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Clinical reports show the children had consumed batches of recently recalled products, UKHSA saysThere have been 36 clinical reports of children suffering symptoms consistent with toxin poisoning linked to recent baby formula recalls, the UK Health Security Agency has said.The UKHSA said it and partner agencies had received 24 notifications in England, seven in Scotland, three in Wales, one in Northern Ireland and one from the crown dependencies of children […]

Peter Mandelson ‘lied, manipulated and deceived everybody,’ said Steve Reed in a staunch defence of the prime minister and his chief of staffA parliamentary committee looking into the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador and the depth of his relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will not be afraid to publish material that is embarrassing to the government, its chair has said.Lord Beamish, who leads parliament’s […]

Cranston report highly critical of systemic failings and missed opportunities around deaths of more than 30 peopleLoss of life was avoidable in the worst mass drowning from a small boat crossing in the Channel, a public inquiry has found.The 454-page report by the former high court judge Sir Ross Cranston is highly critical of failings around the deaths of at least 24 men, seven women and two children in November […]

FBI and Venezuela’s intelligence agency also reportedly arrest billionaire media mogul Raúl Gorrín at same addressA close and powerful associate of the deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has reportedly been detained during a joint operation by Venezuela’s intelligence agency and the FBI.Alex Saab, a wealthy Colombian-Venezuelan businessman long considered Maduro’s frontman, was removed from his position in Venezuela’s government a fortnight after US forces captured his ally on 3 January. […]

An Australian man has been charged with child abuse-related offences after an investigation uncovered more than 23,000 videos and images linked to 459 victims, some as young as seven.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Diocese holds consultation on future of long-closed city centre site thought to be slave trader’s burial placeWork is about to begin repairing an unused city centre church in Bristol, which is believed to be the burial place of the slave trader Edward Colston.After the work on the roof of All Saints is completed, the building may be deconsecrated, turned into a community resource and the remains of Colston could be […]