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Chaos at Co-op as chief executive offers to resign
Euan Sutherland thinks the Co-op group is "ungovernable" and I understand he offered his resignation last night at an emergency meeting.
Read the full storyCo-op Group boss' resignation has not been accepted
by Richard Edgar - Economics EditorI understand that Euan Sutherland's resignation as Co-operative Group chief executive has not been accepted - indeed he might yet withdraw it after the board agreeddramatic changes late yesterday to the way the Co-operative is governed.
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Image of man travelling with stolen passport released
A young Iranian man travelling using stolen passport on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight has been named as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad who is "not likely to be a member of a terrorist group".
Officials said the 19-year-old was probably migrating to Germany.
Channel 4 News Asia correspondent John Sparks tweeted a CCTV image of the man:
19 year old Iranian holder of stolen passport named as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad - his picture from CCTV at airpt http://t.co/es52lHbh4z
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing on Saturday with 239 people on board in what Malaysia's civil aviation chief called an "unprecedented mystery".
Investigators have widened the search for the missing plane as the operation entered a fourth day.
Pathologist admits 'inexact science' over last meal
The pathologist giving evidence in Oscar Pistorius' trial yesterday said Reeva Steenkamp's last meal was a couple of hours before her death but admitted today that "the science is inexact."
ITV News Africa Correspondent Rohit Kachroo has tweeted from the Pretoria courtroom:
Pathologist is unflappable. Under cross examination he accepts that the science is inexact and based on probability
Resignation offer comes after chief's pay details leaked
Co-operative Group chief executive Euan Sutherland offered his resignation after the leaking of details about his bumper pay deal, which he reportedly thought was an attempt to destabilise him.
It emerged at the weekend that Mr Sutherland was set to receive a deal worth £3.6 million despite the Co-op facing a £2 billion loss after the biggest crisis in its history.
The group is also facing large-scale job cuts after a year in which its banking arm needed to be rescued when a £1.5 billion hole was discovered in its balance sheet.
Search area widens as investigation enters fourth day
The search for the Malaysian airliner has entered its fourth day as authorities step up efforts to locate the missing plane.
Officials are now focusing their search on a large part of the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea, while searches are also being conducted on the western coast of Malaysia and up towards the Andaman Sea.
The massive operation involves navies and military aicrafts from 10 nations but so far efforts to establish what happenned to flight MH370 have proved fruitless.
Read: Search widens for missing Malaysian plane and its 239 passengers
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Steve Irwin's cameraman describes his last moments
Justin Lyons, Irwin's 'best friend and right hand man' spoke about the stingray attack that killed the Crocodile Hunter eight years ago.
Read the full storyBoard agreed to put governance structure to members
ITV News Economics Editor Richard Edgar has tweeted:
Co-op board agreed to put new governance structure to members last night: plc board with exec and non-exec directors (1 of 2)
2/2 plus a second board of 'members and colleagues' which would hold the co-op to account on democratic principles and mutuality.
Co-op chief believes board of 20 is 'ungovernable'
ITV News Economics Editor Richard Edgar has tweeted:
Co-op's Sutherland believes board of 20 is 'ungovernable' - and one of them appears to have leaked the news after emergency meeting last nt.
Co-op chief offered resignation on 'point of principle'
ITV News Economics Editor Richard Edgar has tweeted:
Chaos at Co-op this morning. I understand boss Sutherland offered resignation on 'point of principle' last night.
