The government has said it will directly fund the clear-up of 48,000 tonnes of waste at illegal tips in the north of England, following criticism of a north-south divide on tackling waste crime. Sky News had highlighted how local people in Bickershaw, near Wigan – whose homes have been infested with rats because of the…
Kevin Spacey has reached an out-of-court settlement in civil claims brought by three British men accusing him of sexual assault. Trials were due to start in October this year, but will now not go ahead, after all the separate lawsuits were halted earlier this month due to an undisclosed agreement being reached by the parties….
A police sergeant has been sacked for using a picture frame to weigh down her laptop keys and give the false impression she was working from home. Avon and Somerset Police said the officer, referred to as Sergeant X, used the trick on the majority of shifts she worked in April and May last year….
Students in Kent could “incubate” meningitis and spread it to other parts of the UK, a health official has speculated as his “most likely” scenario. The number of cases in the county’s outbreak rose on Friday from 27 to 29, with 18 defined as confirmed and another 11 probable, according to the UK Health Security…
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Almost 200,000 students who were at university during the COVID-19 pandemic are seeking financial compensation. The Student Group Claim argues that students at the start of the pandemic did not have access to the tutoring and services they paid for, as teaching was moved online. The action first started in 2023 when 100,000 students signed…
👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Angela Rayner has stepped back into the spotlight this week and straight into controversy. Her blunt intervention – warning the government is running out of time, criticising its record on “change”, and calling parts of Labour’s immigration policy “un-British” – has sparked…
A NASA spacecraft is now back on its launchpad ahead of the first lunar exploration mission in more than 50 years, after a month of delays. The space agency’s Artemis II mission – part of NASA’s long-term plans to build a space station called Lunar Gateway, where astronauts will be able to live and work…
Val Kilmer is to posthumously appear in an action-adventure film, a year after his death from pneumonia – thanks to AI. The company behind the movie, First Line Films, say it is the first-ever performance enabled by generative artificial intelligence. The Top Gun star was originally cast in As Deep As The Grave five years…
Elon Gust and Dame Judi Drench are among the names that have been submitted to the Met Office for UK storms. The public has been able to suggest names every year since 2015 but only about 20 are usually chosen. Others that have been put forward include: Stormy McStormFace, Keir Stormer, David Blowy, Storm Prince…
