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ASX sinks; EML sheds 46pc, bitcoin dives 10pc
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The Australian market sank to its worst session since late February, with the benchmark falling 1.9 per cent, or 134 points, to 6931.70.
EML led the slide, dropping 46 per cent to $2.35 after the Central Bank of Ireland raised “significant regulatory concerns” about anti-money laundering compliance in EML’s Irish-based subsidiary, acquired in late 2019.
Miners and energy companies were the worst performers by sector as St Barbara fell 7 per cent, Perenti dropped 6.3 per cent and Whitehaven Coal fell 6.2 per cent.
There were a handful of gainers over the session, with Appen a standout after investors rewarded the tech company’s restructuring plans.
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Raquel Policarpio Source: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A former surgical sister who died following a long battle with cancer has been posthumously awarded a lifetime achievement award by the chief nursing officer for England, Ruth May.
Raquel Policarpio died aged 51 last June, shortly after retiring from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where she had worked for 18 years.
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Nominated by chief nurse at the trust Karen Dawber, Ms Policarpio has now been awarded the CNO Gold Award for lifetime achievement in nursing.
Ms Dawber had put Ms Policarpio, who was originally from the Philippines, forward for the award to honour her dedication to nursing and her patients in Bradford.
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Three decades since he took off Chasin That Neon Rainbow and Alan Jackson hasn t stopped writing his love story for country music.
Jackson returns this week with Where Have You Gone, a new studio album where the plain-spoken wordsmith sings about fatherly love, once-in-a-lifetime loss and the barn-burnin honky-tonk music that remains near his heart.
The 21-song collection takes listeners on a country music journey through tales familiar to those who ve been singing along for decades to his stories of a lot about livin and a little bout love. Where Have You Gone Jackson s first studio release in six years debuts Friday via UMG Nashville.