Coote said he was gay in first interview since dismissal ‘I hid my emotions as a young ref and my sexuality as well’ David Coote, the disgraced Premier League referee, has said struggles with his sexuality contributed to the “really poor choices” that cost him his job last year. The […]
Trump calls emergence of DeepSeek a ‘wake-up call’ amid doubts about sustainability of western artificial intelligence boom What is DeepSeek and why did US tech stocks fall? DeepSeek hit with ‘large-scale’ cyber-attack The race for domination in artificial intelligence was blown wide open on Monday after the launch of a […]
Children’s commissioner says young people involved in disorder felt disempowered and saw chance to retaliate A deep distrust of the police and a lack of youth opportunities fuelled the involvement of hundreds of “disempowered” children in last year’s riots across England, a report has found. Dame Rachel de Souza, the […]
Journalists and bloggers to have greater access under ‘open reporting provisions’ after pilot scheme launched in 2023 A scheme allowing journalists increased access to family courts is being rolled out in an effort to improve transparency. The initiative permits accredited journalists and legal bloggers to report on cases as they […]
Survey for patient watchdog finds over half of those who made complaint were not satisfied with process or outcome A quarter of people in England experienced poor NHS care over the last year but fewer than one in 10 of them complained about it, a report by the patient watchdog […]
A lifeboat had to make four trips to recover seven people from Worms Head island due to very challenging conditions It turned out to be a dangerous trip to a tidal island in Wales that, thanks to the RNLI, seven American students will never forget. The group had to be […]
CBI says businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices while debt charity says millions are ‘facing worries’ The government is under growing pressure to get momentum back into the economy amid warnings that businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices, while millions of families believe their finances will […]
US president has suggested Palestinians should leave Gaza for neighbouring countries to ‘just clean out’ whole strip Donald Trump’s proposal that large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip has been rejected by US allies in the region and attacked as dangerous, illegal and […]
Source says: ‘The Danes are in crisis mode’ after US president’s call with prime minister Mette Frederiksen Donald Trump had a fiery phone call with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen over his demands to buy Greenland, according to senior European officials. Speaking to the Financial Times, officials said that Trump, […]
Steve Reed says plans for 1km curved structure to protect bats from high-speed railway are ‘batshit crazy’ A bat shelter costing more than £100m near HS2 has been described by the environment secretary as “batshit crazy”. HS2 Ltd is spending the sum on the protection structure in Buckinghamshire, it emerged […]