Author: BBC

Canadian Patrice Runner made $175m over 20 years in leaflet scam claiming he could make people rich. Source link

The train firm says it is in “intense” talks with the government and Transport for London. Source link

The football commentator pays tribute to a speech therapist who helped him talk again after surgery.

The pair’s collaboration adds to their numerous solo projects of varying success. Primrose Hill is McCartney’s second release this year after returning with Beautiful in February, his first release since 2016. Ono Lennon has a string of solo records to his name, as well as performing with a host of bands including Cibo Matto, The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, and The Lennon Claypool Delirium. Source link

Chance Brannon is jailed for nine years for California attack and plot to spark a neo-Nazi “race war”. Source link

“On reflection, and I have reflected on this very hard, when I finished being the Horizon programme director [in early 2000] it would have been very beneficial if I had notified both the lawyers and the [investigations team] that Horizon was a new system coming in, and that they should be very cautious about evidence coming out of that system,” he said. Source link

A new AI-fuelled gadget has fallen foul of the tech world’s expectations. Source link

The government wants to stop people smoking by raising the legal age limit for buying cigarettes.

If plans are successful, Droitwich could be home to an annual Rik Mayall comedy festival, organisers say Source link

Under the headline, Military Aid to Israel Cannot Be Unconditional, the paper’s editorial board slammed Mr Netanyahu and the hardliners in his government for breaking “the bond of trust” with America. The US commitment to Israel, and its right to defend itself, did not mean that President Biden “should allow Mr. Netanyahu to keep playing his cynical double games”, it said. Source link