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2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
The financial watchdog has warned banks it will be watching like a hawk to ensure they play fair as they shift businesses and borrowers from the discredited Libor interest rate. A senior Financial Conduct Authority director told This is Money that if it sees problems with banks it will ‘challenge hard’ and ‘intervene’, to reassure … Read more
Pete Davidson didn’t hold back from making fun of ex Ariana Grande during his new Netflix special Alive From New York. While the SNL player, 26, said he didn’t initially plan on mocking his former love in the stand-up special, Davidson declared the pop star ‘fair game’ after a friend told him she only dated … Read more
I’m divorcing after 26 years of marriage. My husband is 73 and I’m 61. He has a high value company pension and I have a small company pension due to part-time working to bring up the children. We have been separated almost three years now and I live with a new partner. He has agreed … Read more
A mother is suing the Minnesota State Fair after her son allegedly contracted an E. coli infection and developed permanent kidney damage from touching livestock. According to a lawsuit filed last week, Christina Vonderhaar said that, on August 29, she brought her son, then four, to the State Fair, where he pet several animals. Within two … Read more
Thousands of dementia patients may needlessly be selling their homes after being wrongly denied NHS funding, legal experts claim. Solicitors who specialise in fighting for funding say not enough people know that the NHS will pay their care fees if they have severe medical needs. And of those who apply for NHS continuing healthcare (CHC) … Read more