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From the Baillie Gifford to the Giller: can literary prizes survive protests against sponsors?

Writers have been coming out against companies that fund awards, with serious implications for the books industry

The Guardian - UK

Tory Foreign Office minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business

Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in the country

The Guardian - UK

Chair of Labour Friends of India: The U.K. and India are close to a free trade agreement. It’s time to get it done

14 rounds of talks between the U.K. and India since 2022 have made good progress on 24 of the 26 chapters in the FTA.

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Tory donor Lord Bamford funds helicopter flight for Nigel Farage

Ally of Boris Johnson gave Reform UK leader a £8,000 trip to tour his JCB site, raising eyebrows among Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Tory former energy secretary facing conflict of interest claim over JCB owner links

Shadow cabinet secretary Claire Coutinho accepted donation from Lord Bamford while overseeing millions awarded to his family businesses in green grants

The Guardian - UK

Dig VR announces collector's edition with two real-life excavators and a trip to America that costs £499,985 more than the game by itself

You can't just get the one excavator.

PC Gamer

US officials attend Gaza aid meetings on site of Israeli prison accused of ‘horrific’ torture

Revealed: USAid officials meet Israeli counterparts at Sde Teiman base, where detainees say abuse runs rampant

The Guardian - US

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JCB profits rise despite faltering demand in UK and Germany

Company owned by Bamford family says it has been hit by slowdown in UK housebuilding

The Guardian - UK

9 Golfers In Danger Of Being Relegated From The LIV Golf League

Time is running out for LIV players to secure another season in the 54-hole league - with some big names at risk of losing their card

Golf Monthly

JCB defends supplying Russia for months after saying it had stopped exports

Firm says any shipments sent to Russia after 2 March were due to ‘contractual obligations’

The Independent UK

JCB built and supplied equipment to Russia months after saying exports had stopped

Exclusive: Russian customs records suggest firm owned by major Tory donor kept supplying machines after ‘voluntary pause’

The Guardian - UK

Who are the Tories’ recent biggest donors after Frank Hester?

Company founders, a member of the Sainsbury dynasty and a vice-chair of a textile giant have donated large sums to the party

The Guardian - UK

Why is Amnesty urging India to halt bulldozing of Muslim properties?

Rights group calls for a halt to the demolition of Muslim properties, calling it a form of extrajudicial punishment.

Al Jazeera

BJP govts ‘weaponised’ JCB for ‘targeted’, ‘illegal’ razing of Muslim properties: Amnesty probe

The authorities in five BJP-governed states repeatedly used JCB equipment for “unlawful, punitive demolition” of Muslim properties in at least 33 instances, as per an Amnesty International investigation of 63 of 128 documented demolitions in Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

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Cycling Weekly

British Cycling teams up with JCB and others in a rebel alliance against potholes

British Cycling teams up with the AA and others as pothole problem becomes worse than ever

The Guardian - UK

Workers at Tory donor’s JCB factory test positive for drugs after sniffer dogs called in

Exclusive: ‘Significant’ number of staff sacked from digger firm after drug and alcohol tests

The Hindu

Perumal Murugan wins JCB Prize for Literature, to get ₹25 lakh cash prize

Tamil writer Perumal Murugan wins the coveted JCB Prize for Literature for his novel, Fire Bird, an English translation of his Tamil novel Aalandapatchi. The award carries ₹25 lakh cash prize.

The Guardian - UK

Tory donors from JCB empire could face £500m bill to settle tax inquiry

Exclusive: HMRC investigation into peer Anthony Bamford and his brother focuses on offshore trusts that own business empire

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Uttar Pradesh: Two revenue officials injured in attack by mining mafia in Agra

Two revenue inspectors were injured after a group of mining mafia attempted to run them over with JCB while they were investigating illegal soil mining at village Kusmania in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Tories must explain who knew of tax investigation into donor Anthony Bamford, says Labour

Party asked if it will return millions of pounds donated by Brexit-backing JCB boss and his family

The Guardian - UK

Who is Anthony Bamford, the billionaire ‘super-donor’?

Brexit-backing JCB boss has helped determine course of British politics for more than a decade

The Guardian - UK

HMRC investigating tax affairs of one of Tory party’s largest donors

Exclusive: Inquiry into tax affairs of JCB boss Anthony Bamford calls into question whether Tories should accept funds from peer

The Hindu

Two drivers killed, 35 passengers injured in lorry-bus collision

Rayachoti: In a ghastly accident, two drivers died on the spot & 35 passengers were injured when a bus & lorry collided. Venkata Narayana (38) & Suresh (35) were identified as drivers. Bus was carrying 40 pilgrims from Kadapa & Kurnool districts to Tamil Nadu when it was hit by…

The National (Scotland)

The Tory donors with links to fossil fuel interests and climate denial - see the list

THE Conservatives have received millions of pounds in donations from climate deniers and those with interests in the fossil fuel industry ahead of…

Daily Record

Falkirk Council 'could and should have been better' at handling complaint

Council's response to claim that work damaged houses was to send a copy of minutes

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