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Jay Slater search: Tenerife police focus on outbuildings near last phone signal - The Guardian

Outbuildings close to where the missing teenager Jay Slater’s phone last picked up signal are the current focus of a police search in Tenerife.

As the hunt for the 19-year-old continued for a seventh day on the Canary island, his mother thanked those who had together donated more than £30,000 to a GoFundMe page, exceeding its target.

Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared on Monday morning after attending the NRG rave on the island. He told a friend that his phone battery was about to die and that he planned to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus, a journey that would take about 11 hours on foot.

Phone signal data showed his last location as the rugged Rural de Teno park, an area popular with hikers. On Sunday, Spanish police were searching around two structures at the bottom of a ravine in the park. They were seen examining the inside of blue barrels outside one of the small buildings.

Slater’s mother, Debbie Duncan, travelled to the island on Tuesday and his father is now also there. Asked how the family were coping with the situation, Duncan told PA: “We’re not. I’m not coping very well at all. I’ve not slept, I’m exhausted. It’s been awful. I can’t give up on him, I just can’t.”

Conspiracy theories about Slater’s disappearance have multiplied online. In an interview with the Guardian over the weekend, Duncan said police were concerned about there being “too much noise” around the case.

“They have actually said that there’s too much noise, that’s affecting it,” she said. “They’ve got all the plans, their locations. They have got this map they were showing us, shaded different colours.”

Questions had been asked by donors about the “Get Jay Slater Home’” GoFundMe page, set up by the last friend to have spoken to Slater, Lucy Law. It is not yet clear what the money would be used for. But in an apparent response to comments, Duncan posted on the site thanking donors and confirming it was an official fundraiser.

“Hi everyone, this is Debbie, Jay’s mother,” she wrote. “Thank you all for your generosity and kindness during this difficult time. I wanted to confirm that this is the only GoFundMe fundraiser approved by our family.

“We have not yet withdrawn any funds and are currently covering the expenses, such as the trip to Tenerife and accommodation, ourselves. The funds will remain on hold with GoFundMe until we post a further update on this page.

“We are extremely worried and are doing everything we can to find Jay. Please continue to share our fundraiser far and wide. Your support means the world to us, and we are grateful for any help you can provide.”

Lancashire constabulary said it had made “an offer of support to the Guardia Civil to see if they need any additional resources” but this had been rejected by Spanish authorities. The NRG festival also issued a statement saying it was able to “give some practical support” to Slater’s family.

When asked whether Spain should have accepted help from the UK, Duncan told PA: “They say they’ve got enough resources to get on with the investigation … I don’t know, I don’t know.”

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Manchester Airport flights resume after power cut chaos - BBC.com

Flights at Manchester Airport have resumed after a power cut caused a day of chaos.

Up to 90,000 passengers were affected as flights were cancelled and scheduled arrivals diverted.

Check-in and departures at Terminal 1 and 2 have now fully re-started, the airport said in an update.

Officials said further disruption is not expected on Monday and they are working to reschedule cancelled flights and reunite passengers without their bags.

Airport managing director Chris Woodroofe said a "fault with a cable had caused a power surge that took down security systems and baggage screening".

Mr Woodroofe said: "When Terminal 1 and 2 can't depart passengers for an entire morning there is going to be an impact.

"And I'm really sorry that happened and we're now making sure as we look forward, that impact doesn't carry on into tomorrow."

He said an investigation into what happened would take place in the coming week.

'Mess'

Huge queues formed when a quarter of all flights from the airport had to be cancelled.

Passengers travelling via Terminals 1 and 2 had been told to stay away.

Aviation analytics company Cirium said that by lunchtime 66 outbound flights and 50 inbound were axed.

The disruption comes at the start of the summer holiday season at the UK's third-busiest airport, which has apologised to passengers.

Kelvin Knaver, of St Helens, Merseyside, had been due to fly to Amsterdam with EasyJet before his flight was cancelled.

He told BBC North West Tonight: "It's been a mess.

"There's such a backlog that it's going to take forever to clear."

Passenger Kelvin Knaver speaks as he is stranded at the airport — Passenger Kelvin Knaver said the airport was a "mess" after his flight to Amsterdam was cancelled

Many people affected posted on social media photographs of long queues for check-in desks and passport control, and complained of a lack of communication from staff.

Pictures and video footage showed long queues of people, some waiting in near darkness.

Mr Woodroofe had earlier said that power had been restored but that there would be no departures at all from the two terminals for the rest of the day.

More than 100 flights had been due to depart from the UK's largest airport outside London when the problems started, and many inbound flights had to be diverted.

The airport told the BBC inbound flights had been diverted because "planes can’t take off" due to limited space.

This made it harder to accept aircraft, which would be sent elsewhere, a spokesman said.

Among those affected was a flight arriving from Houston in Texas which had to go to London Heathrow while another, coming from Singapore, was forced to land at London Gatwick.

Queues at Manchester aiport — The airport urged passengers to contact their airlines

The airport's back-up power came on when the primary system went down, but the situation was complicated by mains power cutting out multiple times.

Airlines have said problems with baggage processing meant customers could only board with a cabin bag.

In a statement, Jet2 said handlers had been unable to load bags on to planes due to the outage.

An Easyjet spokesman said passengers could only board their flight with a cabin bag because of problems with the baggage system.

Passengers flying via Terminal 3 were also warned about delays.

'Chaos'

Bobbi Hadgraft, who is travelling to watch England at Euro 2024, told BBC Radio Manchester she arrived at the airport at about 04:00 BST to see "enormous queues" outside Terminal 1.

"We were worried we would miss our flight," she said, adding the power outage had affected display boards and scanners so staff had to direct passengers around the site.

Olwyn Hocking said one member of staff looked like they were trying to hide as "hundreds and hundreds of people poured into the airport, with not a clue there was problem".

She said it was "chaos".

Passengers queue amid disruption at Manchester airport — Flights travelling out of Terminal 1 and 2 have been affected by the power loss

Balázs Fazekas, who was due to fly to Montenegro for a week-long holiday with his wife and eight-month-old baby, arrived at 02:00 BST and, after eight hours standing in queues, found out the flight had been cancelled.

"There are bigger issues in life than this," he said, but added the lack of communication from the airport had been "quite frustrating".

Another passenger, Phillip Banfield, said his plane had taken off while he was stuck after going through passport control.

He said he was surrounded by an "enormous number of passengers, stranded, wondering how they’re going to continue onwards journeys".

It had been "virtually impossible" to get through check-in and security, which was only feasible if you were just carrying hand luggage, he added.

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Senior Tories line up to denounce Nigel Farage's defence of Putin's war - The Guardian

Rishi Sunak and a string of senior Conservatives have condemned Nigel Farage for claiming the west provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine, amid a growing internal Tory battle over how to deal with the Reform UK leader.

The prime minister accused Farage of playing “into Putin’s hands” after he made the claim in a BBC Panorama interview on Friday, in which he linked Nato and EU expansion to the conflict in eastern Europe. Tom Tugendhat, the security minister went further, telling the Observer: “It doesn’t matter whether you’re Jeremy Corbyn or Nigel Farage – if you parrot the Kremlin’s lies, you cannot be trusted with our national security.”

Home secretary James Cleverly also criticised the comments, adding that Farage wanted to “destroy our party”. Ben Wallace, a former defence secretary, described Farage as a “pub bore”. Labour leader Keir Starmer also condemned Farage’s comments as “disgraceful”.

The Tories are desperate to halt the huge threat Reform UK poses to them, in some scenarios reducing their seats in the next parliament to below 100. The latest Opinium poll for the Observer gives Labour a 20-point lead over the Tories. It shows Reform only four points behind the Conservatives, on 16% of the vote

“Clear blue water still exists between the Conservatives and Reform, but Rishi Sunak will balk at a quarter of 2019 Tory voters backing Nigel Farage’s party,” said James Crouch, head of policy and public affairs at Opinium.

The comments from Farage were also seized upon by the Conservatives’ liberal wing, who fear that figures on the right of the party will encourage him to join the Tories after the election. “This is a very revealing comment showing the mask slipping,” said Damian Green, chair of the One Nation caucus. “Showing sympathy for a murderous tyrant who has killed hundreds of thousands of his own people is not the position of a mainstream democratic politician.”

There is a huge split among the Tories over Farage – part of a wider battle over the direction of the party, which is set to burst into the open the moment the election campaign is over. Some senior Conservatives fear the party could break in two, especially if a new leader opens the door to Farage joining. One former cabinet minister said he now feared “a fissure” after the election.

Tories on the liberal wing are concerned that in the heat of a leadership election, the main candidates may feel compelled to commit to allowing Farage in to appease the party membership. Tory moderates have been largely holding their tongues during the campaign, which has seen the Conservatives focus on immigration to unite the right vote. That tactic was brutally undermined by Farage’s re-entry as Reform UK’s leader.

Moderate MPs say they have been concentrating on limiting the damage with local campaigning and trying to keep the party in the centre ground as far as possible. They have also been examining what the party may look like after the election based on current polling and are confident that “no matter what the outcome”, the party can be stopped from lurching to the right in opposition.

Some senior figures have been particularly worried about the party’s lack of appeal to young voters, which was already evident but may have been exacerbated by policies such as the return of national service, designed to appeal to older voters considering a vote for Reform UK.

With less than a fortnight to polling day, morale in the party’s campaign has also taken a huge hit over two issues. Firstly, the revelations that three people linked to the Conservatives are subject to Gambling Commission inquiries over alleged betting relating to the election date has caused serious anger.

With candidates braced for further revelations, Sunak has refused to disclose how many Tories are under investigation. The party has said it will not “give a running commentary”, but it has led to ministers and candidates being asked about the inquiry during the crucial last weeks of the campaign. Sunak has said that anyone found to have broken the rules would “not only face the full consequences of the law but I will ensure that they are booted out of the Conservative Party, too”.

The second issue to hit morale has been the reallocation of resources at Conservative campaign headquarters to defend safer seats, apparently now considered marginal according to the latest polling. It has led to some internal concerns about giving up swathes of the so-called red wall captured by Boris Johnson in 2019, though the accusation is rejected by the party.

Money is also said to be an issue. Some Tory candidates have said they have struggled for resources, while some regular donors have opted to sit out the 2024 contest. A fundraising event at London’s exclusive Hurlingham Club last week took place without the prime minister, who instead sent a video message. The star turn of the evening was business secretary Kemi Badenoch, seen as a frontrunner for the leadership should the Tories crash to defeat. Several major donors did attend the event.

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Election betting scandal grows as Gove likens controversy to Partygate - The Independent

The general election betting scandal engulfing the Conservative Party continues to grow, with its chief data officer Nick Mason under investigation by the Gambling Commission.

Michael Gove has compared the scandal to Partygate, saying it looks like there is “one rule for them and one rule for us” as Mr Mason faces claims he placed bets on the timing of the general election.

The data chief is the latest senior Conservative to take a leave of absense while under investigation by the gambling watchdog for allegedly betting on the timing of the election before the date had been announced,.

Michael Gove said the election betting scandal is like Partygate (PA Wire)

The latest allegations were published by The Sunday Times, which claimed dozens of bets had been placed with potential winnings worth thousands of pounds.

Click here for our live coverage of the general election campaign.

Speaking to the paper, Mr Gove said: “It looks like one rule for them and one rule for us ... That’s the most potentially damaging thing,” he said.

“The perception that we operate outside the rules that we set for others. That was damaging at the time of partygate and is damaging here.

“If you’re in a privileged position [close] to the prime minister at the heart of a political operation and you use inside information to make additional money for yourself, that’s just not acceptable. So if these allegations are true, it’s very difficult to defend. “

The revelations are a fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of getting the Tory election campaign on track after three other Conservative figures were caught up in the scandal.

And it comes as Labour launches a social media campaign aimed at questioning Rishi Sunak’s judgement by ramping up pressure for him to suspend 12 candidates caught up in different controversies including the betting scandal.

It is to target Craig Williams, Mr Sunak’s parliamentary private secretary standing in Montgomeryshire, who was the first Tory candidate publicly linked to the betting scandal.

The revelations are a fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of getting the Tory election campaign on track (via REUTERS)

And Labour will attack Laura Saunders, who has worked for the Tories since 2015, married to director of campaigning Tony Lee, and standing in Bristol North West, who are both being investigated by the Gambling Commission for betting on the election date shortly before it was called.

Ms Saunders has said she will cooperate fully with the investigation, while Mr Williams said: “I clearly made a huge error of judgement that’s for sure and I apologise.”

The Liberal Democrats meanwhile called on Mr Sunak to personally intervene, with a Cabinet Office inquiry into the reports.

Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: “This is now an all-out scandal at the heart of Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.

Tony Lee, the Tory director of campaigns, and his wife Laura Saunders, are under investigation by the Gambling Commission (Supplied)

“Sunak must personally intervene to order a Cabinet Office inquiry and suspend all those under investigation by the Gambling Commission.

“People are sick and tired of this sleaze. Day by day, hour by hour, the Conservative Government mire themselves in more of it.”

A Conservative spokesman said: “As instructed by the Gambling Commission, we are not permitted to discuss any matters related to any investigation with the subject or any other persons.”

The revelations come as the opinion polls continue to suggest poor public support for the Conservative party.

In the latest Savanta poll published for the Sunday Telegraph, Labour are on 42 per cent of the vote, and the Conservatives are on 19 per cent, their lowest ever vote share in a test of public opinion by the company.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK meanwhile are on 16 per cent of the vote, in a poll of 2,103 UK adults conducted between June 19 and 21.

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All flights from Manchester Airport facing cancellations and severe delays after power cut - Sky News

All flights departing from Manchester Airport are facing cancellations and severe delays after a power cut in the area.

It is understood an issue with the power supply in the local area affected the airport and a number of other buildings.

Power has been restored and the airport has said it is "working to get those passengers already at the airport onto flights as soon as possible".

Terminals 1 and 2 are severely affected, while Terminal 3 is running.

Passengers already inside the airport face significant delays and possible cancellations, with images showing huge queues of people there this morning.

Manchester Airport has said passengers due to travel from Terminals 1 or 2 are advised to contact their airlines for up-to-date information before coming to the airport.

Passengers due to fly from Terminal 3 might face delays but should come to the airport as normal unless advised otherwise by their airline, the airport added.

Airlines will organise any onward journey for those whose flights are cancelled.

The airport is working to get all services back up as soon as possible, however they are currently not able to give a timeline.

Inbound flights are less affected, but there are some delays at Border Control.

Manchester Airport said in a statement: "Following the power cut that affected Manchester Airport and the surrounding area earlier this morning, passengers due to travel from Terminals 1 and 2 are advised to contact their airlines before coming to the airport as a number of flights are likely to be cancelled... We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.

"Our customer service and resilience teams are working hard to keep passengers in the airport updated, along with our airline colleagues."

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Sabtu, 22 Juni 2024

Labour to target embattled Sunak over 'dirty dozen' Tory candidates - The Independent

Labour are set to launch a social media campaign aimed at questioning Rishi Sunak’s judgement by ramping up pressure for him to suspend 12 candidates caught up in different controversies including the betting scandal.

The new campaign will feature an unnamed cabinet minister who allegedly put a bet on the election date, and 11 named Tory candidates involved in a range of issues highlighted in the campaign.

On Saturday night it emerged that the Tory chief data officer, Nick Mason, was also being investigated for alleged betting, according to the PA news agency. He’s taken a leave of absence.

With Labour more than 20 points ahead in most polls currently, Labour want to go for the jugular over Mr Sunak’s decision not to suspend candidates from his party.

Labour are targeting Rishi Sunak over controversies surrounding these 12 candidates (Labour Party)

Shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth described the prime minister as “weak” for not being able to take a firm stance. The other 11 so-called “dirty dozen” include:

Craig Williams, Mr Sunak’s parliamentary private secretary standing in Montgomeryshire, and Laura Saunders, who has worked for the Tories since 2015, married to director of campaigning Tony Lee, and standing in Bristol North West, who are both being investigated by the Gambling Commission for betting on the election date shortly before it was called.

Ms Saunders has not responded, but Mr Williams said: “I clearly made a huge error of judgement that’s for sure and I apologise.”

Mr Sunak said he was “extremely angry” about the scandal but insisted he cannot suspend people while the investigation is underway warning those found guilty will be expelled from the Tories.

Marco Longhi, standing in Dudley, is accused of stoking ethnic divisions with a letter addressed to “voters of the British Pakistani/ Kashmiri community” asking who they thought would speak up for Kashmir, him or Labour rival Sonia Kumar, with her common Indian surname in bold, underlined, capital letters.

Rishi Sunak is under pressure in the closing stages of the campaign (AP)

Mr Longhi denied stoking ethnic tensions, saying: “I don’t know what her ethnicity or religious background is. I am not trying to stoke division. I will always stand up for abuses of human rights wherever they take place.”

Stephen James, Dover and Deal, is accused of using AI to produce an antisemitic cartoon depicting men with hooked noses at the white cliffs of Dover carrying bags of “false hopes”, then using it in a now-deleted social media post attacking so-called “carpetbaggers” standing in the seat.

Mr James has “unequivocally apologised” and said that the image had been created from famous historic cartoons by Thomas Nast and Gerald Scarfe.

He said: “As someone who has written for The Times of Israel on antisemitism, I am acutely aware of the importance of vigilance against such instances. AI has safeguards to prevent the creation of offensive images, but on this occasion, it fell short and I shall be extra vigilant going forward. I apologise wholeheartedly for any offence caused by this image.”

Rose Hulse (centre) is one of the candidates being scrutinised (@BSGMatters/X)

Rose Hulse, Bristol North East, standing against Jewish Labour candidate Damien Egan, liked posts on social media referring to Mr Egan as a “fiend of Israel”, and another that accused Labour leader Keir Starmer of “tap dancing” to the idea that “AntiSemitismIsAllThatMatters”.

Ms Hulse told The Independent: “The tweet referenced was clicked in error. As soon as I realised, I immediately deselected the tweet. I apologise for any offence caused.”

Darren Millar, Clwyd North, was filmed bowing before an alleged Islamophobic hate preacher while he delivered a sermon at the launch of a bible centre in Wales, and has been revealed to have links with another pastor accused of homophobia.

Mr Millar told the BBC he did not endorse the views of the pastors adding: “No one should be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation or religious beliefs.”

Lee Roberts, Putney, described London mayor Sadiq Khan as a “snivelling little drip” who had done more to damage the capital “than the Luftwaffe”.

After the recording came to light, Mr Roberts said: “I would like to apologise for my comments. They were not intended to give any offence.”

Shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth says Sunak is “weak” ( Victoria Jones/PA)

Oliver Johnstone, Stockport, has joked about drugging women with the date rape drug Rohypnol in order to have sex.

Mr Johnstone said: “These comments were made a number of years ago and I wholeheartedly apologise for them.”

Alex Deane, Finchley and Golders Green, defended Boris Johnson against a groping allegation by quoting the phrase: “How do I know my advances are unwanted until I’ve made them.”

Mr Deane has pointed out that he was quoting the late Tory MP Alan Clarke from his diaries and his full quote was about the presumption of innocence in British law when his fellow guest on Sky News at the time had said she believed Johnson to be guilty.

Will Goodhand, West Bromwich, was filmed 19 years ago in a dating show boasting about his massage technique, and asking a retail assistant her bra size.

Mr Goodhand said: “This was a dating show of its time. It’s not something that I would do or take part in now.”

Ashley Fox, Bridgwater, is accused of lying to MPs about his political ambitions when they vetted his candidacy to head up the Independent Monitoring Authority. He told the justice select committee he would not run for political office if appointed.

Fox said: “I have now stepped down from the IMA. I am very proud to have been selected as the Conservative candidate for Bridgwater and am looking forward to the election on 4 July.”

Commenting for Labour, Mr Ashworth said: “While Labour took immediate action this week to suspend the one candidate for our party against whom serious allegations have been made, Rishi Sunak has refused to take any action against the ‘dirty dozen’ of Tory candidates, who stand accused of acts ranging from blatant corruption to dog-whistle racism.

“This is not just about Rishi Sunak’s weak leadership, it is about his basic lack of backbone and principle. If any Labour candidate had done any of the things these 12 Tories have been accused of, Keir Starmer would have had them out the door before their feet could touch the ground.”

A Conservative Party spokesman said: “The Conservative Party has spoken to these individuals, and reminded them of the Party’s code of conduct and standards expected of candidates, including on social media.”

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Jay Slater: Missing teenager's father and brother make emotional pleas for his safe return - Sky News

The father and brother of Jay Slater, the British teenager missing in Tenerife since Monday, have made emotional pleas for his safe return.

Warren Slater, the 19-year-old's father, told Sky News he is "just hoping that somebody has helped him off this mountain".

He added: "That's all I want, that somebody has helped him get off this mountain. I just want him back and that's it. He's my son."

His voice cracking, Mr Slater said the last few days have been "a nightmare, just a nightmare".

Struggling to control his emotions, he then walked away from the camera as he repeated: "I just want him back and that's it."

Mr Slater's brother, Zak Slater, echoed those words, saying: "We don't know where he is, what's happened, or anything. I don't know what to say. We just want him to come home safe."

He also became emotional as he said: "I just wish he'd come home."

The pair have gone to Tenerife to help search for Jay, who was holidaying with friends before he disappeared. He had been at the NRG music festival with two friends on Sunday.

He was last heard from just after 8am on Monday, when he called his friend Lucy Law to say he was setting off to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus.

It's not clear whether he realised the journey could take as much as 11 hours.

Ms Law said he told her he was lost, in need of water, and only had 1% charge on his phone.

On Saturday, the sixth day of the search, police, rescue dogs and firefighters reconvened at Rural de Teno Park, the last location logged by Mr Slater's phone.

Mr Slater is from the Lancashire town of Oswaldtwistle, where specialist officers are continuing to support his family, Lancashire Constabulary said.

The force added it had made "an offer of support to the Guardia Civil to see if they need any additional resources", which was rejected by Spanish authorities.

Missing teen's mum has 'not slept'

The apprentice bricklayer's mother, who is also on the island, the largest in the Canary Islands, also made a direct plea to her missing son, saying: "We just need you home."

Debbie Duncan said she has "not slept" since he disappeared.

Asked how the family was coping with the situation, she said: "We're not. I'm not coping very well at all. I've not slept, I'm exhausted. It's been awful. I can't give up on him, I just can't."

Asked by the Press Association if her head was spinning from the past few days, she said: "It is, it is.

"People say: 'Yeah, I understand' - no, you don't, you don't understand."

Speaking about what message she would have for her son, Ms Duncan added: "We just need you home - we just need him home."

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