Concerns over ‘unethical testing’ payout for infected blood victims Concerns have been raised over the “ridiculous” compensation payment proposed for people who were the victims of unethical research, including boys who were infected with HIV and hepatitis as schoolchildren. More than £2 billion has now been paid in compensation to victims of the infected blood
Lewis Hamilton will have different race engineer for the new F1 season Lewis Hamilton has made a significant change to his backroom staff after parting company with race engineer Riccardo Adami following one fractious season together at Ferrari. The British driver’s Ferrari team said Adami has been moved to a different role within the organisation. Hamilton was forced
Would-be copycat Southport killer locked up over terror manual A would-be Southport copycat killer who wanted to attack a dance school and an Oasis reunion concert has been locked up for 14 months. McKenzie Morgan, 18, from Cwmbran in South Wales, told friends of plans to target the concert in Cardiff on July 4, and
Husband jailed for life over ‘wicked’ murder of wife A husband who killed his wife and manipulated his own child in a “wicked” plot to get away with murder has been jailed for life. Robert Rhodes, 52, cut wife Dawn’s throat in the kitchen of their family home in 2016 as their marriage crumbled and
Nurse hails ‘victory for common sense’ after trans changing room ruling One of a group of nurses who complained about sharing single-sex changing rooms with a trans colleague said “this is a victory for common sense and for every woman who simply wants to feel safe at work” after an employment tribunal ruled they had
Drugs crisis inside prisons is ‘systemic failure of health provision’, MSPs warn The drugs crisis inside Scotland’s prisons is a manifestation of systemic health system failure, a Holyrood committee has said. The Criminal Justice Committee launched an inquiry into the issue last year, taking evidence from prison and health officials, with its final report released
AI used to generate thousands more child abuse videos in 2025, campaigners warn Paedophiles and other criminals used AI to generate thousands more child sexual abuse videos last year, contributing to record levels of the harrowing material found online, campaigners have warned. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said its analysts found 3,440 AI-generated videos of
Criminals detained in hospitals could lose thousands in benefits under plans Convicted killers detained in hospitals under court order could lose thousands of pounds a year in benefit payments under new Government plans. While prisoners are banned from claiming state benefits, under the current system serious offenders in hospital could be paid more than £800
Cancellation of MP’s visit to Bristol school ‘unacceptable’, says Phillipson The Education Secretary has said she will not rule out further action following claims a Bristol school “may have been intimidated into cancelling a visit” from their local MP who is Jewish. Damien Egan was reportedly prevented from visiting Bristol Brunel Academy in his Bristol
Robert Jenrick attacks Tories as ‘failed’ party as he defects to Reform Robert Jenrick has accused the Tories for lacking the “stomach for the radical change this country needs” as he defected to Reform UK after being sacked from Kemi Badenoch’s frontbench. In a scathing attack on the party he said had “failed so badly”,