Author: gwendolynx64
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Brazil sinks rusting old aircraft carrier in the Atlantic
BRASILIA, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Brazil sank a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean off its northeast coast, the Brazilian Navy said, despite warnings from environmentalists that the rusting 1960s French-built ship would pollute the sea and the marine food chain. The 32,000-tonne carrier had been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused…
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LIZ JONES on the terrifying insecurity of having to rent in your 60s
The call came on a Saturday morning last month.I always knew it would. It had been lurking in the background as I tried to carry on, make plans. I knew that it would all end, swiftly. Not with a whimper but with a bang. I’d been told there was a viewing planned at the cottage…
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Bitcoin fraudsters involved in £21 million scam are jailed
A group of criminals who made so much money from a £21 million scam they handed out £5,000 gift cards on the street have been jailed. Stephen William Boys, 59, and Kelly Caton, 45, have been found guilty of fraud, converting and transferring criminal property.Jordan Kane Robinson, 25, and James Austin-Beddoes, 28, were also found…