A benefit cheat who defrauded more than £23,000 by claiming she was too ill to go outside was caught surfing and ziplining in Mexico. Catherine Wieland, 33, claimed her anxiety was so severe it left her housebound. But the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it discovered she had been lying about her condition….
Police have reopened an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against Andrew Tate. Hertfordshire Constabulary confirmed it will reinvestigate alleged rape and sexual assault offences reported to the force between 2014 and 2015. It comes a day after the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it was investigating how the force dealt with the…
The family of a musician who was seriously injured in a racist attack have criticised the police’s handling of the investigation, saying there have been “multiple failings” in communication. Boyan Chowdhury, a founding member of indie band The Zutons, was left with a significant head wound after being hit with what is believed to be…
An NHS doctor has been charged with four counts of inviting support for Hamas. Metropolitan Police arrested Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, at her home in Pilning, South Gloucestershire, on Thursday morning. The force said that she had been detained for breaching bail conditions following previous arrests. She was taken to a London police station, and…
Roblox said safety was a top priority and it had advanced safeguards in place to keep users safe. Source link
Sarah Ferguson has been stripped of the freedom of the city of York by councillors. The former Duchess of York, and ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, had the honour removed following a unanimous council vote on Thursday evening. City of York Council members passed the motion during a meeting at the Guildhall, following fresh revelations about…
The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC’s technology editor Zoe Kleinman. Source link
Green MPs have written to Ed Miliband demanding he set out plans to decouple electricity prices from gas, after Sky News revealed he was “looking into” the policy. The letter, seen by Sky News, calls for the government to fully commit to the measure, arguing it could knock hundreds of pounds off household energy bills…
Venezuela’s former president Nicolas Maduro has returned to court in New York, where his lawyer failed to have drug trafficking charges dismissed in a dispute over legal fees. It was the first time Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, appeared in court since a January hearing in which they denied all the charges. Maduro…
Former hedge fund manager Crispin Odey “bullied” colleagues not to introduce measures at his firm to protect women, a tribunal heard. The hearing on Thursday also heard accusations that the 67-year-old threatened to close the company, Odey Asset Management (OAM), in order to put pressure on its governing body. Mr Odey is taking legal action…
