Actress Millie Bobby Brown is the youngest person ever named in Time’s most influential people list.
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Barclays boss Jes Staley faces penalty for ‘conduct breach’
Regulators the FCA and PRA allege Jes Staley breached rules in trying to identify a whistleblower.
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Arsene Wenger: Arsenal boss to leave club at end of season
Manager Arsene Wenger is to leave Arsenal at the end of the season, bringing to an end a near 22-year reign at the club.
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Chingford fire: Resident dies in care home blaze
Twelve people manage to get out of the building in north-east London before firefighters arrive.
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Spy poisoning: Salisbury residents warned of toxic ‘hotspots’
The warning to Salisbury residents comes as decontamination work continues at nine locations.
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Brexit divorce cost uncertain, say auditors
The National Audit Office says the Treasury’s estimate is “reasonable” but could easily go up or down.
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The new mercy for corrupt firms that fess up
Just before its annual meeting this week, the World Bank announced that an African railroad company would be barred for two years from any new loans from the bank because of a corrupt act. This is the latest example of a legal trend in many countries, from Argentina to Singapore, as well as at the World Bank. Another assumption is that such a deal, called a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), will provide incentives for companies to self-report misconduct.