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Buble: Son's cancer treatment 'progressing well'
By: Sky News
Michael Buble says his “brave” young son Noah, who has been undergoing treatment for cancer, is “progressing well”.
The Canadian singer has released a statement on social media saying doctors are “very optimistic” about the three-year-old boy’s future.
He said he and his Argentinian wife Luisana Lopilato “continue to be inspired by his courage”.
The couple expressed their thanks to Noah’s doctors and carers, saying their gratitude “cannot be put into words”, and also thanked the thousands of people who have sent prayers and good wishes.
The pair confirmed in November that their first-born child had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing treatment.
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Buble says doctors are ‘very optimistic’ about Noah’s future
Their latest statement, posted on Friday, read: “We are so grateful to report that our son Noah has been progressing well during his treatment and the doctors are very optimistic about the future for our little boy.
“He has been brave throughout and we continue to be inspired by his courage.
“We thank God for the strength he has given all of us. Our gratitude to his doctors and caretakers cannot be put into words.
“We’d like to thank the thousands of people that have sent their prayers and good wishes to us. As we continue this journey we are greatly comforted by your support and love.”
The singer pulled out of hosting this month’s Brits after the pair announced they were putting their “careers on hold” to look after Noah and his brother, one-year-old Elias.
It was announced this week that Dermot O’Leary and Emma Willis would replace Buble at the event on 22 February.
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Rapper 50 Cent pays $22m to end bankruptcy
By: Sky News
Rapper 50 Cent has been discharged from bankruptcy early by a US federal judge after paying more than $22m.
In July, the judge had approved a plan calling for the singer, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, to pay back about $23m over five years.
Lawyers said he paid off the sum early with $8.7m of his own money and $13.65m he received in a recent settlement of a legal malpractice case against other lawyers.
It comes 19 months after the singer filed for bankruptcy protection due to debts of $36m and assets of less than $20m – three days after he was ordered to pay $5m to a woman whose sex tape he posted online.
The rapper burst onto the music scene in 2003 with debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin, and has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.
He has won many music awards, including a Grammy, and has branched out into acting, starring in movies including the semi-autobiographical Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, Home Of The Brave and Righteous Kill.
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FA faces motion of no confidence in Parliament
By: Sky News
The House of Commons is to debate next week a motion of no confidence in the Football Association’s governance.
The debate on 9 February has been secured by the Culture, Media and Sport committee.
It said the motion was: “That this House has no confidence in the ability of the Football Association (FA) to comply fully with its duties as a governing body, as the current governance structures of the FA make it impossible for the organisation to reform itself; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the governance of the FA.”
The committee said it had published two reports calling for FA reform, “to allow representatives of fans, women’s football, BAME groups, officials such as referees and the grassroots sport a significantly greater say in the governance of the game”.
But it added that “the reforms called for by groups representing the wider game, the Committee, successive ministers for sport and recently, a number of past Chairmen and Chief Executives of the FA, have been ignored by The FA”.
It continued: “It is clear that the FA does not comply with this guidance now and there appears to be considerable resistance to the idea of changing its very out-of-date structure at all.
“The Committee is therefore preparing a draft Bill to bring the structure of The FA – which is, in legal terms, a company – into line with modern company law.”
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Wembley Stadium – where England home matches are played
Sports minister Tracey Crouch gave the governing body six months to take meaningful steps to revamp its board and council last October.
An FA spokesperson said: “We are aware of the discussions next week around governance.
“The Government announced a code for governance for sports governing bodies last year and we are working to their timeline for implementation later in the year.
“Football, like all sports, is following due process and we remain committed to working with the Government towards compliance with the code.”
Discussing the issues, Sky’s Sports Correspondent, Paul Kelso, said the Department of Culture, Media and Sport “now requires all governing bodies in sport to meet basic standards of good governance or lose their public funding”, for which there is an April deadline.
He said the FA gets millions of pounds of public money, but “falls well short of some of the basic requirements”.
At the moment, he added, there is “one woman out of 12 on the FA’s board – the minimum requirement is 30%”.
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'I'll be back' declares Cameron in Arnie video
By: Sky News
David Cameron has appeared in a Snapchat video posted by Arnold Schwarzenegger, claiming: “I’ll be back.”
What could he possibly mean?
Back? As Prime Minister? There’s no vacancy. Theresa May’s poll ratings are beyond her predecessor’s wildest dreams.
A top international job, then? Well, he was tipped as the next boss of Nato. But a top Tory MP, defence select committee chairman Julian Lewis, said the former PM wasn’t up to it.
So, what then?
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‘I’ll be back’ Cameron says in Snapchat video with Schwarzenegger
The former prime minister, who turned 50 in October, suddenly popped up on Snapchat after “the Terminator” taunted Mr Trump in response to the President’s jibes about his TV ratings.
Referring to the former California governor replacing him as host of The Celebrity Apprentice on US TV, the President said: “They hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Swarzenegger, to take my place.
“And we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes. It’s been a total disaster.”
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Schwarzenegger challenges Trump to a job swap
Then, in a Snapchat video, Schwarzenegger hit back saying: “Hey Donald, I have a great idea. Why don’t we switch jobs? You take over TV, since you’re such an expert in ratings, and I’ll take over your job, and then people can finally sleep comfortably again.”
And then he sprang a surprise and announced: “I’m here with my good friend David Cameron from England, ex-prime minister.”
And so he was. “I’m here with the governor,” said a grinning Mr Cameron. “He did a great job – and I’ll be back.”
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Trump has a dig at Schwarzenegger’s Apprentice
Surely not? The prospect of Mr Cameron returning to Parliament would horrify Eurosceptic Tory MPs, who – after the Article 50 Bill won an overwhelming Commons majority this week – are delighted with Mrs May’s stewardship of Brexit.
And, after all, since quitting as an MP in September Mr Cameron is earning big money. He is currently writing his memoirs, with the help of his friend Danny (Lord) Finkelstein, and has been paid an advance of £800,000.
Like his friend George Osborne, who is still in Parliament and spoke in the debate on the Article 50 Bill, he has also been signed up by the Washington Speakers’ Bureau, which pays big bucks for former prime ministers and chancellors of the exchequer.
In a speech at a university in Indiana in December, Mr Cameron joked about joining the speakers’ circuit and said: “I’m also available for weddings and bar mitzvahs.”
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The former PM is earning big money on the speakers’ circuit
And he showed he has lost none of the flair for gags and one-liners that he used to deploy in Prime Minister’s Questions.
He told his audience: “People often ask me, ‘How are you sleeping?’ and I say ‘I sleep like a baby – I wake up every hour calling for my mother’.”
Mr Cameron has been in California this week to make another speech to students, this time at the University of Southern California.
And as the former governor said on Snapchat, they are indeed good friends.
In 2011, Mr Cameron took Mr Schwarzenegger to address a meeting of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee in the House of Commons.
“I’ve got a surprise for them,” the then PM told journalists in the corridor outside the meeting. “I’ve brought the Terminator.”
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Mr Cameron stood down as PM after the vote to leave the EU last June
Mr Schwarzenegger was in London for the 80th birthday celebrations of former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev, which began shortly after the meeting of Conservative MPs.
In his speech to the MPs, Mr Schwarzenegger said he was glad the UK would be “living within its means” and praised the Tories’ environmental policies.
Paraphrasing a famous President Eisenhower quotation, the former governor told the 1922 Committee: “The far left and the far right are in the gutter. The centre is how to get down the road.”
And, not surprisingly, he ended his speech with the declaration: “I’ll be back!” His reward – thunderous applause by the MPs before departing for Mr Gorbachev’s celebrations.
We now know, of course, that Arnie is back as the host of a TV reality show.
Perhaps Mr Cameron was not hinting at a political comeback, but that he wants to come back as the host of The Apprentice, or another TV reality show, in this country.
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Brexit bill: What happens next?
By: Sky News
The EU (Notification Of Withdrawal) Bill has successfully navigated its first hurdle, but much of the course is still to be run.
Here’s what happens next:
2 February: Prime Minister Theresa May will publish the Government’s strategy for leaving the European Union. She has said the issue of EU nationals living in the UK will be among those “referenced” in the White Paper.
6 February: Article 50 legislation begins its scrutiny by Parliamentary committee. A number of amendments have already been tabled for discussion at this stage.
8 March: The bill will receive its third reading and the Commons will vote again.
20 February: The House of Lords is likely to begin debating the bill after the Parliamentary recess. If the Lords table any amendments it will be returned to the Commons and then back to the Lords until the text is agreed. If there are no amendments it will be sent to the Queen for royal assent.
7 March: The Government hopes the bill will have become law by this date, allowing Mrs May to inform the European Union that she is triggering Article 50 and the UK is leaving the bloc.
9-10 March: An EU summit in Malta could provide the Government with the opportunity to start the gun on the two-year divorce process.
31 March: The Government has said it intends to inform the EU by this date at the latest.
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Brexit bill clears first hurdle in Commons
By: Sky News
MPs have backed the bill to allow the Prime Minister to trigger Article 50 – the start of the formal process of leaving the EU.
In what was politicians’ first chance to vote on the Brexit legislation, the House of Commons supported it despite opposition from the SNP, Liberal Democrats and an estimated 47 Labour rebels.
It passed by 498 votes to 114, a majority of 384.
A SNP amendment to halt the bill because it was argued there was not enough consultation was earlier defeated by 336 votes to 100, of which 33 were from Labour rebels.
Now the bill has overcome its opening test, it will continue its path through Parliament over coming weeks, including at committee stage.
Theresa May is due to trigger Article 50 by the end of March and then the Prime Minister will begin official Brexit negotiations with EU officials.
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Memorable moments from the Brexit Bill debate
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had ordered his MPs to back the bill but less than an hour before voting, two members of the shadow cabinet, Dawn Butler and Rachael Maskell, resigned so they could defy him.
On Thursday, the Government will publish its white paper setting out its strategy for EU withdrawal.
The two-day debate in Westminster saw passionate speeches from both sides of the argument, with veteran Eurosceptics hailing the historic vote and Brexit opponents explaining their decisions to either oppose or support the bill.
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Osborne’s warning over blocking Brexit
Former Chancellor George Osborne, who was accused of masterminding ‘Project Fear’ by Vote Leave, said he was saddened that Britain was now “bracketed in the same group as other isolationist and nativist movements around the world.”
Justifying his support for the bill, he said: “I lost the case. I made it with passion, I sacrificed my position in Government for it and in the end we have to now accept that in a democracy the majority has spoken.”
“Whilst I am a passionate believer in an open, internationalist, free-trading Britain, I’m also a passionate believer in Britain as a democracy,” he added.
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PM reveals when Brexit White Paper will be ready
But his role in the Remain campaign was criticised by the SNP’s Alex Salmond who went on to accuse fellow MPs of being “gripped by collective madness”.
“The right honourable member for Rushcliffe (Kenneth Clarke) yesterday compared it to Alice in Wonderland,” he said.
“But Alice only took herself into the hole. This Prime Minister is taking virtually all of the Tory Party, half the Labour Party and the entire country into the hole.”
“It is politically crazy, what is being done,” he added.
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PMQs: Analysis of the Brexit debate
The Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who had been ridiculed by MPs for claiming to be the official Brexit opposition but had missed much of Tuesday’s debate, warned against a “government stitch-up”.
Calling for another vote on the final divorce settlement he said: “Both the Labour front bench and the Conservatives don’t want to give the British people their say; they think they know better.”
“It is an arrogance. It is anti-democratic,” he argued.
Throughout the afternoon a number of Labour MPs told the House they were prepared to defy the party whip, including Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq, Chris Bryant and Stella Creasy.
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MPs clash over bill to trigger Article 50 bill
Labour MP Neil Coyle traduced his own leader for supporting the bill and was told by the Speaker to apologise after saying the country was run by “a whole Government full of b*******”.
And in her maiden speech Dr Caroline Johnson, who won last month’s by-election in Sleaford and North Hykeham, announced she would be supporting the bill to trigger Article 50.
“I was brought up to believe that a good democracy is ruled by the majority with protection for minorities,” she said
“As I talked to my constituents I increasingly understand that they perceive we are ruled by a vocal, minority elite, who are disregarding the views of the majority – and they’re angry.”
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Clarke: Tories have become ‘mildly anti-immigrant’
Arguably the most inventive speech came from the SNP’s Hannah Bardell, who said she was inspired after watching Trainspotting 2.
“Choose Brexit. Choose making up numbers and plastering them against buses. Choose racist sentiment. Choose race crime rising. Choose taking the people of our nations to the polls with nothing written down and no plan.”
She concluded: “These are not the choices Scottish people made.”
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Beyonce announces she is pregnant with twins
By: Sky News
Beyonce has posted an image of herself cradling her belly on Instagram to announce she is expecting twins.
“We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over,” she wrote.
“We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes.”
The statement was signed “The Carters”.
Beyonce and her husband Jay Z already have a daughter, Blue Ivy, who was born in 2012.
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87 court appearances, but still no murder trial
By: Sky News
The father of a British backpacker killed in India four years ago is calling for justice after the man accused of her murder faced his 87th court hearing without being committed for trial.
Sarah Groves, 24, was stabbed more than 40 times while she slept on a houseboat in Kashmir in 2013.
Dutchman Richard de Wit, also a guest on the houseboat, was arrested in connection with her death and has so far faced 87 court hearings.
Despite the large number of appearances, he has still not been committed for trial.
Miss Groves’ parents, Victor and Kate, have said the process is a “disgrace” and are calling on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to step in.
Mr Groves, from Guernsey, said: “What we really want is for severe pressure to be brought on the Indian authorities to treat the trial with the respect it deserves.
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The houseboat in Kashmir where Sarah was stabbed to death
“It really is what I would call an absolute disgrace.”
Mr Groves said the defendant suffers from paranoia and had repeatedly sacked legal representatives he believed had a connection with the Dutch government.
He continued: “We believe the judge can impose a legal counsel on him, the equivalent of legal aid, and that is what we have been asking for.
“We want the foreign secretary Boris Johnson to get involved and kick ass.”
In the latest hearing on Tuesday, Mr de Wit was presented before the judge Rashi Ali Dar, who was told he had been unable to find a new lawyer and the case was unable to progress yet again.
The judge has ordered a report to be produced on Mr de Wit’s mental health.
It has been reported that Mr de Wit said during the hearing that he was willing to reveal a secret about Miss Groves’ death to her parents, but Mr Groves said he was sceptical about this and believed it could be “fake news”.
Mr Groves said he did not currently have plans to attend the next hearing of the case, planned for 16 February, because of the travel costs.
A foreign office spokeswoman said: “We want to see whoever committed this crime brought to justice, but we cannot interfere in the independent legal proceedings of another country, just as we do not allow other countries to interfere with our own justice system.”
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'He's lying to you': MEP mocks Farage during speech
By: Sky News
Nigel Farage was silently mocked by a Labour MEP as he launched a strong defence of President Trump’s travel ban and accused EU leaders of “anti-Americanism”.
As Mr Farage made his impassioned speech in the European Parliament in Brussels, Seb Dance, sitting behind him, held up a sign saying “He’s lying to you”, with an arrow pointing to the former UKIP leader.
The Labour London MEP was later quoted as saying an usher had told him to take down the sign, but he said he held it up for most of the speech.
Top EU figures, including foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, condemned Mr Trump’s immigration ban, but Mr Farage claimed the US leader was just trying to protect his country from Islamic terrorists.
Under the strict controls brought in last Friday, refugees and citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries are temporarily barred from entering the US for 120 and 90 days respectively.
Critics say the measure unfairly targets Muslims, a claim the White House rejects, and officials announced on Tuesday that nearly 900 refugees will be allowed in this week.
Mr Farage, who is close to Mr Trump and was the first British politician to meet him after his election victory, challenged MEPs to invite the Republican to come and address them in an “open dialogue”.
If they did not, he said, they would be exposed as the “anti-democratic zealots” he had always suspected them to be.
:: Everything Trump has done so far as President
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PM quizzed on Trump and Brexit
He said: “It seems to me with all the anti-Trump rhetoric that is coming from everywhere, actually what we are hearing is the true nature of the European project which is genuine anti-Americanism.
“Trump is motivated by protecting the United States of America from Islamic terrorism whereas what has happened in this room and in governments around Europe is that you have welcomed these people into your own homes.”
The Pro-Brexit politician accused senior EU figures of “hypocrisy” and “faux outrage” after they failed to condemn a previous six-month travel ban on Iraqis imposed by President Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Theresa May has said the Trump travel ban is “divisive and wrong” after failing to condemn it when asked several times by reporters last week.
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Kelly: Travel ban is not anti-Muslim
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Google mistakes NHS traffic for cyber attack
By: Sky News
Google is mistaking high traffic from the NHS network for a cyber attack, with some staff being temporarily blocked from accessing its search engine.
The problem is affecting access to the US search giant across the NHS network, with many users being asked to fill in a form to confirm they are not a robot before they are able to access the site.
An email sent to staff from the IT department at one NHS Trust said: “Google is intermittently blocking access due to the amount of traffic from NHS trusts nationally.
“This is causing Google to think it is suffering a cyber attack.
“We are advising staff to use an alternative search engine ie Bing to bypass the problem.”
NHS Digital confirmed the problem, saying: “We are aware of the current issue concerning NHS IP addresses which occasionally results in users being directed to a simple verification form when accessing Google.
“This would appear to be due to the high number of people using our systems and trying to access Google at peak times. We are currently in discussion with Google to help resolve the issue.”
It is unclear what is causing the increased traffic from the NHS, one of the world’s five largest employers with around 1.5 million staff.
Kat Hall, from technology website The Register, first reported the issue.
She told Sky News: “It’s possible there has been an unexpected surge in traffic, and given the sheer size of the NHS network Google automatically took preventative measures, or it could be due to a change in Google’s algorithms.
“There’s also the possibility that some malware has been detected on the NHS’s broadband network.”
Google said its systems were working correctly.
The company said the problem could be caused by a network sending automated traffic or the presence of malware on a computer within a network.
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PM: I had no prior warning of US refugee ban
By: Sky News
Theresa May has told MPs she did not have prior warning from US President Donald Trump about his ban on refugees.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asked why Downing Street had not denied the suggestion that Mrs May had advance notice of some aspects of the controversial travel ban.
The executive order temporarily bans all refugees as well as nationals from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
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Protests against Trump take place across the UK
In a carefully worded reply, the PM told the Commons she did not receive advance notice of the refugee ban or that Britons would be affected by the restrictions while she was at the White House last week.
However, she pointed out: “If he is asking if I had advance notice of the travel restrictions, the answer is we all did, because President Trump said he was going to do this in his election campaign.”
Protests have taken place across the world following the order, including cities throughout the UK.
Mrs May has been criticised for not condemning the ban in strong enough terms, but at the despatch box she emphasised the exemptions her ministers had gained for anyone with a British passport.
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Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Trump’s order breached a refugee convention
:: Home Secretary warns President Trump’s travel ban could help IS
“The job of government is not to chase the headlines, the job of government is not to take to the streets in protest,” she told Mr Corbyn.
“The job of government is to protect the interests of British citizens and that is exactly what we did.”
The PM described the policy as “divisive and wrong”.
More than 1.7 million people have called for President Trump’s state visit to be cancelled following the outcry over the travel ban.
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Ex-teacher admits two decades of child abuse
By: Sky News
A retired teacher who abused children for decades both in the UK and abroad has admitted 45 sex offences in one of the worst cases to come court.
Mark Frost, known as Andrew Tracey, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to a catalogue of abuse against nine children in Thailand between 2009 and 2012.
After the allegations emerged in Asia, two former pupils of a school in Worcestershire came forward claiming they too were sexually assaulted by the English teacher in the 1990s.
Frost, now 70, had sex with one of the boys in a school store room, at his home where he lived with his adopted son, and in a car park in Woking.
He admitted charges relating to the historical abuse, although one of the victims died before he was brought to account.
His crimes included multiple rapes, indecent assault, inciting children to engage in sexual activity and making indecent images.
Prosecutor Ruona Iguyovwe said: “Sentence is obviously a matter for the courts but we would rank it as one of the most serious ones we have come across.”
Frost was at the centre of a complex international investigation involving the National Crime Agency and authorities in Canada, Thailand, the Netherlands and Spain.
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Mark Frost as he appeared in 1998
In 1978 he subscribed to the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), an international organisation of people who traded obscene material.
In 1986, the unmarried sexual predator tried to adopt a son through the Catholic Church and was turned down – but eventually succeeded through a local authority.
He reached a senior position in the Scouts after joining in 1967 but resigned in 1991 before his first conviction.
By 1992, he admitted possessing indecent photographs of a child and was fined £200 by Evesham magistrates.
In 1993 he was jailed for a year at Worcester Crown Court for allowing his premises to be used for drugs and sex with an under-age girl.
But it was not until three years later that Frost was banned from teaching.
He was jailed in 1998 for a year at Luton Crown Court for indecent assault on a male under 16 and put on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.
An 11-year gap in known offending followed as Frost moved from place to place.
Police in Guernsey investigated Frost in the early 2000s in connection with indecent images of children on the internet.
After he came off the sex offenders’ register, he moved to Thailand and abused boys there but skipped bail and returned to Britain.
Frost then fled to Spain and was finally extradited from Alicante back to the UK last year after Dutch police uncovered incriminating web chats on a computer in the Netherlands.
He is expected to be sentenced later today.
:: The NCA fears many more youngsters may have fallen victim to Frost. The hotline for those who may have been affected is 0800 3280904.
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Beckhams pay £22k to the taxman every day
By: Sky News
Celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham paid the taxman nearly £22,000 a day in 2015, figures reveal.
Their global business empire – Beckham Brand Holdings Ltd – is owned by the ex-England captain and former Spice Girl, and encompasses both her fashion label and his image rights.
Their accounts, which they are legally required to file with business registration agency Companies House, show their firm made a total of £47.2m over the course of the year.
Some £10.2m of that was sales from the footballer’s image rights, while his wife’s fashion business raked in £36.9m.
In total, the pair notched up pre-tax profits of £39.5m, and paid £7.9m worth of tax on the amount.
That’s the equivalent of nearly £22,000 every day, or £152,000 a week.
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Victoria Beckham left a career in music to launch her fashion label
The profit total marks a significant jump from the £10m Beckham Brand Holdings made the year before, and the documents outline hopes for further growth in 2016 by expanding the singer’s fashion label – either through opening new stores or extending the range of products being offered to customers.
The business has already launched collaborations with Estée Lauder for a Victoria Beckham make-up collection, and with US retailer Target for an affordable clothing collection, due to go on sale this spring.
The couple have been married since 1999 and have four children together – sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz and daughter Harper.
Earlier this week, Beckham revealed on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that the couple had renewed their marriage vows.
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David and Victoria Beckham with their sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz
“People have talked about, you know, ‘do we stay together because it’s a brand?'” he said. “Of course not.
“We stay together because we love each other; we stay together because we have four amazing children, and do you go through tough times? Of course you go through tough times.
“It’s part of relationships, it’s part of marriages, it’s part of having children, it’s part of having responsibilities.”
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Liverpool star Firmino given drink drive ban
By: Sky News
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Liverpool footballer Roberto Firmino has been banned from driving for a year and fined £20,000 after admitting drink driving.
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Teen tried to shield grandfather from gunman
By: Sky News
The coroner presiding over the inquests into the Britons killed in the Tunisian resort massacre has praised the “extraordinary courage” of a teenager who tried but failed to protect his elderly grandfather from the gunman.
Owen Richards also saw his brother and his uncle killed, but escaped with just a graze.
Sixteen-year-old Owen and 19-year-old Joel Richards had gone on holiday along with their uncle Adrian Evans and their grandfather Charles Evans, known to his family as Pat.
It was their third trip to the Imperial Marhaba hotel, but they had arrived in Tunisia just 12 hours before Seifeddine Rezgui carried out his attack in the resort In Sousse.
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Owen Richards and his mother Suzanne Evans
The family has been relaxing in and around the resort’s outdoor swimming pool when the boys heard gunfire and tried to help their grandfather to run inside the hotel.
They initially got into a lift, but when it was taking a long time to move, they ran towards the indoor pool area.
In a statement read out in court, Owen said they were aware the noise of gunfire was getting closer, but his grandfather kept falling over and they couldn’t move fast.
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Tunisia beach attack footage played at inquest
He said he was hugging his grandfather and out of the corner of his eye saw his brother Joel screaming for mercy.
“He shouted ‘No’ three times, pleading with him to stop. I closed my eyes and heard a burst of firing.”
Owen felt warm liquid hit him and when he opened his eyes, his grandfather had been shot in the neck.
“Grandad said: ‘He’s got me’. I told him to stay still and play dead.”
He heard the gunman coming back and heard a loud single bang close to his ear. His grandfather had been shot again and his blood was pouring over him.
When he got up he realised his brother’s eyes were lifeless and his uncle was face down in a pool of blood.
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Owen ran out of the hotel, and it was only when he was put in an ambulance and taken to hospital that he realised that he had been injured. A bullet had grazed his shoulder.
:: ‘Hero’ husband protected wife during Tunisia gun massacre
Earlier on Wednesday, his mother Suzanne Evans read statements describing how she had lost her son, her brother and her father in the June 2015 attack in which 38 tourists – 30 of them British holidaymakers – were killed.
She said the attack had destroyed her family and “every day is a colossal struggle”.
But she movingly paid tribute to each of her close relatives.
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Thirty Britons died in the terror attack on 26 June, 2015
She said her father Pat was a devoted grandfather, and her brother also spent much of his time with her boys.
Mrs Evans described how her elder son Joel was on his way to fulfilling his ambition to be a Premier League referee, and had been selected to officiate at an international tournament in Hungary.
She listed a number of sports halls, buildings and sporting awards which have now been named after him.
Mrs Evans said Joel “achieved more in his short life than others will achieve in a lifetime”.
“The world has lost a truly shining star.”
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EU 'exit bill' could cost UK up to €60bn
By: Sky News
The former UK ambassador to the EU has told MPs the UK will need to pay the EU up to €60bn (£51bn) to leave and Brexit negotiations could last until the early 2020s.
Sir Ivan Rogers, who quit in January and accused the UK’s top politicians of “ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking” over Brexit, said reports that Brussels officials were preparing an “exit bill” for the UK were “genuine”.
Giving testimony to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday, he added that senior EU figures believed Britain could not afford to refuse to pay the bill because of the costs of leaving without a deal.
And he said that Brussels was “so leaky” that Brexit negotiations during the two year process of withdrawing under Article 50 of the EU treaties would be very public.
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Sir Ivan told Prime Minister Theresa May that it could take 10 years to reach a trade deal with the EU, but denied he had leaked the advice.
He said the private memo detailed the “street wisdom among the senior players” in Brussels, who thought trade negotiations would not start until late 2017 at the earliest and would not be ratified until the “early-mid 2020s”.
Negotiations were likely to descend into “name-calling” and “fist-fighting” before an agreement can be reached, he warned.
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He described the scale of the negotiation as “on a scale we haven’t experienced probably ever and certainly since the Second World War”.
“The view of many will be that the implications for the UK of walking away without any deal on the economic side and without any preferential arrangement and walking into a World Trade Organisation-only world are – from their perspective, which may be a misreading of us – so unpalatable that we won’t do it,” he told MPs.
UK withdrawal would “explode a bomb” under the EU’s seven-year budget, costing poorer countries as much as 12% of the structural funding they receive from Brussels and putting an extra burden on Germany and France to make up the shortfall.
Sir Ivan said an exit payment would be a major priority for the EU, and said Brussels was likely to demand payments from the UK for pensions for officials who served in Brussels during its more than 40 year membership.
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Supermarket boss Sir Ken Morrison dies
By: Sky News
Sir Ken Morrison, who founded and grew the Morrisons supermarket chain, has died aged 85 after a short illness.
The news was confirmed in a statement from the businessman’s family who said they were at his side when he passed away.
“Sir Ken was, of course, a unique figure in the history of grocery retailing in the UK, for more than half a century being the driving force at the heart of Morrisons as it grew from two market stalls to become one of the UK’s largest retailers,” the family said.
“But to us he was a greatly committed and loving family man, as inspirational and central to us in our daily lives as he was in the business.
“His drive and ambition, quick intelligence and encyclopaedic knowledge were matched with a real curiosity in his fellow man.
“He had a gentle humour and kindness about him and he could, and would, talk with genuine interest to anyone.
“He showed us all the importance of aiming high but never forgetting the practicalities of life and the humanity of those we deal with.
“A proud Yorkshireman, he never forgot his roots and had a real love for, and commitment to, the people and city of Bradford.
“We will all miss him enormously.”
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David Potts has led a revival in Morrisons’ recent fortunes
It was under Sir Ken’s leadership that Morrisons opened its first town-centre shop in 1958 and first supermarket in 1961, both in Bradford.
In 1967 he led the company on to the stock market and his efforts were rewarded in 2000 with a knighthood for services to the food industry.
He stepped down as chief executive and chairman in 2008 but continued to comment on the chain’s progress from the sidelines – infamously describing in 2014 as “b*****t” the strategy of then-chief executive Dalton Philips as the chain struggled at the height of the industry price war.
A statement from the supermarket, now headed by David Potts, said: “Sir Ken was an inspirational retailer who led Morrisons for more than half a century, transforming the company from a small family business into the UK’s
fourth largest food retailer.
“Sir Ken will be greatly missed by many thousands of his current and former colleagues, a large number of whom became close personal friends over the years.”
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