Mark Zuckerberg has said it was a mistake to rely on Cambridge Analytica (CA) to delete tens of millions of Facebook users’ data as he apologised for the “major breach of trust”.

The site’s founder said the political consultancy had provided formal assurances that information harvested from 50 million profiles had been destroyed after Facebook first learned of the breach in 2015.

Mr Zuckerberg said he was now open to Facebook being regulated and accepted that malign actors were trying to use the site for political ends.

The site has been rocked in recent days by the row involving CA, who are accused of using the data to help Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign target political ads on the platform.

The company has denied using Facebook data in its work on the campaign.

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The contract to manufacture the document, which Brexiteers see as an iconic symbol of the UK’s regained independence, is close to being awarded to Gemalto, the Daily Telegraph has stated.

The firm undercut rival bids by around £50 million, the newspaper said.

Tory MP Sir Bill Cash, chairman of the Commons European Scrutiny Committee, branded such a move “completely wrong and unnecessary”.

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Gulping down too many sugary drinks can lead to an early grave, new research has shown.

Adults over the age of 45 who consume large quantities of soft drinks and fruit juices increase their risk of dying from heart disease and other causes, a study has found.

Over a period of six years, participants who drank at least 24 ounces of sugary beverage daily were twice as likely to die from heart disease as those consuming less than one ounce.

Scientists also found an increased risk of death from all causes among top consumers of sugary drinks.

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