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About 840 bridges across France are at risk of collapsing, an audit commissioned by the government has warned. The audit found a third of the country’s 12,000 state-maintained bridges need repairs.It said 7% – or about 840 – bridges are so badly damaged they are at “risk of collapse” in coming years and may be closed down.The names of bridges were not mentioned in the report.Lack of funding was to blame, but also “insufficient technical staff” to maintain them, said the report, which was submitted to the minister of transport last month and has been published by newspaper Journal du…

The FBI has listed a Scottish man as one of its “most wanted” for his involvement in a precious metals fraud scheme. James Alexander Ward, who is also known as Jamie D Ward, is thought to have been on the run since 2012.He was charged with “wire fraud” in 2012 over alleged crimes committed in Florida between 2007 and 2010.He is accused of running a firm called Kastle & Hawk Inc, which took some $400,000 (£310,000) from people hoping to invest in gold, silver and platinum. But he is alleged to have pocketed the cash and spent it on himself.Originally…

One of the UK’s biggest stationery retailers is asking some of its landlords ‎for a three-year rent holiday in the latest restructuring plan forced on the industry by soaring costs and weak sales. Sky News has learnt that Office Outlet will launch a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) on Monday that will involve closing just a handful of its 100 stores but impose massive rent haircuts on most of its estate.The plan, on which landlords are understood to have been briefed last week, will be among the most radical launched this year.Carpetright, Homebase, Mothercare, New Look and the restaurant chain Prezzo…

The co-founder of clothing label Superdry has made a record donation to the campaign for a referendum on the final Brexit deal. Julian Dunkerton has given £1m to the cause, saying: “I’ve got a good instinct for when a mood is going to change and we’re in one of those moments now.”His words come as Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab prepares to head to Brussels on Tuesday to speed up talks with the European Union’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier.And on Thursday, the first in a series of technical notes will be published to help people and businesses prepare for a “no…

Aid workers have said they fear outbreaks of disease as thousands of people remain stranded after Kerala’s worst flooding in a century. Thousands are awaiting rescue and more than 350,000 people have been relocated to 3,026 relief camps as waters continue to surge in the Indian state of Kerala.”The scale of the calamity here is indeed very, very frightening,” Devendra Singh-Tak, a spokesperson for Save the Children, told Sky News. “There are people who are scared to go back to their homes.”As the severity of the rainfall begins to decline, aid workers fear that stagnant water could prove a breeding…

The chairman of Just Eat, the food delivery company, is being lined up to play a leading role in the £45‎bn break-up of Prudential into two separately listed FTSE-100 finance giants. Sky News has learnt that Mike Evans, a veteran of the insurance industry, has been approached about taking on the chairmanship of M&G Prudential before its demerger from its parent company in 2020.Mr Evans, who chaired the investments platform Hargreaves Lansdown until last year, is seen by the Pru’s board as having the perfect credentials to oversee one of the FTSE’s biggest corporate splits for years.He also chaired ZPG,…

Members of Italy’s former government were jeered by the families of victims of the Genoa bridge collapse as four more bodies were found on Saturday. There were shouts of “buffone” – clown – as former minister and current Democratic Party secretary Maurizio Martina and Italy’s former defence minister Roberta Pinotti arrived at the state funeral in the northwestern Italian city.Some families blame the former leaders for the collapse of the Morandi Bridge, which killed dozens on Tuesday.Genoa’s Catholic archbishop Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, leading the funeral, said the city has “had its heart torn out”.Four more bodies were discovered in the…

Britain is set to be battered by strong winds and rain from a tropical storm that could carry smoke from the Canadian and California wildfires. Forecasters say the smell of the fires and small amounts of soot may be detectable when Storm Ernesto hits the UK from about 6pm on Saturday.Ireland and the North will see the worst of the bad weather, but the storm will have cleared by midday on Sunday. :: Latest Sky News WeatherThe US National Hurricane Centre reported that Ernesto had winds of 45mph as it blew in over the Azores on Friday.It was expected to…

Hundreds of young people are being treated for Type 2 diabetes, a 41% rise in just four years. The condition occurs when the body cannot make enough insulin to regulate blood sugar levels.It is often linked to obesity and is most commonly seen in adults, where it can lead to a range of health problems such as heart disease and strokes.Some 715 people under the age of 25 received treatment for the disease in England and Wales during 2016/17 and 78.6% of them were obese.The number of cases is up from the 507 registered in 2013/14, according to the Royal…

In an Italian chapel this lunchtime, four friends were remembered together; mourned together. Their coffins sat side by side; flowers at their foot; photographs on top.Matteo Bertonati, Antonio Stanzione, Giovanni Battiloro, and Gerardo Esposito had been heading to France for a holiday. They’d chosen to drive, not fly.Their families have chosen now to hold their own funerals.They’ve declined to be included in the state funeral because they hold the state responsible. Image: Four of the victims were friends who were driving to France for a holiday In Genoa, through the day there have been difficult scenes as the families of…