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Disabled widow, 83, who has never had a licence is convicted of failing to tax her late husband’s car while mourning his death
An 83-year-old disabled widow from Reading, who has never held a driving licence, was convicted after failing to tax her late husband’s car while she was grieving his death. The case, handled through the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) — a fast-track court process criticised for prosecuting elderly and vulnerable people, often without adequate scrutiny of…
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NADINE DORRIES: I have been reviled, abused and even stalked during my political career. But nothing has left me feeling more violated than becoming a victim of this horrifying new crime
Former Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has revealed she was told by Thames Valley Police that a man arrested by them had created thousands of deepfake pornographic images and videos of her, using AI “nudification” technology to superimpose her likeness onto explicit content. The material had been shared online and tagged with her name, making it…
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Thieves steal paintings worth £7.5million from Renoir museum in latest major heist in France
Thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, making off with four paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir now valued at around £15million, roughly double the initial £7.5million estimate. The raid, carried out by a “well-equipped” and “well-informed” gang rather than the two suspects first reported, has alarmed French officials already grappling with…
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Forza Horizon 6 has not been delayed on PS5, developer confirms – but still won’t say when it’s coming out
Playground Games has confirmed that the PlayStation 5 version of Forza Horizon 6 has not been delayed, rejecting rumours that had circulated for over a week after the studio went quiet on the console rollout. The clarification appeared as a brief line tucked into a blog post about the game’s latest major update, stating that…
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Newcastle identified Matthias Jaissle as successor eight months in advance
Newcastle United’s sporting director, Ross Wilson, has revealed that the club began contingency planning for a successor to Eddie Howe up to eight or nine months before Howe stepped down as head coach in July, even though Newcastle had not expected him to leave when he did after nearly five years in charge. Wilson insisted…
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One Nation leader Warren Pickering describes the three illegal drugs he used – and denies allegations he smoked ice in a house with kids
One Nation’s Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, has publicly admitted to using illegal drugs in his twenties, addressing allegations made by his former partner, Jo Scott. Speaking at a press conference alongside party director James Ashby and members of his family, he confirmed he had taken marijuana, ecstasy and amphetamines as a young man but firmly…
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Female-led spy thriller Knightfall fails to match Bond’s glamour or polish
The Guardian reviews Knightfall, a low-budget British spy thriller that puts a gender-flipped twist on the James Bond formula, positioning itself to fill the gap left by 007’s absence from screens. The film follows tough security operative Ros Knight, played by Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, as she attempts to recover a stolen bioweapon, but the review…
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HPE makes its “unified storage” claim real as B10000 R6 hits GA
HPE has announced general availability of its Alletra Storage MP B10000 Release 6, which brings block and file storage together on a single disaggregated, scale-out architecture and shared operating system, allowing performance and capacity to scale independently. The move is significant because it tests whether HPE’s long-standing “unified storage” claim genuinely holds up in production,…