The leader of Hong Kong has celebrated the 20-year jail sentence given to British pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, saying the media tycoon had “poisoned” the city. John Lee was defiant in the face of criticism from Western nations, including the UK, following the 78-year-old’s sentencing yesterday. He was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy […]
Eighteen-year-olds will soon be permitted to drive trains, the government has said, following concerns about the number of drivers approaching retirement. Legislation to lower the minimum age limit from 20 to 18 will be brought before parliament this week, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced, with the change due to come into effect from
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“New facts meant the need for a new response” – that is how one palace source described this latest statement and why it was issued now. The timing was still extraordinary. Do not underestimate how significant it is that it was released just a matter of hours after Prince William had landed in Saudi Arabia.
With a prime minister under extreme fire and unable to command a majority in the Commons on matters of personal authority, is politics too self-absorbed to fix a problem as broken as the system for special educational needs provision? Plans to reform the 12-year-old approach to SEND are expected to be announced within weeks –
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A member of a US congressional committee investigating the Epstein affair has said: “Maybe this will be the end of the monarchy.” Congressman Ro Khanna says he thinks King Charles has questions to answer about the scandal that has embroiled his younger brother, adding: “I think this is the most vulnerable the British monarchy has
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US TV host Savannah Guthrie has said her family is “at an hour of desperation” in the search for her missing 84-year-old mother – as the deadline on a ransom note draws nearer. In a video posted on social media on Monday, Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor on NBC’s Today show, called the saga a “nightmare” and
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Sir Keir Starmer will chair a cabinet session today after earning a lifeline from Labour MPs during a crunch meeting in which he declared: “I’m not prepared to walk away.” The prime minister started the week amid the biggest crisis of his premiership amid the fallout from his appointment of Lord Mandelson as his US
When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness – including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test. Yes, AIs run vending machines now, under the watchful eyes of researchers at Anthropic and AI thinktank Andon Labs.
Half of parents say their children have never spoken to them about harmful online content, polling suggests – with around a quarter unaware of what they are seeing on their smartphones. The research by YouGov – which surveyed 1,030 parents of children aged eight to 14 – was commissioned by the government, as it consults
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Wes Streeting says he has “nothing to hide” over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case. The messages seen by Sky News include the health secretary admitting he fears he is “toast at the next election,” that he thinks the government
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