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Scottish politics This article is more than 4 months oldScotland announces public inquiry into disgraced doctor Sam EljamelThis article is more than 4 months oldDecision comes after decade-long campaign by ex-patients of neurosurgeon responsible for more than 100 botched procedures UK politics live – latest updates A full public inquiry will be held into the disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel, Scottish ministers have announced – the direct result of a decade-long fight by the doctor’s patients for recognition of the harm done to them. [Read More]

30 minutes with …Knight of CupsInterviewWes Bentley: 'I have no problem with nudity – it's just a body'Nigel M SmithThe American Beauty star, who is in the middle of a comeback after fighting addiction, talks about working with Terrence Malick on Knight of Cups and taking it off for American Horror Story: Hotel Hi, Wes! What happened to your eye (1)? I don’t know. They keep telling me to come up with a better story. [Read More]

Literary tripsElena Ferrante’s Naples, Umberto Eco’s medieval mysteries, EM Forster’s Tuscany … Italy comes alive through these great books 10 of the best novels about France Long before Covid-19, there were always bad things in the press about Italy: corruption, mafia, bureaucracy. But, whenever I went, life seemed to work out even so. People may be poor but they still sit in the sun, drink and chat; music and culture are a birthright; the right seems in the ascendant but on the ground it feels blessed with far-seeing idealists – it has almost four times as much land under organic cultivation as the UK, for example. [Read More]

Citibank and other financial institutions were defrauded by the group, Chicago police say Photograph: Getty ImagesCitibank and other financial institutions were defrauded by the group, Chicago police say Photograph: Getty ImagesOrganised crime This article is more than 9 years oldChicago police arrest rapper and 28 others for 'cracking cards'This article is more than 9 years oldGroup accused of stealing millions from banks after using video clips and social media to promise card owners easy riches Twenty-nine people in the Chicago area have received federal and state indictments for their alleged involvement in a bank fraud scheme that was conducted over social media for several years and has cost financial institutions millions of dollars in losses. [Read More]

TheatreReviewWith vehicles belching fumes at 7mph, car chase franchise fails to translate to stage Outside of Jaws, it would be tough to think of a movie idea less suited to the theatrical treatment than the rubber-burning, tarmac-eating 2001 car chase spectacular The Fast and the Furious and its seven sequels. But the F&F franchise has overcome terrible dialogue, the loss in 2013 of one of its lead actors (Paul Walker, who died in a car crash) and the recent criticisms of another regular, Michelle Rodriguez, who promised to “say goodbye” to the franchise if it didn’t become more female-friendly. [Read More]

OpinionWelfare This article is more than 4 years oldI was poor while all of my friends were rich – the hardest part was the lack of freedomThis article is more than 4 years oldBrigid DelaneyWhen I went on Newstart I knew it would be hard but I wasn’t prepared for the mental load The last time I was on Newstart, it was when the probationary period of a big, posh new job wasn’t extended. [Read More]

California This article is more than 3 months oldMissing Air France pilot found dead after falling 1,000ft off Mount WhitneyThis article is more than 3 months oldTom Gerbier was hiking the tallest mountain in the contiguous US in Sequoia national park when he fell to his death A pilot from France who disappeared while hiking California’s towering Mount Whitney was found dead after falling about 1,000ft (305 meters) off a cliff, the National Park Service said Friday. [Read More]

MediaSky broadcasts Diana injury shotsSky News has aired the controversial pictures of the late Princess Diana being given oxygen in the Mercedes at the scene of the Paris car crash that killed her. On the day of the 10th anniversary of her death, the channel showed the distressing scene during a broadcast from US network CBS Evening News in the early hours of the morning. The first photographs showed Diana in the car with no visible injuries while the second and third photographs showed Diana receiving treatment. [Read More]

Banksy This article is more than 8 months oldStreet artist claims he created ‘Banksy artwork’ bought for £250,000This article is more than 8 months oldLiverpool artist Silent Bill says he stencilled work depicting rat that was auctioned for Channel 4 TV show A street artist from Liverpool has claimed to be the real creator of a stencil of a rat attributed to Banksy after it was bought for £250,000 by a renowned dealer on the Channel 4 television show The Greatest Auction. [Read More]

German security expert Karsten Nohl demonstrated the hack by tracking a brand new phone given to US congressman Ted Lieu using only its phone number. Photograph: AlamyGerman security expert Karsten Nohl demonstrated the hack by tracking a brand new phone given to US congressman Ted Lieu using only its phone number. Photograph: AlamyMobile phones This article is more than 7 years oldYour phone number is all a hacker needs to read texts, listen to calls and track youThis article is more than 7 years oldWeaknesses within mobile phone network interconnection system allows criminals or governments to remotely snoop on anyone with a phone Hackers have again demonstrated that no matter how many security precautions someone takes, all a hacker needs to track their location and snoop on their phone calls and texts is their phone number. [Read More]