Man charged with manslaughter after girlfriend freezes to death on Austrian mountain
Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend, Kerstin Gurtner, were attempting to scale Austria’s tallest mountain in the middle of winter, despite her inexperience.
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UK police forces lobbied to use biased facial recognition technology
Exclusive: System more likely to suggest incorrect matches for images of women and Black peoplePolice forces successfully lobbied to use a facial recognition system known to be biased against women, young people, and members of ethnic minority groups, …
Joey Barton gets suspended prison sentence for offensive social media posts
Ex-footballer targeted pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy Vine, in ‘sustained campaign of online abuse’The former footballer Joey Barton has been sentenced to six months in custody, suspended for 18 months, over a series of offensi…
Tower of London reopens after apple crumble thrown at crown jewels display
Four people arrested after civil-resistance group Take Back Power protest against inequality in the UKPart of the Tower of London was temporarily closed to visitors on Saturday after food was thrown at a display case containing the crown jewels in a pr…
Parents say concerns were not acted on before London nursery worker’s arrest for abusing children
Lawyer for parents say allegations included children coming home injured and claims about how Vincent Chan treated toddlersMore claims have emerged that parents’ concerns about the nursery worker Vincent Chan were not acted on before he was unmasked as…
Paedophile pleads guilty to sexually assaulting toddlers at London nursery
Vincent Chan, 45, admits 26 offences from 2022 to 2024 at Bright Horizons, Finchley Road, with two children he attacked yet to be identifiedWarning: this article contains descriptions of offences readers may find distressingThe families of toddlers at …
MPs launch inquiry into Andrew’s lease arrangements at Royal Lodge – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will lay an amendment on Wednesday to speed up the workers rights’ bill, after “considerable anger” that unelected Lords forced the watering dow…
Met police to face ‘Casey 2’ inquiry after recent scandals
Gillian Fairfield to lead review as critics say nothing has changed since 2023 report found systemic discriminationThe Metropolitan police are to face a new inquiry into whether they have radically changed after a devastating report found the force was…
Ex-Countdown champion detained in hospital after attacking rival player with knife
John Cowen, who has schizophrenia, to remain in hospital for ‘indefinite duration’ after attack on player at tournamentA former Countdown champion has been detained in a hospital for treatment after attacking a rival player with a knife during a tourna…
UK politics: No 10 says no final decisions after leak reveals jury trials might be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers – as it happened
Downing Street does not deny that justice secretary, David Lammy, is considering scrapping juries for most trialsJohn McFall is standing down early as Lord Speaker in the House of Lords so that he can care for his wife, Joan, who has was Parkinson’s. A…