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Families of victims of the Hillsborough disaster have vowed to challenge a decision to drop charges against a former police chief. Sir Norman Bettison, ex-chief inspector of West Yorkshire Police, will no longer face prosecution for misconduct in a public office.He said the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision had “retained my faith in the rule of law” and “vindicated” his denial of doing anything wrong.The CPS claimed there had been “significant developments” since the charge in June 2017 that had “affected the available evidence”. Image: 96 people were killed in the disaster Margaret Aspinall, chairwoman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group,…

Chancellor Philip Hammond has received a boost from official data showing public finances posted their biggest July surplus for 18 years. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the government’s finances were in surplus by £2bn last month.The figure was up from a surplus of £1bn in July last year.Economists had been expecting a surplus of £1.1bn.Treasury coffers were boosted by increases in self-assessment and other tax receipts last month, according to the ONS data. Image: Experts say an improvement in public finances could make it easier for the Chancellor to find the extra funds promised for the NHS…

Microsoft has disrupted an attempt by Russian hackers to interfere in the US midterms in accordance with a court order, the company has said. A number of high-profile conservative groups in the US were being targeted in the run-up to the country’s 2018 midterm elections, said Microsoft.The company warned it was seeing the same interference attempts ahead of the midterms as it saw during the presidential elections in the US and France.The court order requested that Microsoft transfer control of six internet domains away from a hacking group which is believed to be tied to the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence…

Drinks and snacks giant PepsiCo has bought Israel’s fizzy drink maker SodaStream for $3.2bn (£2.5bn). PepsiCo, which owns brands including Tropicana, Walkers and Doritos, said it had agreed to acquire all of SodaStream’s outstanding shares at $144 (£112) each.This represents a 32% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price.PepsiCo chairman and chief executive Indra Nooyi described the companies as “an inspired match”.She said SodaStream’s products, which are marketed as a healthy alternative to sugary drinks, fit in with the US firm’s goal of “making more nutritious products while limiting our environmental footprint”.”Together, we can advance our shared vision of…

One of the women left critically injured after a “horrific” street attack in London has been named as Ania Gos. S&P Global issued a statement expressing its “deepest sympathies” to Ms Gos and her mother, who police said were “fighting for their lives” after being taken to a south London hospital on Sunday.The Metropolitan Police said the women were aged 30 and 64, adding they were violently assaulted by what they believe may have been a hammer in Eltham, south east London. Image: Police believe a hammer may have been used in the assault Joe Xuereb, 27, was later arrested…

A suspected terrorist has been shot dead after attempting to attack officers with a large knife at a police station in Barcelona. The man is said to have shouted “Allah is great” as he lunged at his targets, having gained entry to the station shortly before 6am by repeatedly pressing the buzzer at the security door and speaking to those inside over an intercom.Regional police chief Rafel Comes has confirmed detectives are treating the attack as a terrorist incident. Image: The attacker was quickly shot by police No injuries have been reported, with Mr Comes adding that the officer who…

Staff at Gatwick Airport have had to write information about flight departures on whiteboards after a technical issue means screens have failed. Photos posted on social media showed people crowding around the boards to find out the latest on their flights.Staff could also be seen rubbing out information as it changed to update it with black and red marker pens.The screen failure is affecting both the North and South terminals at the airport.Gatwick Airport tweeted: “We are sorry, but due to an IT issue our flight information is not displaying correctly. Please use the temporary flight boards in the departure…

After almost a decade of tough austerity measures, Greece can financially “stand on its own feet” after receiving tens of billions of euros to help it fix its economy and banking sector. The country has now successfully completed its third and final bailout programme to end a debt crisis that nearly resulted in it leaving the single currency at the height of the catastrophe.The European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund loaned Greece a total of €289bn (£259bn) in three programmes, in 2010, 2012 and 2015.The last bailout – a three-year European Stability Mechanism (ESM) programme…

Luxury handbag maker Mulberry has issued a profit warning after the collapse of House of Fraser into administration, shortly before it was bought by Sports Direct. Mulberry, which operates 21 House of Fraser concessions, said it was expecting to take a £3m hit for exceptional costs in its next trading update for the six months to 30 September.It comes days after administrators revealed the department store owed £484m to creditors before its collapse – including £2.4m to Mulberry.Mulberry shares fell by 30% in opening trading on Monday following the profit warning.They recovered slightly later on in the morning, but were…

A British woman has been pulled out of the sea alive 10 hours after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of Croatia. The unnamed woman was taken to hospital in the town of Pula on Sunday.She fell from the Norwegian Star cruise ship, about 95km (60m) off Croatia’s coast shortly before midnight Saturday.A Croatian rescue ship was scrambled and found her swimming Sunday morning not far from where she was believed to have fallen.The ship’s captain, Lovro Oreskovic, said that she was exhausted.He said that “we were extremely happy for saving a human life”.A Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson…