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Regional News: Essex

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The British pound sterling plunged nearly 5% to an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday. The currency lost as much as 4.85%, dropping to an unprecedented $1.0327 and extending a 3.61% plunge recorded on Friday.
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Britain’s Prince Charles “personally secured” a donation of £1 million ($1.2 million) to his charity from the family of Osama bin Laden in 2013, The Times reported on Sunday. The Prince of Wales has only recently been scrutinized for taking “bags of cash” from the Qatari royal family.
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The British Justice ruled this Friday in favor of the 'ad hoc directive' of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), appointed by former opposition deputy Juan Guaidó, for which it denied the Venezuelan State access to the 32 tons of gold that remain withheld at the Bank of England.
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Inflation in Britain accelerated at a faster pace than expected in June and hit 9.4% year-on-year, the highest increase since February 1982, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday.