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A police officer has been jailed for 18 months for sexual assaults on two female colleagues. Detective Sergeant Richard Mills, 42, was found guilty of assaulting the women while working at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) on two separate occasions over the past 10 years. He had worked at the force since 2006. Judge David Swinnerton

Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to allow it access to encrypted data stored by the company’s users worldwide in its cloud service. At the moment, only the Apple account holder can access such data – not even the US technology giant can see it. Apple, which makes iPhones, iPads and iMacs,

The makers of video game Football Manager 25 have cancelled its release after a number of delays. The game’s release date had already been pushed back twice and its makers said they knew the latest news would “come as a huge disappointment”. In an update on Thursday, Sports Interactive said it had made the “difficult

There has been major travel disruption after a car smashed through a rail bridge and fell on the tracks in Greater Manchester. The incident happened about 2am on Friday near Regent Road roundabout in Eccles, Salford. A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and taken to hospital with injuries which are

The King and Queen are to pay state visits to Italy and the Vatican, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The major spring tour will take place in early April and celebrate “the strong bilateral relationship between Italy and the United Kingdom”. With royal overseas trips always carried out at the request of the Foreign Office, it

Two dogs have been killed and two homes were gutted just hours apart in separate London fires involving an e-bike and an e-scooter. A charging e-scooter burst into flames at a house in West Hampstead at 10.30am on Monday. The blaze quickly spread and around 60 firefighters were sent to the scene to put it

A nurse who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with a transgender colleague has admitted being guilty of harassment under workplace policies, but denied comparing the doctor to convicted rapist Isla Bryson, an employment tribunal heard. Sandie Peggie was suspended from Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in January 2024 after she objected

A nurse who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with a transgender colleague claims she never used the word “rapist” or made a comment about “chromosomes”, an employment tribunal has heard. Sandie Peggie was suspended from Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in January 2024 after she objected to Dr Beth Upton –

Millions of people face council tax hikes over normal thresholds after the government allowed six areas to boost rates above the usual 5%. More than two million people will be hit by increases of between 5 and 10%. Windsor and Maidenhead Council wanted to increase council tax by 25% but the plan was blocked –

Scottish ministers are being urged to order a report into cats’ impact on wildlife which could see pets banned from areas where endangered species live.  The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) made the recommendation in a report to Holyrood in response to evidence that cats have a “significant impact on wildlife populations”. SAWC is calling for

The boss of GB Energy has told Sky News it could take 20 years to deliver a Labour government pledge of 1,000 jobs for Aberdeen. Sir Keir Starmer promised voters his flagship green initiative, which will be headquartered in the northeast of Scotland, would cut consumer energy bills by as much as £300. It is

AI tools designed to generate child sex abuse material (CSAM) will be made illegal under “world leading” legislation, the government has announced. The crackdown will also target anyone who possess AI “paedophile manuals” which teach people how to use AI to sexually abuse children. It comes after warnings AI-generated child abuse imagery is being produced

A body has been found near to where two missing sisters disappeared in Aberdeen. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, were last spotted on CCTV in the city’s Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 2.12am on Tuesday 7 January. The women were seen crossing the bridge and turning right on to a footpath

A Chinese PhD student who has been accused of drugging and raping 10 women was “a persistent sexual predator, a voyeur and a rapist,” a jury has heard. Zhenhao Zou, 27, faces 11 counts of rape, three counts of voyeurism, 12 of possession of an extreme pornographic image, one of false imprisonment and eight of

Rachel Reeves is supposedly someone who understands tight budgets. While she may not have all the cash she’d like to deliver her airport expansion plans, the real constraint is carbon. And Britain’s carbon budget has, to use the fiscal parlance of the Treasury, very little headroom at all. This isn’t an academic point. Under the

Love Island winner Jack Fincham has been jailed for six weeks after his cane corso dog attacked a man while he was running. The 32-year-old pleaded guilty at Southend Magistrates’ Court to two counts of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog, with one of the incidents causing injury. As well as

The XL bully ban is costing police forces millions of pounds in veterinary bills and kennelling, police chiefs have warned. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said the ban on the breed was placing a “huge burden on policing”. Kennel spaces are “reaching capacity” and costs are “increasing by the day”, the NPCC said. It

Doctors should be able to opt out of recommending assisted dying to terminally ill patients, MPs have been told. Dr Andrew Green, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) medical ethics committee, said it is important doctors should be able to say they do not want to take part in the process at any stage.

The driver of an SUV that crashed into a school in Wimbledon killing two schoolgirls has been arrested after detectives reopened the investigation, the Metropolitan Police said. Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after the collision at The Study Prep school in southwest London, on 6 July 2023. A “distinctive gold” Land Rover smashed through

A distrust of the police, curiosity, and the “thrill of the moment” were some of the reasons behind young people joining in last summer’s riots, research has suggested. The involvement of some children was “spontaneous and unconsidered” and had less to do with online misinformation, the Children’s Commissioner said in a new report. Dame Rachel