike action in a ballot with a turnout of 69%, as well as backing action short of a strike, such as a boycott on marking papers and submissions. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Protesters deliver letter to Garrick Club condemning exclusion of women
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Dozens of lawyers and an MP sign letter attacking club as ‘a symbol of exclusivity, a bastion of power maintained by the privileged few’Protesters demanding women be admitted to the men-only Garrick Club have delivered an open letter to its members saying discrimination on the grounds of sex is “nothing short of scandalous”.The move came after the Bar Council said exclusive members’ clubs created “the potential for unfair advantage”, with the Garrick’s membership list showing it to be favoured by many senior members of the legal profession. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Labour looks to local polls as dress rehearsal for general election
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Mayoral races may be important indicator of Starmer’s political momentum as party seeks to turn 20-point national lead into resultsIf a telltale sign of a politician’s confidence is how willingly they expose themselves to direct media scrutiny, then the likely narrative of May’s local elections was on full view on Thursday in Dudley.While Rishi Sunak had followed his Conservative launch speech last Friday with the strictly controlled and limited format of a brief TV clip, Keir Starmer answered journalists’ questions for about 40 minutes, covering everything from council spending to Angela Rayner’s tax affairs. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Thames Water on road to state rescue amid investor standoff with Ofwat
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After regulator resists 40% increase in bills, shareholders deny request for more money – raising prospect of nationalisation• Who will win in standoff between Thames’s investors and watchdog?Thames Water appears to be on the road to nationalisation after its investors signalled they were unwilling to pump more money into the debt-laden utilities company, amid a standoff with the regulator and the government over raising customers’ bills.Britain’s biggest water supplier said on Thursday its shareholders had refused to provide £500m of emergency funding due this week to secure the company’s short-term cashflow. Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Workers were on break in cars when Baltimore bridge collapsed, wife of survivor says
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‘We don’t know if they were warned before the impact,’ says wife of one of eight construction workers who was on the bridgeThe construction workers who were on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday were on break in their cars, according to the wife of one of the construction workers who survived.Speaking to NBC on Thursday, the wife of Julio Cervantes, one of the eight construction workers who was on the bridge when it collapsed, said: “All of the men were on a break in their cars when the boat hit. We don’t know if they were warned before the impact.” Continue reading... (The Guardian)
Queer artists call on Olly Alexander to boycott Eurovision over Israel participation
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Maxine Peake and Sarah Schulman among signatories of open letter asking singer to withdraw from contest More than 450 queer artists, individuals and organisations have called on the UK’s Eurovision contestant, Olly Alexander, to boycott this year’s competition in solidarity with Palestine.The actor Maxine Peake and the novelist and playwright Sarah Schulman are among the signatories of the open letter calling on the singer to withdraw from the contest in May due to the conflict in Gaza. Continue reading... (The Guardian)