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Cash before honours: the Tory donors made peers who barely speak in Lords

Critics say perception that peerages may be a reward for donations harms upper house’s reputation – especially when peers do little to participate

The Guardian - UK

Antidepressant Sertraline taken by Thomas Kingston before suicide flagged ‘40 times by coroners’

Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, took his own life in February last year

The Independent UK

Billonaire calls for CEOs to be paid like footballers, despite earning double them

Lord Michael Spencer says U.K. CEOs need to earn more to retain the best talent.

Fortune

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The mystery of the ‘vanishing’ diamond dealer: fury in the City after multimillion collapse of Vashi

Vashi Domínguez left a trail of financial wreckage and enraged investors in his wake after his London jewellery firm crashed – and now no one can find him

The Guardian - UK

Labour accuses Sunak of taking election cash from ‘Liz Truss fanboy’ who backed her mini budget

Exclusive: Labour has hit out at the Tories’ first major election donor for previously supporting Liz Truss’s disastrous mini budget

The Independent UK

Hotels tycoon who stopped donating to Tories gives party £10,000

Exclusive: Rocco Forte backs Wycombe MP and arch-Brexiter Steve Baker, having not donated since 2019

The Guardian - UK

No sunlight, no soil – no worries as vertical farming looks stacked with promise

Stacked Farm can produce perfect-looking strawberries, tomatoes and baby cos all year round. But will high energy inputs be its achilles heel?

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Vertical farms, indoor crops a growing trend as climate change drives advances in protected farming

Mangoes ripening year round, indoor flowers and lettuce crops immune to weather and pests — unpredictable weather is pushing more producers to high-tech solutions.

ABC News

Finance, property and mining: the money behind Sunak’s £460,000 leadership bid

Multimillionaire flew on private plane and received more donations than any rivals, including Liz Truss

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss raised £500,000 for bid to be leader, register of interests reveals

More than half of the donations came from hedge fund bosses, venture capitalists and other City financiers

The Guardian - UK

I’d like inheritance tax to be abolished, says UK Treasury minister

Andrew Griffith tells business people at Tory conference that ‘fantastic’ Truss is right to prioritise wealth creation

The Guardian - UK

Johnson supporters helped Liz Truss raise almost £425,000 for leadership bid

Almost half of the money raised by Liz Truss for her leadership campaign came from two women.

The Independent UK

Cruise at the Apollo Theatre review: Jack Holden’s ode to 80s queer culture is a one-man masterpiece

Jack Holden’s Cruise is a celebration of queer culture and a moving tribute to a generation lost to HIV

Evening Standard

Crossing where deadly Amtrak crash unfolded was on a safety upgrade to-do list: report

The rural Missouri railroad crossing where an Amtrak train struck a dump truck before becoming derailed, an incident that killed three and injured dozens on Monday, is among several where potential safety hazards had already been identified in a recent statewide report.

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Daily Record

Abuse dossier with names of 24 men linked to Celtic or Boys Club released

The majority of those on the list have only ever been identified by their victims and families.

Sports Illustrated

Regardless of His Results in Beijing, Gus Kenworthy’s Legacy Is Already Set

Competing in his third and final Olympics, this time for his birth country of Great Britain, the 30-year-old freestyle skier is going for gold, but even if he goes home without a medal, he’s already triumphed by helping change the culture for LGBTQ athletes.

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