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Premier League leads European football to £25bn valuation

Image copyright Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Getty The big five European leagues generated a record €15.6bn (£13.8bn) in revenue in 2017-18, a 6% annual increase, according to new figures from Deloitte. It says the European football market is now worth some €28.4bn (£25.1bn). The English Premier League was the market leader, with record revenues of £4.8bn, as five […]

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Amazon Removes Books Promoting Bleach As Cure For Autism, Cancer

Amazon has removed from its offerings several books that promote the use of bleach to cure autism and other health conditions after reports of parents force-feeding their children the toxic chemical as a “miracle cure.” The books and online publications preach the use of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant that’s marketed as “Miracle Mineral Solution,” or

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Boeing 737 Max could be grounded for months, says airline body

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg says steady progress is being made to get the 737 Max back into the skies Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft is unlikely to re-enter service before August, according to the head of the airline industry’s trade body, IATA. Director General Alexandre de Juniac said “we do not expect

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Carbon credit fraud trial collapses as expert witness was no expert

Image copyright Facebook Image caption Andrew Ager should never be permitted to give expert evidence again, the judge in the case said The discrediting of an unqualified “expert” – found to have cut-and-pasted the same evidence for several different cases – had led to the collapse of a multi-million pound fraud trial. Andrew Ager had

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UK ‘needs more overseas vets and architects’, say government advisers

Image copyright Getty Images Migration rules should be relaxed for vets, web designers, psychologists and architects from outside Europe, government advisers have said. The Migration Advisory Committee says those jobs should be on a list aimed at plugging gaps in the UK labour market. Jobs which make the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) are effectively allowed

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