Month: February 2025

Sir Elton John and Simon Cowell have called on the Government to rethink proposals to relax copyright rules in a bid to protect creative talent from artificial intelligence (AI)..

A body released by Palestinian militants overnight has been confirmed as Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother whose two young sons also died in captivity, her family said..

Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa all learned their next opponents in the Champions Leagues last 16 after Fridays draw in Nyon..

Slow Horses actor Christopher Chung is to star in the forthcoming series of Doctor Who. Australian film and TV star Chung, 36, best known as MI5 agent Roddy in the popular spy series, will play Cassio in a new adventure airing later this year. His character will meet the Time Lord, played by Ncuti Gatwa, and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) – who is another new addition to the sci-fi show. […]

The UK government’s push for data access which led to Apple withdrawing a security tool from the UK has made users “less secure”, experts have said. The tech giant said on Friday it was withdrawing an opt-in feature called Advanced Data Protection (ADP) from its iCloud service in the UK, which increased the amount of personal data protected by end-to-end encryption, which no-one beyond the account holder – not even […]

A former Iranian prisoner has warned a British couple who have been detained in Iran on espionage charges to “not submit to making false confessions”. Craig and Lindsay Foreman were on a motorcycle journey around the world when they were detained in the Middle Eastern country in January. Anoosheh Ashoori, 71, who was jailed for nearly five years in Iran on spying charges, said his heart goes out to the […]

Scotland “cannot afford” to enter a third decade with the SNP in charge at Holyrood, Labour’s Ian Murray has insisted. Speaking at the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow on Friday, the Scottish Secretary said the country needs a fresh start with Anas Sarwar installed as first minister. The SNP has been in power in Scotland since 2007 and currently leads in the polls ahead of next year’s Holyrood election, but […]

The boyfriend of a woman who was killed in a shooting has been jailed for five years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Ashley Dale, 28, was killed when a gunman forced his way into her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, in August 2022 following a feud between her attackers and her boyfriend, Lee Harrison, 27. On Friday, Liverpool Crown Court heard Harrison had been jointly in control of […]

The organiser of a pro-Palestine rally in central London has denied breaching protest conditions. Benjamin Jamal, 61, of Kingston upon Thames, pleaded not guilty to two counts of inciting a public assembly participant to breach the conditions during the demonstration on January 18. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) protest was limited to a designated area in Whitehall but demonstrators allegedly entered an area they were not meant to, Westminster Magistrates’ […]