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Mum Caroline Campbell is proud of her five kids who like herself have all worked at local chains of Wetherspoons in Merseyside, with four still happily employed by the pubA mum who worked her way up at Wetherspoons is chuffed that all five of her children followed in her footsteps to also land jobs with the popular pub chain. Caroline Campbell, from Merseyside, started as a part-time bar associate for the company ten years ago and is now a pub manager. Most of her children started working at Wetherspoons pubs as teenagers, with some still employed by the firm today.…

Metropolitan police in Washington, D.C. gave an update Tuesday morning on a shooting that left 13-year-old Karon Blake, who was accused of breaking into cars over the weekend, dead in the city’s Northeast area.Chief Robert Contee spoke about the Saturday morning shooting for the first time on Tuesday to address the “misinformation” and “assumptions” about the incident floating around the community.”There’s been too much misinformation swirling around this incident, too many people have made assumptions about this case, and it is unfair to the grieving family,” Contee said. “Spreading of inaccurate information is dangerous, reckless, and has the potential to…

One of the world’s largest renewable energy projects has been placed into voluntary administration after Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest clashed with tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes over the terms of a new funding round.Forrest’s Squadron Energy opted against supporting a recapitalisation plan because of concerns related to the project’s spending and future direction, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks. Both billionaires had veto power. Sun Cable urgently needed new funding to continue operations. It went into voluntary administration because the shareholders could not agree on a new financing structure. FTI Consulting has been appointed to lead…

The Sun Cable clean energy venture entered into voluntary administration on Wednesday following a clash between two of Australia’s richest men.The $30 billion project aimed to create the world’s largest solar farm in the Northern Territory to power Darwin and export clean energy through the Australia-Asia Powerlink (AA Powerlink).However, an argument between two of its billionaire and high-profile backers – Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest – fatally jeopardised the company’s mission.Stream more on politics with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023A statement by Sun Cable revealed…

European countries have been scrambling to find alternative sources of oil and gas following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2021.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRussia’s revenues from fossil fuel exports collapsed in December, according to a new report, significantly hampering President Vladimir Putin’s ability to finance the war in Ukraine.The findings, Ukrainian officials and campaigners say, illustrate the effectiveness of targeting Russia’s oil revenues and underscore the urgent need for Western policymakers to ratchet up the financial pressure on Moscow in order to help Kyiv prevail.Published Wednesday by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, an…

Cardinal George Pell, a one-time financial adviser to Pope Francis, died Tuesday in Rome at the age of 81.Pell suffered fatal heart complications after undergoing hip surgery, according to Archbishop Peter Comensoli, Pell’s successor as archbishop of Melbourne. Pell was in Rome for Pope Benedict XVI’s funeral last week.Notably, Pell had spent more than 400 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia on child sex abuse charges before his convictions were overturned.”For many people, particularly of the Catholic faith, this will be a difficult day and I express my condolences to all those who are mourning today,” Australian Prime…

European stocks edged higher and Wall Street futures slipped on Wednesday, as investors looked ahead to the release of December’s US inflation data later this week.The regional Stoxx Europe 600 added 0.4 per cent, Germany’s Dax gained 0.3 per cent and London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.5 per cent to its highest level since August 2018. Contracts tracking Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 fell 0.1 per cent and those tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 shed 0.2 per cent ahead of the New York open.Equity markets on either side of the Atlantic have inched higher so far this year on the back…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s national crime index recorded a 4.1 per cent drop in 2022 compared with the year before, said Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani on Wednesday (Jan 11).  According to him, 50,819 cases were reported in 2022 as compared to 52,974 cases in 2021. In his speech at the police’s monthly assembly at the police headquarters in Bukit Aman, Mr Acryl said that the lower crime index was the result of the work by officers from the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM).  He said the officers had kept the national security situation at a good and controlled level.…

Lifelong South Acton resident Andzelika Luse says things have totally changed in the ‘now posh’ West London town – and if you wear a tracksuit out and about, you are likely to get a dirty look A woman says her town has become so upmarket that people sneer at anyone in a tracksuit – and you can’t even wear your pyjamas to pop to the corner shop. Lifelong South Acton resident Andzelika Luse says she hardly recognises the place anymore. The disappearance of playgrounds and fields in the now-trendy west London neighbourhood has made her aware of the ‘regeneration’ that…

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