- Associated Press
Victims of UK's infected blood scandal to start receiving final compensation payments this year
Victims of the U.K.'s infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected by contaminated blood or blood products provided by the public health service, will start receiving their final compensation payments this year, the government said Tuesday. Officials announced the compensation plans a day after the publication of a damning report that found civil servants and doctors exposed patients to unacceptable risks by giving them blood transfusions or blood products tainted with HIV or hepatitis from the 1970s to the early 1990s. The report said successive U.K. governments refused to admit wrongdoing and tried to cover up the scandal, in which an estimated 3,000 people died after receiving the contaminated blood or blood products.
- PA Media: Money
Fifth of Shell investors revolt against its climate strategy during tense AGM
The board faced heated exchanges with investors and protesters throughout the three-hour event at the InterContinental O2 in London on Tuesday.
- The Telegraph
ITV to cut 200 jobs as ad revenue tumbles
ITV is to cut 200 jobs as the Love Island broadcaster seeks to shore up its finances amid a deep slump in advertising revenues.
