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Teacher paying the price for conveyancing ‘fraud’

Today at 06:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

A disbarred lawyer who is accused of scamming prospective home buyers of their hard-earned money is now facing five more charges related to fraud and is said to be a person of interest in at least 20 other cases.

Education

Rename ‘home-to-school transport’ to tackle spiralling costs, MPs told

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via The Guardian

Costs in England have now risen to £2.3bn a year, with local authorities arguing eligible pupils don’t always need a ‘door-to-door taxi service’

“Home-to-school transport” should be renamed “assisted travel to school” to help manage parental expectations, MPs on the public accounts committee have been told.

While councils are committed to helping children entitled to support to get to school,...

Entertainment

Reviving Joburg starts with The Wilds

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Citizen

The Wilds’ turnaround highlights how communities can reclaim abandoned spaces and rebuild pride in the city.

Science/Tech

Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy For Users

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Since online genealogy services began operating, millions of people have sent them saliva samples in hopes of learning about their family roots and discovering far-flung relatives. These services also appeal to law enforcement authorities, who have used them to solve cold case murders and to investigate crimes like the 2022 killing of...

Science/Tech

193 Cybercrims Arrested, Accused of Plotting ‘Violence-As-a-Service’

Today at 04:00 AM, via Slashdot

Europol’s GRIMM taskforce has arrested nearly 200 people accused of running or participating in “violence-as-a-service” schemes where cybercrime groups recruit youth online for real-world attacks. “These individuals are groomed or coerced into committing a range of violent crimes, from acts of intimidation and torture to murder,” the European police said on Monday. The Register reports: GRIMM...

Science/Tech

Nvidia Can Sell H200 Chips To China For 25% US Cut

Today at 03:30 AM, via Slashdot

The Trump administration will allow Nvidia to resume selling H200 chips to China, but only if the U.S. government takes a 25% cut. Axios reports: Trump said on Truth Social that he’ll allow Nvidia to sell H200 chips — the generation of chips before its current, more-advanced Blackwell lineup — to China, with the U.S. government pocketing a quarter of the revenue. He said he would apply “the...

Health

New mpox strain identified in England

Yesterday at 15:56 PM, via BBC News

It’s a mix of two major types of the virus, and has been found in someone who recently returned from Asia.