Witnesses describe surging crowds that crushed people on the banks of the Ganges as they arrived to take a dip at holy site India crowd crushes – latest updates Dozens of people are feared to have died in multiple crowd crushes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, local officials at the […]
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Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’ The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”, with dozens of critical IT systems vulnerable to an expected regular pattern of significant strikes, ministers have been warned. The […]
President makes major concession to Israeli PM, US ally who is wanted by international court for war crimes Donald Trump has invited Benjamin Netanyahu to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House, in a major concession to a US ally who is wanted by the international criminal […]
The ‘manosphere’ and Hindu nationalism were also identified by report commissioned after last summer’s riots Hindu nationalism, misogyny and the “manosphere” have been identified as breeding grounds for extremism in a leaked report commissioned by Yvette Cooper after last summer’s riots. The home secretary’s “rapid analytical sprint” also dismissed claims […]
There were 55,033 diagnoses of prostate cancer in England in 2023 compared with 47,526 diagnoses of breast cancer Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed in England, surpassing breast cancer for two consecutive years, according to analysis by a leading charity. In 2023 there were 55,033 prostate cancer diagnoses […]
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 […]