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GuardianOct 4Preview

Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift

Reform UK leader was interviewed for half an hour last month over money from crypto billionaireNigel Farage has been interviewed by the standards commissioner for an investigation into whether he should have declared a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.The Reform UK leader spent about half an hour being questioned over the money, the Sunday Times reported. Farage maintains the gift was for his personal security. Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 4Preview

Debris found as US Coast Guard search for missing medical plane carrying six people

Six passengers and crew onboard still unaccounted for after medical plane vanished off coast of MassachusettsResearches found debris from a medical transport plane that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic early on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the US Coast Guard said.A statement from the Coast Guard issued on Saturday evening said crews searching off the coast of the Massachusetts island Nantucket “located a debris field confirmed to be from the aircraft”, described as an air ambulance. Continue reading...

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BBCOct 4Preview

Debris found from plane that went missing off US coast

The aircraft lost communication with flight controllers after significantly dropping in altitude, according to flight data.

GuardianOct 4Preview

US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts

The plane was undertaking a medical evacuation from Bermuda with six people onboard when it lost contactThe US Coast Guard said late on Saturday it had found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of ⁠Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island and ⁠was searching for the six people who were on board.The jet lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a flight from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday morning. In a statement to the Guardian, an FAA spokesperson said that the agency issued a search-and-rescue alert notice for a Gulfstream G-100 at about 1.20am local time Saturday. Continue reading...

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