HMRC ‘failing to check tax reliefs’
The UK’s tax authority has been accused by MPs of failing to properly monitor the system of tax reliefs. BBC News – Business
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Crash jet black box has ‘usable data’
French investigators say the cockpit voice recorder of Germanwings 4U 9525 has usable data, but it has so far yielded no clues to the crash. BBC News – Europe
Alps air crash ‘killed three Britons’
At least three Britons died in the Alps air crash that killed 150 people, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says. BBC News – UK
Deadly tornado rips through Oklahoma
At least one person is killed and several others are injured after a tornado roared through the city of Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma. BBC News – US & Canada
Charles Taylor to stay in UK jail
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is ordered to serve the rest of his jail term in the UK, after losing a request to be transferred to Rwanda. BBC News – Africa
Tesco faces legal action in the UK
Tesco is facing potential legal action from UK institutional shareholders following its accounting scandal. BBC News – Business