Exclusive: Alfie Meadows underwent brain surgery after being struck by officer at tuition fees demonstration The Metropolitan police have apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure settlement to a man who needed emergency brain surgery after being hit by an officer’s baton during the 2010 university tuition fees protests. Alfie […]

Former nurse found guilty of murdering seven infants files bid to challenge her conviction Lucy Letby, Britain’s worst child serial killer, has formally lodged a bid to challenge her convictions at the court of appeal, officials have confirmed. Court staff said on Friday they had received an application for permission […]

Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik charged after Sara, 10, found dead at her Surrey home in August The father, stepmother and uncle of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have been charged with murder after police found her body at their Surrey home in August. Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, her […]

Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’ From using dead spiders to grip objects to probing the weird feeling that occurs when the same word is written over and over again, researchers investigating some of the quirkiest conundrums in science […]