Month: February 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has put child sexual abuse “on steroids”, the Home Secretary has warned ahead of a crackdown on computer-generated material. Artificial intelligence (AI) has put child sexual abuse “on steroids”, the Home Secretary has warned ahead of a crackdown on computer-generated material. Yvette Cooper said a new ban on AI tools which can create child sexual abuse material – including “sexualised” pictures of real children – would give […]

The Princess of Wales has launched a new initiative aimed at developing the nation’s “social and emotional skills” to alleviate the human cost from a world sometimes filled with “mistrust and misunderstanding”. Kate said the state of modern life was leaving many feeling “isolated and vulnerable” during troubled periods, resulting in “poor mental health, addiction and abuse” that was “devastating” for those affected and society. The solution is to “develop […]

Labour has attacked the Scottish Government’s decision to slash more than £200 million from retrofitting funds as levels of fuel poverty in the country surge. Figures from the Scottish House Condition Survey revealed earlier this week that more than 70,000 Scots fell into fuel poverty between 2022 and 2023. Another 19,000 were pushed into extreme fuel poverty. The same study also showed more than a million homes in Scotland fell […]

Big wins for Nottingham Forest and Everton stole the limelight in the Premier League on Saturday. Forest routed Brighton to strengthen their hold on a top-four place, while Everton punished struggling Leicester in a result that moves them clear of the bottom three at the expense of a Foxes side yet to respond to Ruud van Nistelrooy. Off the pitch, what could be one of the headline deals of the […]

US President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, fulfilling a campaign promise but raising the prospect of increase prices for American consumers. Mr Trump is declaring an economic emergency to put duties of 10% on all imports from China and 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada — America’s largest trading partners — except for a 10% rate […]

The Government is launching a crackdown on AI-generated images of child sexual abuse. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced the UK will be the first country in the world to make it illegal to own artificial intelligence tools designed to make images of child sexual abuse. The new offence will be punishable by up to five years in prison. Those who have been found to own AI “paedophile manuals” could […]

Four people have died after a vehicle crashed into a building. Officers were called to reports a vehicle had hit the building in Magdalen Street, Colchester at around 4.40am on Saturday, Essex Police said. Emergency services attended but four people died at the scene. The ages and genders of the victims have not yet been disclosed. Their families have been informed and will be supported by specialist officers, the force […]

The body of a second woman has been found during the search for two sisters who went missing in Aberdeen last month. The body of a second woman has been found during the search for two sisters who went missing in Aberdeen last month. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, were last seen on CCTV on Market Street at Victoria Bridge over the River Dee in Aberdeen at about […]

The body of singer Linda Nolan was brought to her funeral in a pink sparkly coffin as a large crowd of family and friends gathered. Members of the public applauded as the hearse carrying the coffin arrived at St Paul’s Church in Blackpool, with her sisters Anne, Maureen, Coleen and Denise walking towards the church with other family members. Loose Women panellist Coleen, 59, wiped a tear from her eye. […]