In nonpartisan school board races across Oregon this spring, particularly in the Portland-area exurbs, candidates backing a nationally field-tested Republican strategy calling for more parental control of school curriculum and materials largely came up short.
The former chief executive of London Capital & Finance, the collapsed investment company, received a suspended jail sentence after he admitted concealing £95,0
High profile defendants to be cleared of wrongdoing include former Barclays chief exec John Varley (pictured) over payments made in the financial crisis.
Water companies have apologised for repeated sewage spills and pledged to invest £10bn this decade in an attempt to quell public anger over pollution in seas and rivers. The companies will triple their existing investment plans to plough funds into the biggest modernisation of sewers “since the Victorian era” to reduce spills of overflowing sewage into England’s waterways. – Guardian
Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Thursday 18 May, 2023. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Investec growth Investec Group has reported a robust set of results despite large fund outflows due to a difficult economic backdrop. In consolidated financial results for the year end 31