Bill Gates is set to testify before the US Congress about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as part of an investigation into the convicted paedophile. The House Oversight Committee has been carrying out a probe into the late financier, with several prominent figures – including Bill and Hillary Clinton – among those to have given…
Sir Jeremy Hunt has called on ministers to change the law around maternity leave so that it can be delayed for those recently diagnosed with cancer. Two women find out they have cancer during or shortly after pregnancy every day, according to the charity Mummy’s Star. But maternity leave cannot be delayed in the UK,…
A skin patch from an organ donor helped a patient discover his body was rejecting his new lung, leading him to get swifter treatment. Darren White was one of the first lung transplant patients to have a patch from their donor grafted onto the skin. The 53-year-old was given steroids when tests showed his body…
In just a few weeks’ time, voters will go to the polls to cast their ballot in the 2026 Scottish parliament election. After almost two decades in power, the SNP remain the party to beat. Ahead of the election on 7 May, we took to the streets of Clackmannanshire to ask voters what key challenges…
A driver was killed and 16 passengers were injured when a high-speed train and a truck carrying military equipment collided in France. The crash happened on Tuesday just before 7am at a railway crossing in the town of Bully-les-Mines, authorities said. More than 200 passengers were on board at the time, with two people taken…
HMS Dragon, deployed to protect British air bases in Cyprus, has docked for maintenance – less than a month after leaving Portsmouth. The Type 45 destroyer is capable of shooting down the types of drones and ballistic missiles being launched by Iran. Iran war latest: ‘A whole civilisation will die’, Trump warns However, the vessel…
A 21-year-old man has died after being stabbed at the viewpoint on Primrose Hill, London, according to police. A murder investigation has been launched by the Metropolitan Police after officers were called to the park, which boasts panoramic views of the capital. Police added that a second man, believed to be in his 20s, was…
Available for over a year Can we trust AI? Its answers are not always correct. And it only knows what it’s been trained on, so some of its responses can contain bias. Tech experts offer us some solutions. Also this week: digital twinning is helping the restoration of a three hundred year old palace. And…
An asylum seeker filmed an alleged rape by two others on Brighton beach because he was “trying to stop it”, a court has heard. Egyptian national Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, is accused of spitting on a woman, calling her a “dirty bitch” and encouraging co-defendants Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, and Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, to rape her on 4…
A taxi driver who raped and sexually assaulted a vulnerable passenger after picking her up from a night out has been jailed for seven years. Thomas Tosh, 39, was found guilty of attacking the 23-year-old woman at his home in Drumchapel, Glasgow, while she was intoxicated and incapable of giving consent. Prosecutors at Scotland’s Crown…
