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Geoffrey Hayes, who hosted beloved children’s programme Rainbow, has died at the age of 76. The actor and TV presenter died in hospital surrounded by his family after suffering from pneumonia, his agent Phil Dale said.Paying tribute, Mr Dale said: “It is with great sadness that the family announce that Geoffrey passed away from pneumonia in hospital with his wife, Sarah, and son, Tom, by his side.”The family would like to express their thanks to the many fans over the years as it always gave Geoffrey so much pleasure to know that he and his Rainbow team had given so…

Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4m by the City watchdog over a “largely avoidable” cyber attack on the lender, in the first penalty of its kind. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said deficiencies at the bank had left account holders vulnerable to an incident that netted cyber criminals £2.26m.The bank had received a specific warning that was not properly addressed until the attack had started and the response was “too little, too late”, the watchdog concluded.It is the first time the FCA has issued a fine for a cyber-related incident.Tesco Bank said that since the incident in November 2016 it…

Ryanair has cut its full-year profit guidance by as much as 12% – blaming the impact of strikes and oil prices on its bottom line. Shares fell 10% on the warning, which also saw rival easyJet slide by 5% in early trading and British Airways owner International Airlines Group lower too.Ryanair said it expected profits in a range of €1.1-€1.2bn (£980m-£1.1bn), down from previous guidance of €1.25bn-€1.35bn (£.1.1bn-£1.2bn), for the year to the end of March.It warned it could not rule out further downgrades to come and pointed to weaker traffic and lower fares in September caused by two days…

An air traffic controller stayed in his tower to guide a jet into the air as a huge earthquake hit, but died after jumping for his life as the building began to collapse. The pilot whose passenger plane managed to escape the devastation has called him his “guardian angel” and his “wing man”.Anthonius Gunawan Agung, 21, was on duty at an airport near the city of Palu when a 7.5 magnitude quake hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Friday. Despite the powerful tremor, which triggered a tsunami that claimed hundreds of lives, he refused to leave the tower.”When the quake happened,…

A man who had acid thrown at his face while he sat in his car on a busy street has made a direct plea for information from his hospital bed. Mike Glover-Johnson posted a picture of himself on Facebook wrapped in a facial bandage following the incident on Bloxwich High Street, near Walsall, West Midlands, at around 6.50pm on Sunday.He was sitting in his parked car at the time when he was approached and had a corrosive substance hurled in his face.He was rushed to hospital after suffering facial injuries.In his online post, he wrote: “Any witnesses to me being…

A man has been charged with murdering two women who were stabbed in a Kent village. Jack Ralph, 28, is also charged with attempted murder after a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries during the incident in Hadlow, near TonbridgeOfficers were called by paramedics to a house in Carpenters Lane just after 7.40am on Saturday.Three people were found with injuries “consistent with a stabbing,” police said.Two women in their 50s and 70s died at the scene, while a man, also in his 70s, was taken to hospital in London for treatment. Image: A murder investigation was launched after…

There are fears thousands may have been killed by an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia after the disaster’s death toll rose to 832. The country’s disaster mitigation agency warned the figure could climb higher as the affected area on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is bigger than initially thought.Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings brought down in the 7.5 magnitude earthquake which struck on Friday and triggered tsunami waves as high as six metres (20 feet).Almost all the deaths have been recorded in the coastal city of Palu, where a mass burial will be held. Image:…

Medical experts have been instructed by the government to draw up official guidelines for social media use amid fears over its impact on child mental health. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has asked the UK’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, to start preparing official guidance on safe time limits, like those on recommended maximum alcohol consumption for adults.In an interview with the Observer before the Conservative party conference, Mr Hancock said he was “very worried” as a father of three children by the growing evidence of the detrimental effect on the health of young people. 1:24 Video: The psychology behind…

Elon Musk is to step down as chairman of electric car-maker Tesla after settling a fraud lawsuit with US regulators. The billionaire entrepreneur has been fined $20m (£15m) as part of the deal with the US securities and exchange commission (SEC), but will remain as Tesla’s chief executive.He was sued by the SEC after being accused of making “false and misleading” tweets about potentially taking Tesla private. Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2018 He told his 22 million Twitter followers on 7 August that he might take Tesla private at $420…

More than 830 people have been killed after a tsunami – triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake – slammed into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.It is the latest devastating quake to hit the Southeast Asian nation in recent months. The popular tourist destination of Lombok has been among the worst-affected islands. Image: A man examines the remains of houses after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck on 29 July Lombok, 29 July A 6.4 magnitude quake struck off Lombok, followed by 66 aftershocks with the highest a magnitude 5.7.It was centred 50km northeast of the city of Mataram on the northern…