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• Jeremy Hunt Did It For The LOLs On Twitter After Boris Johnson Dodged TV Debate

  25-06-2019 23:36
  Maybe it's because he's the underdog in the face-off to be Tory leader, butJeremy Hunt appeared to be living his best life on Twitter on Tuesday night
  
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• #BoJoNoShow: The joke answers from Jeremy Hunt’s Twitter Q&A session

  25-06-2019 23:22
  Jeremy Hunt planned a Twitter Q&A on Tuesday after Boris Johnson declined to take part in a televised debate.
  
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• Fox slaps down Johnson over no-deal Brexit tariff claims

  25-06-2019 23:00
  The International Trade Secretary said the UK will only be able to continue tariff-free with the EU if Brussels agrees.
  
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• Huawei building UK 5G 'like letting a kleptomaniac into your house', US ambassador says

  25-06-2019 22:55
  Allowing Huawei to help build 5G in Britain would be like letting a "kleptomaniac" into your home, the US ambassador to the UK has said.The reported decision by outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May to approve a role for the Chinese telecommunications giant in developing the network has sparked huge backlash since it was leaked from a National Security Council meeting earlier this year, with the firm having been classified as a security threat just weeks prior.US President Donald Trump appeared to
  
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• Duchy of Cornwall assets top £1bn

  25-06-2019 22:17
  The assets of the Duchy provide an income for the Prince of Wales.
  
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• Queen ‘shares empathy’ for refugees as she meets faith group volunteers

  25-06-2019 22:03
  Faith and belief groups said the Queen took time to quiz them on their work in supporting people from a variety of backgrounds.
  
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• Boris Johnson: 'I make models of buses'

  25-06-2019 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson reveals what he does to relax and switch off.
  
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• Angela Eagle in tears as she tells LGBT protesters: 'We are not getting back in the closet'

  25-06-2019 21:46
  A gay MP broke down in the House of Commons arguing in favour of lessons about same-sex relationships.Angela Eagle told MPs: "We aren't going to get back into the closet or hide or be ashamed nor are we going to allow a generation of pupils that are now in school to go through what the pupils of the 80s had to go through because this chamber let them down.Mr Godsiff was spoken to by the Labour chief whip earlier this month after video emerged of him telling the mainly Muslim protesters, "you're
  
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• Mum goes to prom in memory of daughter's 'last wish'

  25-06-2019 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Daisy Wyatt was 14 when she died of bone cancer and one of her last wishes was to go to her prom.
  
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• Brexit: Johnson says Britain will leave EU on 31 October 'do or die'

  25-06-2019 20:52
  Boris Johnson arrives for a walkabout at a garden centre in Surrey on Tuesday.Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersBoris Johnson has hardened his position on leaving the EU “do or die” by the end of October, as hardline Eurosceptics extended their influence on his faltering campaign to be prime minister.The frontrunner toughened his Brexit stance as criticism continued over his refusal to answer questions about a police visit to his flat following a loud late-night altercation with his
  
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• Netherlands v Japan: Women's World Cup 2019 last 16 – live!

  25-06-2019 20:45
  Women’s World Cup updates from the 8pm BST kick-offWorld Cup game-changing moments No 5: Japan in 2011And feel free to send your thoughts to Scott by email7.45pm BST Netherlands nomenclature update. This courtesy of Andrew Williams. “The Dutch are sometimes known - colloquially - as Käsköppe (Cheeseheads) which is rather appropriate given that picture currently gracing the top of your report.” That snap will soon be replaced with some footballers, so to ensure this fa
  
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• UK falls down culinary rankings in world's 50 best restaurants list

  25-06-2019 20:42
  Just two London restaurants on controversial rankings while Mirazur named best in worldShoreditch, the hipster district of east London, is the only area of the UK to make the 2019 list of the world’s best 50 restaurants in a disappointing result for British chefs.London may see itself as one of the culinary capitals of the world but it has just two restaurants in the top 50 – the same number as Moscow – and both within a few hundred metres of each other. Continue reading...
  
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• French bulldog tied to vehicle in Bootle and dragged to her death

  25-06-2019 20:32
  The RSPCA has launched an investigation after a French bulldog appears to have been tied to a vehicle and dragged to her death in Merseyside.RSPCA officials found that a piece of long wire was still attached to the dog's collar with a broken clip on the other end which is thought to have been attached to a vehicle.RSPCA inspector Joanne McDonald said: "I believe someone has tied the dog to a vehicle and then drove along dragging this poor pet to her death.
  
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• LGBT classes: we aren't getting back in the closet, MP says

  25-06-2019 20:27
  Angela Eagle challenges those protesting against LGBT equality teaching during Commons debateFormer Labour minister Angela Eagle has insisted: “We aren’t going to get back in the closet,” as she challenged those protesting against LGBT equality teaching during a Commons debate.Eagle, who was the first openly gay female MP when she came out in 1997, said such education is not “propagandising” or about “trying to turn people gay”, but about respecting thei
  
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• LGBT classes: we aren't getting back in the closet, MP says

  25-06-2019 20:27
  Angela Eagle challenges those protesting against LGBT equality teaching during Commons debate. Former Labour minister Angela Eagle has insisted: “We aren’t going to get back in the closet,” as she challenged those protesting against LGBT equality teaching during a Commons debate. Eagle, who was the first openly gay female MP when she came out in 1997, said such education is not “propagandising” or about “trying to turn people gay”, but about respecting t
  
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• Scrap upfront NHS charges for migrants, says BMA

  25-06-2019 20:26
  Policy has resulted in deaths and been heavily criticised by MPs and health charities. Britain’s doctors have urged ministers to scrap controversial rules that force migrants to pay upfront before they can receive NHS care for serious illnesses such as cancer. The British Medical Association has become the first body representing medical staff to call for the complete abolition of the charges, which have been heavily criticised by MPs and health charities. Delegates gathering in Belfast fo
  
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• Melania Trump aide Stephanie Grisham named White House press chief – live

  25-06-2019 20:25
  Grisham replaces Sarah Sanders as Trump’s PR chiefTrump: ‘obliteration’ if Iran attacks ‘anything American’Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 7.25pm BST Here’s some reaction to reports that acting CBP commissioner John Sanders is set to resign. Amnesty International USA advocacy director Charanya Krishnaswami says:Children should never be held in detention at all, let alone in the appalling conditions that were detailed in reports this weeke
  
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• The FCA – a watchdog too nice and chummy to bark or bite

  25-06-2019 20:24
  Outgoing boss tells MPs why regulator couldn’t do much about one claim of wrongdoing after anotherNobody fears the Financial Conduct Authority. Nobody fears its genial boss, Andrew Bailey. Not really. Or at least not enough to worry about doing jail time or even being banned from working in the City if they do something wrong.The FCA might be the main regulator of the financial services industry on behalf of Britain’s vast army of consumers. It might have a wide range of powers to br
  
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• Johnson challenges Hunt to deliver Brexit by Halloween deadline

  25-06-2019 20:17
  Mr Hunt said October 31 is a 'fake deadline', as Mr Johnson continued to face questions about his personal life.
  
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• Betfred refuse punter £189,000 ‘winnings’ after ‘error’ on betting slip

  25-06-2019 20:17
  • Gambler will take case to arbitration in claim for £212,000
  • Punter says was told bet would be settled on intended wagerA bookmaker has refused to pay £189,000 to a punter who made a mistake in writing out a six-horse accumulator and included Bailarico, who finished third, rather than Bialco, a winner. David Smith, a 60-year-old from Loughborough, still received £23,000 from his spectacularly successful choices on that day a fortnight ago but contends that Betfred
  
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• Valentina Giacinti steers Italy into quarter-finals as China brushed asides

  25-06-2019 20:15
  Italy’s manager, Milena Bertolini, was asked how she intended to celebrate her 53rd birthday on Monday. “We want to move forward from the round of 16,” she answered without hesitation. “This would be the most wonderful birthday present. We have worked so long and hard to achieve this result.”Her players belatedly delivered that gift 24 hours later, sending Le Azzurre into the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1991 with a composed two-goal victory ove
  
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• Neil Woodford fund was sailing close to the wind, watchdog says

  25-06-2019 20:14
  City regulator tells MPs the investment manager broke spirit of rules before crisisThe embattled investment manager Neil Woodford was “sailing close to the wind” and did not act within the spirit of the rules before blocking investors from pulling their cash from his flagship fund, the head of Britain’s financial watchdog has said.Andrew Bailey, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority FCA), said that although the renowned stock picker had kept within the rules on
  
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• Are the wheels coming off Boris Johnson's bus?

  25-06-2019 20:14
  The once-seemingly unstoppable PR campaign behind Johnson is faltering. Roaring ahead of his rivals, it looked at one point as if the Tory leadership contest might end in the much-anticipated “coronation” of Boris Johnson. But as the frontrunner continues to struggle with the fallout from the Guardian’s revelations of a late night row with his girlfriend, coupled with some distinctly shaky interviews, questions are being asked about whether the once-seemingly unstoppable PR cam
  
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• 'It’s an easy audience here': Boris Johnson surfaces at Surrey garden

  25-06-2019 20:11
  Leadership frontrunner turns up at RHS Wisley during secretive whistlestop tour of Tory heartlandsFighting accusations that he was hiding from scrutiny, Boris Johnson made a largely unannounced visit to a garden on Tuesday, questioning schoolchildren about their political allegiances and taking a walk around a lake.“Oh God, he shook my hand,” said one Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) employee in Wisley, Surrey. “Is he gone?” Continue reading...
  
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• 'It’s an easy audience here': Boris Johnson surfaces at Surrey garden

  25-06-2019 20:11
  Leadership frontrunner turns up at RHS Wisley during secretive whistlestop tour of Tory heartlands. Fighting accusations that he was hiding from scrutiny, Boris Johnson made a largely unannounced visit to a garden on Tuesday, questioning schoolchildren about their political allegiances and taking a walk around a lake. “Oh God, he shook my hand,” said one Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) employee in Wisley, Surrey. “Is he gone?” The visit was part of Johnson’s secre
  
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• 'It’s an easy audience here': Boris Johnson surfaces at Surrey garden

  25-06-2019 20:11
  Boris Johnson at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey on Tuesday. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersFighting accusations that he was hiding from scrutiny, Boris Johnson made a largely unannounced visit to a garden in Surrey on Tuesday, questioning schoolchildren about their political allegiances and taking a walk around a lake.“Oh God, he shook my hand,” said one Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) employee in Wisley. “Is he gone?”The visit, part of Johnson’s secretive whistle
  
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• Jeremy Hunt says Boris Johnson can’t be trusted on Brexit

  25-06-2019 20:10
  Jeremy Hunt leaves a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Boris Johnson turned down a proposed debate with him on Sky News later in the day. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PAJeremy Hunt has suggested there is “no trust” in Boris Johnson to fulfil his promises on Brexit, telling the BBC he believes he has the better personality to be prime minister.Speaking after a war of words with his Conservative leadership rival, whom Hunt branded a coward for turning down a debate with him on Sky News on Tues
  
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• You have a real talent, Kate tells budding photographers

  25-06-2019 20:03
  She was impressed with the efforts of nine-year-old Josh Evans.
  
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• ‘What is Solaris?’: sci-fi classic gets gender-flipped for mainstage adaptation

  25-06-2019 20:00
  David Greig and Matthew Lutton take on the somewhat impregnable cult story, which premieres in Australia before transferring to ScotlandIt’s the lure of the unknowable that drew the Australian stage director Matthew Lutton and the Scottish writer David Greig into the inscrutable alien world of Solaris.The thin, cultish 1961 novel by the Polish author Stanislaw Lem reached beyond its sci-fi audience when it was adapted for the screen – first as a Soviet television play in 1968, and mo
  
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• Thousands attend Cyprus communist ex-president's funeral

  25-06-2019 20:00
  Demetris Christofias admired Cuba and advocated detente with Turkish Cypriots Thousands have flocked to pay their respects to Demetris Christofias, Cyprus’ former president, and for five years the EU’s only communist leader, in a rare outpouring of grief on the Mediterranean island.Christofias, who lead the Progressive party of the Working People (Akel) and was president from 2008 to 2013, received the emotional farewell as his body lay in state at the federation representing trade u
  
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• Dry July organisers urged to dump partnership deal with liquor chain BWS

  25-06-2019 20:00
  Public health experts criticise cancer charity’s ‘ill-conceived’ arrangement with alcohol retailer. Public health experts are appalled the Woolworths-owned BWS alcohol chain has partnered with the Dry July Foundation which raises money for cancer sufferers. BWS announced its support for the charity last week saying it will help promote no-alcohol beers, ciders and spirits and sales staff will participate in the annual fundraiser. Its press statement announcement was headlined:
  
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• Brexit: John McDonnell warns Labour must shift policy

  25-06-2019 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Political correspondent Iain Watson explains what went on at a fractious shadow cabinet meeting.
  
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• Poor Jeremy Hunt. The perfect Tory for a party that no longer exists | Rafael Behr

  25-06-2019 19:47
  The challenger to Boris Johnson is emphasising his seriousness. But for Conservatives dreaming of no deal, realism is only an irritantBoris Johnson had many motives to dodge a televised debate with Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday night but one factor trumped the rest: he didn’t do it because he didn’t have to. If Conservative party rules and our bizarre constitution can combine to let a man like Johnson sidle up to Downing Street, answering as few questions as possible, it makes sense for him
  
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• Jeremy Hunt Refuses To Rule Out Voting To Toughen Abortion Law

  25-06-2019 19:46
  Jeremy Hunt has signalled he could support new legislation to toughen up thelaw on abortion
  
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• The Guardian view on social immobility: time to rebalance | Editorial

  25-06-2019 19:43
  As a new report shows elite jobs are still dominated by the privately educated, it’s clear an approach focused on justice, not only mobility, is needed“For old progressives, reducing snapshot income inequality is the ultimate goal. For new progressives, reducing the barriers to mobility is.” So said deputy prime minister Nick Clegg in 2010. In the decade since, social mobility has been a favourite theme for those on the liberal wing of the government – both in the coaliti
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn delays decision on throwing weight behind remain

  25-06-2019 19:43
  Labour frontbenchers frustrated by failure to agree next step on Brexit strategy. A tense meeting of Labour’s shadow cabinet failed to agree any advance on the party’s position on a second Brexit referendum, despite several senior figures saying they had been led to believe Jeremy Corbyn would soon give full-throated backing for remain. Corbyn is understood to have told shadow cabinet ministers there would be further consultation with the unions and a decision on the next step taken
  
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• Why did the media downplay the latest sexual assault allegation against Trump?

  25-06-2019 19:42
  A lack of enthusiasm from top TV and print outlets to cover E Jean Carroll’s accusation has left many observers rattledThe leader of the world’s most powerful nation is accused by a prominent writer with an impeccable career in journalism of having sexually assaulted her in an act amounting to rape. Pretty big news story, you might think. Related: Donald Trump says sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll 'not my type'Continue reading...
  
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• Osteoporosis linked to common ingredient in toothpaste and anti-bacterial gel

  25-06-2019 19:39
  A chemical used in some toothpastes, soaps and antibacterial products puts women at a higher risk of developing osteoporosis, a study has found.Women with higher levels of triclosan, which has been previously linked to bowel cancer and antibiotic resistance, were more likely to have the bone disease, say researchers.Triclosan is added to some toothpastes, antibacterial soaps and body washes, as well as some cosmetics.
  
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• Male contraceptive gel: UK man among first in world to take part in trials

  25-06-2019 19:39
  A British man is among the first in the world to trial a male contraceptive gel as part of a two-year international study.PHD student James Owers, from Edinburgh, told Sky News that his partner saw an advert for the project and asked him if he wanted to get involved.
  
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• Father stabbed to death in front of son on train after 'row over blocking aisle'

  25-06-2019 19:36
  Lee Pomeroy suffered 18 knife wounds in a "sustained attack" five minutes after boarding a train from Guildford to London in January, the Old Bailey was told.Darren Pencille, 36, has denied murdering the 51-year-old.Pencille's girlfriend Chelsea Mitchell, 27, allegedly picked him up and bought hair clippers and razors for him to change his appearance after Mr Pomeroy's death.
  
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• Six held over £22m cryptocurrency theft affecting 4,000 people

  25-06-2019 19:35
  Six people have been arrested over the theft of more than £22m worth of cryptocurrency, police in the UK and Netherlands have said.Five men and a woman were detained after search warrants were executed at homes in the South West of England, Amsterdam and Rotterdam on Tuesday morning.The investigation relates to "typosquatting", where a well-known online cryptocurrency exchange is "spoofed" - or recreated to imitate the genuine site - to gain access to victims' bitcoin wallets, stealing the
  
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• Duchy of Cornwall refurbished cottage on Scilly Isles – for £340K

  25-06-2019 19:35
  Charles's landed estate released its annual report, on the same day costs of the £2.4 million work on Frogmore Cottage were published.
  
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• Insects tipped to rival sushi as fashionable food of the future

  25-06-2019 19:32
  Analysts believe falling prices and reduced ‘yuck factor’ will build appetite for bug cuisineCricket crisps and buffalo worm burgers could be as fashionable as sushi within a decade due to falling prices and a waning “yuck factor”, which analysts believe could push the bug protein market to a value of £6bn by 2030.A report has shone a spotlight on a market enjoying bumper growth, with sales increasing by about 25% a year as high-protein, low-calorie bug-based snacks
  
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• Phase one of US Middle East peace plan greeted with scepticism

  25-06-2019 19:25
  No Israelis or Palestinians present for launch of plan that shreds decades of diplomacy
  The first phase of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace plan for Israel and Palestine has been rolled out to scepticism, anger and outright derision.A conference hall of regional officials – with no Israelis or Palestinians present – was the first to hear details of the US-brokered deal, an economic blueprint that shreds decades of diplomacy and which even its mooted financi
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Faces Backlash As He Postpones Decision On Second Brexit Referendum

  25-06-2019 19:24
  Jeremy Corbyn faced a backlash from some of his most loyal allies after heonce again postponed moves to toughen up Labour's policy on a second Brexitreferendum
  
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• NHS reports 12 deaths due to rare bacterial infection

  25-06-2019 19:19
  There have been 32 reported cases of Strep A in mid Essex.
  
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• MP gives tearful speech in debate on LGBT teaching in schools

  25-06-2019 19:19
  Labour's Angela Eagle, who came out in 1997, was emotional as she insisted teaching equality was not "propagandising".
  
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• Bumbling Boris Johnson takes to the airwaves to lie, lie and lie again

  25-06-2019 19:14
  Tory leader-in-waiting unable even to maintain the most basic rules of conversation. You can see why Boris Johnson’s carers have chosen to mothball him in recent weeks. His decline has been almost total. Johnson never did much care for the past or the future. Every day has always been a tabula rasa, one on which he was free to reinvent himself as he pleased without being bound by any commitments he may have made. Now though, he appears to barely have a present. Unable even to maintain the
  
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• Boris Johnson takes to airwaves to lie, lie and lie again | John Crace

  25-06-2019 19:14
  Tory leader-in-waiting unable even to maintain the most basic rules of conversationYou can see why Boris Johnson’s carers have chosen to mothball him in recent weeks. His decline has been almost total. Johnson never did much care for the past or the future. Every day has always been a tabula rasa, one on which he was free to reinvent himself as he pleased without being bound by any commitments he may have made. Now though, he appears to barely have a present. Unable even to maintain the mo
  
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• SFO drops investigation into trio accused of energy industry bribes

  25-06-2019 19:13
  Ata Ahsani and his sons formerly owned and controlled Monaco-based firm UnaoilProsecutors have dropped a criminal investigation into three businessmen who had been accused of paying huge bribes in the energy industry, sources with knowledge of the inquiry have said.The Serious Fraud Office had been investigating claims that Unaoil, a firm formerly owned and controlled by its chairman Ata Ahsani and his sons Cyrus and Saman, paid multimillion-pound bribes to land contracts in the oil and gas indu
  
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