Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material. Western Australia Police Force said detectives executed a search warrant at a property on Monday. It is alleged officers found a 43-year-old man actively engaging with other child exploitation offenders online when they arrived. He was arrested, the force said, and […]
New research into the health effects of spaceflight has shown astronauts’ brains change position and shape over time. Following spaceflight, the brain shifts “upward and backward within the skull”, with sensory and motor regions showing the largest shifts, the study found. “There are also regional, nonlinear lateral deformations that differ between the superior and inferior
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Kneecap supporters gathered outside the High Court on Wednesday as judges heard an appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service over the dismissal of a terrorism case against a member of the rap trio. Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was charged in May 2025 with the alleged display of
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The BBC will take steps to have Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a January 6 Panorama edit thrown out, court documents show. The US president filed a defamation lawsuit over the broadcaster’s editing of a speech he made in 2021, on the day his supporters stormed the Capitol building. Clips were spliced together from sections of
A hostile takeover bid for media giant Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has ratcheted up with entertainment conglomerate Paramount taking legal action to force the release of financial data. Paramount Skydance, which owns film production company Paramount Pictures and TV network CBS, has filed a law suit seeking to compel WBD to disclose to shareholders how
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An employment tribunal has delivered its judgment in the case of a group of nurses who complained about a transgender colleague’s use of a female changing room. It found that the nurses from Darlington Memorial Hospital suffered harassment from their NHS trust, with the “effect of violating the dignity of the claimants and creating a
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A commonly used gel has restored sight to people suffering from a rare and untreatable condition that causes blindness, scientists have said. HPMC – hydroxypropyl methylcellulose – a low-cost gel used in most eye surgeries – restored vision for seven out of eight patients with hypotony, researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London found. Hypotony,
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The start of a new year is the perfect time to reset your financial goals – and set realistic expectations for the year ahead. Whether it’s hitting a savings target, paying off a credit card or cutting down your household bills, there are some helpful New Year’s resolutions you can put in place to make
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Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10bn (£7.5bn) for defamation and violation of trade practices. The US president’s 33-page complaint relates to the broadcaster’s editing of a speech he made on 6 January 2021, the day his supporters stormed the Capitol building. Initially, he had threatened to sue for $1bn, but the lawsuit filed
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A huge takeover that would rock the entertainment industry looks imminent, with Netflix and Paramount fighting over Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Streaming giant Netflix announced it had agreed a $72bn (£54bn) deal for WBD’s film and TV studios on 5 December, only for Paramount to sweep in with a $108.4bn (£81bn) bid several days later
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