Crackdown on suppliers after firm made £13m on not-for-profit UK visa services | Politics newsthirst.

England’s most senior education official has assured MPs that suppliers on not-for-profit contracts will not in the future be able to make money secretly after “serious failings” were exposed by the Guardian. Susan Acland-Hood, the Department for Education’s permanent secretary, told the cross-party public accounts committee (PAC) that a “very hard” review had been undertaken…

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Seven-year-old boy begins open-heart surgery after being hit in Florida drone show | Florida newsthirst.

Several drones collided and fell into a crowd observing a holiday drone show in Orlando over the weekend, according to the Federal Aviation Alliance. A seven-year-old boy was seriously injured. The FAA is investigating the incident which occurred on Saturday, according to a statement. In a statement obtained by Click Orlando, the city of Orlando…

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Channel 4 ‘fired’ Boris Johnson from US election show for promoting his book, co-host says | Boris Johnson newsthirst.

Boris Johnson was “fired for banging on about his book” during a guest appearance on Channel 4’s coverage of the US election, according to the programme’s co-host, Krishnan Guru-Murthy. It was not clear whether Johnson’s exit from the programme had been planned or if he had departed early. During the show, the former UK prime…

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