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Labour’s Barry Sheerman says BBC revealed as ‘incompetent’ in dealing with Alex Belfield’s harassment of female workers The BBC is guilty of a “miscarriage of justice” over its “unacceptable” and total lack of support for female employees who were harassed for 10 years by the jailed stalker, Alex Belfield, an MP has said. Barry Sheerman, the Labour MP for Huddersfield, said the BBC’s treatment of the women – who include his constituent, the BBC Radio Leeds veteran Liz Green – revealed an “incompetent and remote” organisation that failed to understand or care what was happening to its employees. Continue reading……

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Exclusive: MP and former minister may also write articles for the Times newspaper, according to sources Michael Gove is expected to begin a new life as a radio presenter after being lined up to become a host on Times Radio. Not content with disrupting the Conservative conference with his criticisms of Liz Truss’s tax plans, the former cabinet minister is to have his own show on national radio – while remaining a member of parliament. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: MP and former minister may also write articles for the Times newspaper, according to sourcesMichael Gove is expected to begin a new…

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Exclusive: Family of Ann King, 88, hid camera in room at Reigate Grange in Surrey amid concerns about her welfare • ‘Abuse, no other word for it’: nurse analyses footage An 88-year-old woman with dementia was physically and mentally abused at a luxury care home charging residents close to £100,000 a year, the Guardian can reveal. Staff misconduct was exposed by secret filming inside the home run by Signature Senior Lifestyle, which operates 36 luxury facilities mostly in the south of England. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: Family of Ann King, 88, hid camera in room at Reigate Grange in Surrey amid…

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Survey of lenders paints gloomy picture of new deals drying up and end to ‘golden era’ of cheap mortgages The number of mortgage defaults are expected to rise in the coming months, according to Bank of England data released on Thursday, while the number of new loans will continue to fall amid warnings that the “golden era” of cheap deals is ending. The UK central bank’s latest quarterly credit conditions survey paints a gloomy picture, with the number of mortgage deals already falling before the chancellor’s mini-budget on 23 September. Continue reading… ​Survey of lenders paints gloomy picture of new…

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​  Chris Watts pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters Bella, four, and Celeste, three. Chris Watts pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters Bella, four, and Celeste, three. 

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