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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding the company’s investors. The SEC said: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Samuel Bankman-Fried with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX Trading Ltd, the cryptocurrency trading platform of …

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A A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a woman was killed in a collision on the A40 in west London, which saw a car end up on the Piccadilly Line tube tracks. Rida Kazem was also charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to provide a …

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Vigil for three boys who died on frozen lake near Solihull BBC Police officer treated for hypothermia after hitting ice in Solihull rescue effort The Independent Firefighters applauded rescue efforts as they laid flowers at Babbs Mill Park ITV News Floral tributes to three schoolchildren who died in Babbs Mill Lake tragedy Birmingham Live Solihull: …

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Video: Mourners leave floral tributes and stuffed animals near scene after Babbs Mill Lake incident Get the free Morning Headlines email to get news from our reporters around the world Sign up for our free Morning Headlines email A friend of one of the boys who died after falling through a frozen lake in Solihull …

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Edmund King, president of the AA, said ice can be more dangerous than snow because people can see the snow and slow down accordingly. “Often when you’ve had snow, it melts a little bit and then freezes overnight. Then the next morning you can’t see the ice. It’s black ice or you just can’t see …

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100,000 babies to have BBC genetic code mapped Genome sequencing trial to test benefits of identifying genetic diseases at birth The Guardian UK to study DNA of 100,000 newborns looking for rare diseases Bloomberg More than £175m for cutting-edge genomics research GOV.UK New £105m scheme aims to speed up diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in …

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London covered in snow as freezing temperatures sweep across the UK For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news Snowy and icy weather across the UK has caused major disruption to major roads and rail networks, …

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Lockerbie bombing suspect will not face the death penalty BBC Lockerbie ‘bomb maker’ in US custody – BBC News BBC News Lockerbie plane bombing: what happened and who is the third suspect? the guardian Lockerbie bomb suspect will not face death penalty STV News Opinion: The lucky strike that helped investigators solve the Lockerbie bombing …

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A “decade of neglect” by successive Tory administrations has weakened the NHS to the point where it will not be able to deal with the 7 million care backlog, a government-commissioned report has concluded. The paper by the King’s Fund health think tank says years of denying funding to the health service and failing to …

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