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Royal Family LIVE: 'Smear campaign' Reason Meghan bullying probe not public pinpointed (Image: Getty) SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Meghan Markle and Harry: Koenig shares doubts over UK return While Camilla Tominey, writing for the Telegraph, said “no one expected” the report to be published in full, refusing to reveal the announced changes to the Firm’s HR department as a result of it represented “more than a missed opportunity”. When the allegations were first brought to light, a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan described it as a “calculated smear campaign”, adding the Duchess was “saddened by this latest attack on her character, particularly as someone who has been the target of bullying herself and is deeply … [Read more...] about Royal Family: ‘Smear campaign’ Reason Meghan bullying probe not public pinpointed

It's been a year since the chaotic end of America's war in Afghanistan, and it doesn't look any better in retrospect to Elliot Ackerman: "This was a collapse of American morals and how we treat our allies," he said. "It was a collapse of American competence, our ability to execute this mission." For Ackerman, who served four combat tours in Afghanistan (both with the Marines and the CIA), the collapse was also personal. "Suddenly, I'm right back in the war. I thought I left the war." He had been away from the war for a decade making a living as a writer. Now he has written a book about America's longest war called "The Fifth Act" (published by Penguin Press on August 9). CBS News national security correspondent David Martin asked, "Five acts. Shakespeare's tragedies?" "You have Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, and the fifth act, the denouement, is the Taliban," Ackerman said. The Taliban had outlasted the world's greatest superpower and were looking to take their revenge on Afghans … [Read more...] about How one Afghan family escaped the Taliban

A group of Ukrainian medical students have been welcomed by one of the UK's top universities to continue their training after fleeing their war-torn country. The 20 students from the bombarded north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv will be given seven weeks of training at the University of Cambridge as part of the programme. As a result of the war, and the COVID pandemic, most of their education for the last two years has been completed virtually. Warning of 'very real risk of nuclear disaster' at Zaporizhzhia plant - Ukraine news live Despite this, after Russia invaded Ukraine back in February, many of them were thrust into hospitals to help treat patients. Advertisement One of those was Zaur Badalov, who is now taking part in the university's scheme. Growing up in Kharkiv, the 22-year-old was forced to flee to western Ukraine after war broke out, and it was there that he continued his studies online, while working in a local hospital. More … [Read more...] about Ukrainian medical students start training at one of UK’s top universities after fleeing war-torn country

NO one knew that the blue-eyed and “silver-tongued” Bruce Lindahl was a serial killer - until new DNA technology revealed his horrendous crimes. Lindahl is believed to have murdered at least nine young people during a nine-year period up until 1981 in the United States and is being investigated for many more cold cases. The true nature of this stone-hearted kidnapper, rapist and strangler only emerged when Detective Chris Loudon tried to solve the 46-year-old case of slain schoolgirl Pam Maurer, 16, from Lisle, near Chicago in Illinois. His investigation led him to a box full of naked photographs of young women taken by the twisted Lindahl. Inside were Polaroids and prints of often terrified, underage and drugged females either tricked or forced to come home with the sadistic predator. Most escaped alive, but many did not. Read More on The Sun DANGEROUS DECISION Thai cave rescue heroes say they faced arrest for giving kids ketamine … [Read more...] about I uncovered America’s secret serial killer – he was as psychotic as Ted Bundy and kept sick snaps of victims in shoebox

Police are investigating a string of spiking incidents through the use of needles in a popular tourist hotspot. Majorca and Ibiza police are investigating a total of six incidents after three women say they were jabbed with a needle. Another three made similar complaints but elected not to press charges. A spokesman for the Civil Guard in the Balearic Islands: "We’re investigating four cases in Ibiza and two in Majorca. "We have received three formal complaints." A source said: "There is no evidence at this stage to indicate any of the women were drugged or allegations of theft or sexual assault after the alleged needle attacks but the investigations are ongoing." Police are investigating a string of spiking incidents through the use of needles in the Balearic Islands ( Image: Getty Images) Police forces around the UK recorded at least 2,436 cases of spiking between 2017 and 2021 and 839 of them came in the last year alone. A report recently suggested … [Read more...] about Warning for Brits as police investigate holiday hotspots hit by needle spikings

Max Verstappen commits future to Red Bull signing £200m deal SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Christian Horner has spoken out after Red Bull poached Lewis Hamilton ’s former engineer Phil Prew from Mercedes . The Austrian team have been in imperious form on the track this season and are leading the Constructors’ Championship by 97 points, with Max Verstappen also at the top of the Drivers’ Championship standings. Related articles Lewis Hamilton given deadline to discover if F1 wish has been granted What Toto Wolff has said on Daniel Ricciardo joining Mercedes Red Bull have been uncompromising in their recruitment drive recently as they look to become the powerhouse in F1 for years to … [Read more...] about Christian Horner speaks out as Red Bull poach Lewis Hamilton’s former Mercedes engineer

A severely ill patient has told how she was at the point of planning her funeral before she was given a miracle drug and given a new lease of life. Gillian Docherty, 36, from Glasgow, had battled cystic fibrosis all her life, but four years ago, her lung function dropped to 38 per cent. She became concerned when she couldn't do simple things like climb stairs, and it was at this point that she began to get her affairs in order, Daily Record reports. Although Gillian, who worked as a dentist, kept active, her health rapidly declined and she made trips to the CF service at the QEUH . She said: “Being aged 33 and not being able to climb up a flight of stairs is not a position anyone would want to be in. “I couldn’t even go to the cinema. People would complain about my coughing. I was severely underweight, constantly exhausted and just existing.” Gillian Docherty pictured with husband Andy Docherty and baby Frederick ( Image: UGC) The average lifespan for a CF … [Read more...] about Severely ill patient, 36, was planning funeral before miracle drug transformed her life

A former mandarin with “no economic experience” is on course to be appointed to the Bank of England’s board after civil servants told the Chancellor she would “make a strong contribution to improving diversity and inclusion”. Dame Clare Moriarty, a former permanent secretary of the environment department, has been selected by Nadhim Zahawi, having been lined up by Rishi Sunak before his resignation last month . A source close to Mr Sunak denied that any of his special advisers carried out due diligence checks on Dame Clare. But a government source criticised the decision to put her forward for the role amid the growing cost of living crisis and pressure over the Bank’s handling of inflation. On Friday, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, warned that “something has gone wrong” at Threadneedle Street and, writing for The Telegraph , Liz Truss said the spike in inflation was “exacerbated by monetary policy”. The government source said: “Appointing a woke ex-mandarin … [Read more...] about Ex-mandarin with ‘no economic experience’ lined up for Bank of England role

Let’s hope he’s right this time. If Andrew Bailey and pals at the Bank of England are wrong about inflation again, we’ll need higher interest rates and a deeper recession to drive it out of the system. That’s the trouble with losing credibility. Once you’ve lost it, you need to work harder and harder to get it back. The Bank this week released a dire new set of growth and inflation forecasts. A long, hard recession is coming and inflation is meant to peak at 13 per cent this autumn and then head conveniently back to the target of 2 per cent in early 2024. Of course, in May, the Bank thought inflation would peak around 9 per cent. In December last year, the Bank said that inflation was due to “transitory” factors and would peak at 4.5 per cent earlier this year. It’s not hard to spot the pattern. As Mr Bailey argues, it’s not the Bank of England’s fault if Vladimir Putin has decided to cut off the gas. The governor’s imperative, naturally, is to defend his own and his institution’s … [Read more...] about The real rot at the heart of the Bank of England