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Incident at London’s National Gallery came just hours after other members of group jailed over similar protestThree protesters have been charged with criminal damage and will appear in court after soup was thrown at two Vincent van Gogh paintings on Friday.Just Stop Oil activists poured soup over two paintings in the National Gallery, London, just hours after other members of the group were jailed for damaging the gold frame of the artist’s Sunflowers painting. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/28/three-just-stop-oil-activists-charged-after-soup-thrown-at-van-gogh-paintings Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2024-09-28 17:47:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rain has been pouring since Friday night and is expected to continue over the weekendFlooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal, and a further 69 are missing, officials said Saturday. Rain has been pouring down since Friday night and is expected to continue over the weekend. Home ministry spokesperson Rishiram Tiwari told reporters there were 66 people reported dead across the country, of whom 34 were in the capital, Kathmandu. Sixty people were injured and 3,010 rescued across the Himalayan country, he added. He said all divisions of security forces in the

Schools that are part of the Harris Federation accused of taking too long to help staff get UK teaching qualificationTeachers recruited from Jamaica to work for a major chain of academy schools in London have spoken of their “devastation” on finding out that they are being paid thousands of pounds a year less than English-trained recruits with similar levels of experience.The Harris Federation, England’s second largest academy chain, with 54 state-funded schools, has been recruiting from Jamaica in recent years, bringing teachers to the UK who are attracted by higher salaries than they can earn in the Caribbean. Continue reading...