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…
US District Judge Jane Boyle said the company had failed to show it had suffered any harm under federal competition laws. Source link
Police said it was a “terrible error” to wrongly tell the partner of a Nottingham attack victim who was stabbed to death that he died in a crash. Elaine Newton told a public inquiry into the triple killings earlier this week that it felt like her partner Ian Coates, 65, had been “killed twice” after…
