VW emissions scandal: UK owners to launch class action lawsuit

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Volkswagen is to face legal action from 10,000 British motorists, who are asking for £30m in compensation Volkswagen will face a lawsuit launched by owners in the UK, with ten thousand VW owners represented by law firm Harcus Sinclair. The legal action is asking for £30..

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RHI scandal: Gerry Adams says Sinn Féin will act over fiasco

Image copyright Press Eye Image caption Sinn Féin held a meeting to address the RHI crisis in west Belfast on Saturday Arlene Foster is not a prime minister but a co-equal partner in government, Sinn Féin"s Gerry Adams has said.
He said his party would act if the first minister did not respond to the wishes of society over the Renewable Heat Incentive fiasco.
“She can continue in that office but only for as long as Sinn Féin allows it,” he said.
Mrs Foster has rejected repeated calls to stand down while the botched green scheme is investigated.
Q&A: What is the RHI scheme? Timeline: Botched heating scheme scandal RHI: Public inquiry or independent investigation? Hamilton "in cloud cuckoo land" BBC News NI reports on the RHI scheme The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme was launched in 2012 to help businesses ditch fossil fuels for renewables such as wood.
Mrs Foster was the then enterprise minister in charge of the scheme, which was set up to help cut carbon emissi..

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RHI scandal: Foster "comfortable" with Sinn Féin plan

Media captionArlene Foster bluntly rejected Sinn Fein"s proposal during a visit to a school in County Fermanagh First Minister Arlene Foster believes Sinn Féin"s proposals for an investigation into Northern Ireland"s botched heating scheme could work.
But she has continued to reject calls by Sinn Féin and others to step aside while the debacle is investigated.
The flawed Renewable Heating Incentive scheme could cost taxpayers £490m.
Sinn Féin published its proposed terms of reference for an independent investigation into the Renewable Heating Scheme (RHI) on Thursday.
Mrs Foster set up the scheme in 2012 when she was enterprise minister.
Q&A: What is the RHI scheme? Timeline: Botched heating scheme scandal RHI: Public inquiry or independent investigation? Hamilton "in cloud cuckoo land" BBC News NI reports on the RHI scheme It was an attempt by the NI Executive to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
But businesses received more in subsidies ..

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RHI scandal: Arlene Foster rejects Sinn Féin"s proposals

Image caption Arlene Foster said she would not accept Sinn Féin investigation terms of reference during a visit to a school on Friday Northern Ireland"s first minister has rejected plans for an investigation into a botched heating scheme that could cost taxpayers £490m.
Sinn Féin published its proposed terms of reference for an independent investigation into the Renewable Heating Scheme (RHI).
When asked if she would accept the proposals, Arlene Foster replied “no”.
Mrs Foster set up the scheme in 2012 when she was enterprise minister and has refused calls to step aside.
Sinn Féin want her to do so while the debacle is investigated.
Q&A: What is the RHI scheme? Timeline: Botched heating scheme scandal RHI: Public inquiry or independent investigation? BBC News NI reports on the RHI scheme The RHI scheme was an attempt by the NI Executive to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
But businesses received more in subsidies than they paid for fuel, and the scheme became..

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RHI scandal: Botched heat scheme investigation planned

Image caption Michelle O"Neill said no investigation could go ahead without Mrs Foster stepping aside Sinn Fein has published its proposed terms of reference for an independent investigation into a botched heating scheme that is some £490m over budget.
The party wants First Minister Arlene Foster to step aside while the debacle is investigated.
Mrs Foster set up the Renewable Heating Incentive scheme in 2012 when she was enterprise minister.
It was an attempt by the NI Executive to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
But businesses received more in subsidies than they paid for fuel, and the scheme became heavily oversubscribed.
Earlier, Justice Minister Claire Sugden said she did “not have the power” to initiate a public inquiry into the scheme.
Q&A: What is the RHI scheme? Timeline: Botched heating scheme scandal RHI: Public inquiry or independent investigation? BBC News NI reports on the RHI scheme The DUP has consistently rejected calls for Mrs Foster to st..

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RHI scandal: Gerry Adams says Stormont at "defining point"

Image copyright Jeff J Mitchell Image caption Gerry Adams said the DUP had “significantly deepened a crisis that already existed” Northern Ireland"s political institutions have reached “a defining point” over First Minister Arlene Foster"s refusal to step aside while the botched RHI scheme is investigated, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said.
He added that the public and his party cannot “continue to countenance” how the DUP conduct business at Stormont.
Mr Adams made the remarks in his weekly column for the Andersontown News.
On Wednesday, Mrs Foster restated that she would not stand down.
Q&A: What is the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme? Timeline of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme BBC News NI reports on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme She also said that some calls for her to do so were “misogynistic”.
Speaking on Sky News, Mrs Foster also accused Sinn Féin of being on a “party political mission” to get her to stand aside in order to weaken unionis..

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RHI scandal: Arlene Foster says calls to step down "misogynistic"

Image caption First Minister Arlene Foster said she would not step aside because she had done nothing wrong First Minister Arlene Foster has again said she will not stand down over the controversial Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme and said calls for her to do so were “misogynistic”.
Mrs Foster set up the scheme in 2012 when she was minister for enterprise, trade and investment.
It was an attempt by the Northern Ireland Executive to help to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
RHI is approximately £490m over budget.
The DUP leader has turned down offers of an interview with BBC News NI, but told Sky News she would not stand aside as she had done nothing wrong.
Q&A: What is the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme? Timeline of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme BBC News NI reports on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme She claimed some of the calls for her to do so were personal and some were because of her gender.
“There"s a lot of it personal. Ther..

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RHI scandal: Belfast City Council supports call for public inquiry

Image caption Former DUP councillor Ruth Patterson, who was expelled from the party in 2015, said the public were seriously concerned by the “financial squander” in the RHI scheme Belfast City Council has passed a motion calling on the government to hold a full public inquiry into Stormont"s "cash-for-ash" scandal.
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, set up in 2012 by the now First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster, is set to run £490m over its budget.
The motion, proposed by former DUP councillor Ruth Patterson, was passed by 23 votes in favour to 12 against.
The UK government has already rejected an Alliance call for a public inquiry.
Q&A: What is the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme? Timeline of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme BBC News NI reports on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme "Financial squander"The Treasury has refused to cover the RHI overspend and it will have to be paid from the block grant that Northern Ireland rece..

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Brazil’s gargantuan corruption scandal goes global

THE bribery affair centred on Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, has already shaken that country. The petrolão (“big oily”), as the scandal is known, has landed bosses of its largest construction conglomerates in jail and helped topple Brazil’s president. Now it is causing earthquakes abroad.
On December 21st America’s Department of Justice (..

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VW emissions scandal: All dieselgate fixes approved for Europe

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Volkswagen is given final clearance to fix all affected engines in Europe while the UK Government faces legal action from the EU Commission Volkswagen has confirmed it"s been given final clearance by the KBA – the German transport authority – for fixes to all diese..

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RHI scandal: McGuinness calls on NI first minister to step aside

Stormont"s deputy first minister has called on Arlene Foster to “stand aside” as first minister while the "cash-for-ash" scandal is investigated.
Mrs Foster set up the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme in 2012 but an overspend could cost taxpayers £400m.
Martin McGuinness said he was concerned that “credibility of the political institutions is being undermined”.
But Mrs Foster replied that she would not be stepping aside and “does not take her instructions from Sinn Féin”.
BBC News NI reports on "cash for ash" scandal Q&A: What is the RHI scheme? Timeline: Renewable Heating Scheme scandal How does RHI £400m overspend add up? The statement from Mr McGuinness follows similar calls for her to step aside by the Ulster Unionist Party and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
Mrs Foster became leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) a year ago this week and has been first minister of Northern Ireland since January.
She was responsible for introdu..

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Benzema blow in sex-tape scandal as appeal rejected

The defence had hoped that the investigation against the Real Madrid striker would crumble if this appeal had been upheld
Karim Benzema’s request to be free to make private calls on his phone has been rejected by the Court of Appeal in Versailles, AFP reports.
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Jamie Vardy brands football"s child sex abuse scandal "sickening"

Jamie Vardy said it has been “sickening” to learn of the details in football"s child sex abuse scandal.
The number of professional and non-league clubs named in allegations of historic abuse passed to police has climbed to 55, according to the Observer.
England and Leicester striker Vardy has praised those who..

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More people come forward in football sex abuse scandal

Three more people have come forward to say they were abused by a coach as young footballers.
Jason Dunford and Chris Unsworth, speaking to BBC"s Victoria Derbyshire programme, allege they were victims of Barry Bennell, a former coach who sexually abused young boys across three decades from the 1970s onward.
The..

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