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Four men have been charged by police investigating fraud offences linked to the Grenfell Tower fire. Yonatan Eyob, 25, of no fixed address, Abolaji Onafuye, 54, of Gorleston Street, west London, Koffi Kouakou, 54, of Elizabeth Court, southwest London, and Abdelkarim Rekaya, 28, of Lots Road, southwest London, were among nine people arrested by officers during raids on Thursday.The five other suspects – four men and one women – have been released.Eyob has been charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs, possession of class A drugs, possession of criminal property and failing to supply a PIN code…

The International Monetary Fund has agreed to give Argentina $50bn (£37bn) in standby loans to tackle soaring inflation that is crippling the economy.  Argentina’s peso has tanked by a quarter against the US dollar this year making imports more expensive. Inflation has been rising at about 25% a year, one of the world’s highest rates.”The package includes an immediate withdrawal of 30%, or $15 billion, and then we will see,” the country’s finance minister Nicolas Dujovne said at a press conference.Depending on how much Argentina taps of the loan, it could be IMF’s largest rescue package. The loan has yet…

Summer holidaymakers are responsible for a sharp spike in the amount of plastic ending up in the Mediterranean Sea, new research shows. Analysis for the WWF to mark United Nations World Oceans Day reveals there is a 40% increase in marine litter during the tourist season, and almost all of it is plastic.Sky Ocean Rescue has been campaigning for the reduction or elimination of single-use plastic. 3:02 Video: Tackling plastic around waters of Santorini More than 200 million people a year visit the Med, but a combination of litter on the beaches and poor waste management is making the sea…

Michael McIntyre thanked his “amazingly supportive” fans as he performed his first show since being robbed by two hammer-wielding men. The comedian was targeted by the thieves on mopeds as he waited to pick his children up from school in north London on Monday.At a packed 3Arena in Dublin, the 42-year-old described the mugging, which saw the pair smash the windows of his Range Rover before forcing him to hand over his Rolex watch.McIntyre said: “It was not so much the fast and the furious as stationary and panicking. I could not get it started. It was fight or flight.”He…

House of Fraser has announced plans to close 31 of its 59 stores by early 2019. The retailer has been struggling for some time and has now confirmed its intention to shut many of its shops, relocate its main offices and cut thousands of jobs.Among the branches to go are Birmingham, Cardiff and the flagship Oxford Street branch in London.Here is the full list::: Altrincham:: Aylesbury:: Birkenhead:: Birmingham:: Bournemouth:: Camberley:: Cardiff:: Carlisle:: Chichester:: Cirencester:: Cwmbran:: Darlington:: Doncaster:: Edinburgh:: Epsom:: Grimsby:: High Wycombe:: Hull:: Leamington Spa:: Lincoln:: London Oxford Street:: London King William Street:: Middlesbrough:: Milton Keynes:: Plymouth:: Shrewsbury:: Skipton:: Swindon::…

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a 100-year-old mugging victim. Zofia Kaczan died on Wednesday after suffering a broken neck in the attack on 28 May.Her green handbag was stolen in the robbery at the junction of St Chads Road and Empress Road in Normanton, Derby.Mrs Kaczan, who also suffered bruising to her face, told police she was approached from behind and knocked over during the assault.Her green handbag was found around half a mile away with one handle ripped off. Image: The handbag stolen in the robbery A 39-year-old man, who was…

House of Fraser (HoF) is aiming to cut around 6,000 jobs and more than half its stores under a plan to save the chain amid the crisis facing the high street The company, whose roots can be traced back to 1849, warned it did “not have a viable future” unless creditors and landlords backed its proposals.Its flagship store – on Oxford Street in London – is among 31 of 59 stores facing the axe.:: Is your local store closing? The full list of stores that will goSky News has previously reported on HoF’s struggle to secure its financial future -…

The nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow has died from cancer aged 77, his spokesman has said. The British businessman, who kept his illness secret for many years, died in the early hours of Thursday morning.Stringfellow had revealed in an interview with The Times in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer eight years earlier.Known as the “King of Clubs”, the entrepreneur opened a string of venues across the US and the UK. Image: Peter Stringfellow with his wife Bella Wright The businessman’s club “Stringfellows” on Upper St Martin’s Lane, Covent Garden, is one of the longest-running nightlife venues in…

Time is running out for emergency services trying to find survivors from the volcanic eruption in Guatemala, with 99 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still missing. On Wednesday, more bodies were recovered from what remained of villages devastated by the Volcano of Fire.Thousands of people displaced by disaster have been forced to move into shelters, and many of them have loved ones who have died or are unaccounted for.Firefighters say the chance of finding anyone alive is practically non-existent 72 hours after Sunday’s volcanic explosion.:: Eyewitness – Firefighters buried under tonnes of volcanic ash Image: Firefighters identify a victim…

It looks like smoke is rising from the hot ash which was spewed out by Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire – but it’s actually clouds of dust, hanging in the air every time a firefighter plants a spade in the ground. More than a dozen are digging around a piece of twisted metal. It’s all that is left of one of their fire trucks.Somewhere under the tonnes of volcanic ash are the bodies of two volunteer firefighters. They arrived as the volcano, also known as Fuego, was erupting.They were with a group of local people watching the eruption from a bridge, without…