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Nadhim Zahawi says he’s determined to remain Conservative Party chairman, despite revelations that he paid a multi-million-pound penalty over unpaid tax when he was chancellor. Boris Johnson is also facing accusations of sleaze, after it emerged that he recommended former banker Richard Sharp for the role of BBC chairman weeks after Sharp helped the then-PM arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000. More than 40 British universities, including Cambridge, have collaborated with institutions linked to malign activities in China, says The Times. They include bodies connected to the Uighur genocide, nuclear weapons development and espionage. British museums are banning the use of the word “mummy” to describe the remains of the ancient Egyptians, says the Daily Mail, because it “dehumanises” the 3,000-year-old corpses. National Museums Scotland has instead adopted the term “mummified person”.