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Whistleblower Andriesz dies as UK immigration crackdown escalates
British whistleblower Simon Andriesz, 57, who exposed undisclosed links between US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein, has died. Meanwhile, UK immigration officers arrested 18 workers in a raid on a Wolverhampton depot.
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Fugitive jailed after ramming police cars during Coventry arrest
Jay Bennett, 33, was arrested by armed police at a Coventry gym after spending four months on the run following his escape from prison. He rammed police and other vehicles with his car as officers tried to stop him, in an attempted getaway in which nobody was injured. Bennett escaped from HMP Sudbury in December,…
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Charities warn Badenoch’s aid cuts would undermine Britain’s global standing
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has announced plans to slash the UK’s overseas aid budget by 90%, from £9bn annually to just £1bn, to fund 50,000 new prison places and culture budget cuts. Charities and development organisations argue this radical reduction would irreparably damage Britain’s global credibility and leave it unable to meet existing commitments to…
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British RAF officer is killed and his wife injured in parasailing accident during Maltese holiday
Former RAF officer Daryl “Daz” Mayhew, 59, died in a parasailing accident off Saint Julian’s, Malta, while on holiday with his wife Dawn, who was injured. The incident has prompted a criminal investigation led by a Maltese magistrate, and raises questions about the circumstances in which the couple were taken into the sea. The couple,…
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Badenoch’s rightward shift risks losing the Tory voters needed to regain power
Polly Toynbee argues that Kemi Badenoch’s effort to win back Reform UK voters by moving the Conservatives further right risks alienating the moderate voters the party needs to regain. She says the party has little chance of returning to power without winning back the “blue wall” across southern England, and that its conference presents little…
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Lola Vision develops software to run AI models on specialised chips
Lola Vision Systems, founded by Tayo Adesanya in 2024, is developing software to make it easier to run AI models on specific chips, as well as designing its own chips. The company aims to shorten the lengthy setup process and help device makers run models more reliably and with less power, particularly in fields where…
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Yemeni troops claim control of key Bab al-Mandab Strait
Yemen’s government forces, backed by Saudi Arabia, have launched a major offensive against the Iran-backed Houthi movement, claiming to have “secured” the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait. The military operation marks a significant escalation in the country’s ongoing civil war, with government forces besieging Houthis in the Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab and launching…
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Schiff calls for dedicated agency to oversee artificial intelligence regulation
Senator Adam Schiff said the Trump administration was marked by corruption and misplaced priorities, and argued that the White House’s non-binding AI safety pact with technology companies was inadequate. In an interview, he backed creating a formal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, including a dedicated agency, and discussed how oversight might differ from the regulation…
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Seattle drug episode video intensifies scrutiny of Mayor Katie Wilson’s leadership
Footage of a homeless woman experiencing an apparent drug-induced episode on a Seattle street accumulated over two million views within two days. Journalist Jonathan Choe, who documented the incident in Seattle’s Chinatown district, criticised the city’s response to its homelessness and drug crisis, reporting that paramedics eventually took the woman to hospital for treatment. The…