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BBC to file motion to dismiss Trump lawsuit over Panorama edit – court documents
The US president is seeking up to 10 billion dollars (£7.5 billion) in damages.
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Creating non-consensual sexual images to become illegal amid Grok AI backlash
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology did not specify which day it would come into effect.
Aldi to lift pay for store workers from March
Starting pay for store assistants at the supermarket chain will increase by 33p from £13.02 to £13.35 an hour from March 1.
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SNP faces last-minute pleas ahead of final Budget before election
The Finance Secretary faces calls from parties, charities and business leaders ahead of Tuesday’s Budget.
Labour ‘not in strong negotiating position’ over Budget, says Sarwar
Scottish Labour MSPs are expected to abstain on the Budget, effectively allowing it to pass.
Immigration arrests at highest ever levels as raids on London restaurants and markets stepped up
A crackdown on illegal working has seen enforcement officers up visits to restaurants, car washes, nail salons, barbers, markets, shops and hotels
London in grip of worst new homes crisis since Second World War, warns damning new report
The housing shortage is leaving many Londoners having to pay sky-high rents or take out big mortgages to buy a property
London hospital trust among those to declare 'critical incidents' amid high demand as flu and norovirus cases surge
Hospitals are facing a ‘triple threat’ of cold weather, winter viruses and a high number of patients requiring specialist care
Starmer tells MPs ‘isolationism’ will not solve cost-of-living crisis
His remarks appeared to be an effort to justify time spent on international affairs.
Starmer warns X that if it cannot control Grok, ‘we will’
It comes as media watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether the social media platform has breached UK law.
Tottenham closing in on signing of Atletico Madrid midfielder Conor Gallagher
A fee in the region of 40million euros (£34.7m) is set to clinch Gallagher’s return back to England after a mixed 18 months in Spain.
China plans to build 'secret room' beneath new London super embassy, redacted documents show
A decision on the embassy is due to be made on January 20 amid critics fears site could be used for espionage
Some petrol stations set to stop selling diesel fuel by 2030
London is expected to be the UK’s first city with no diesel cars
London council pays family over £38,000 after autistic boy left with no educational support for two years
The 17-year-old boy, known only as ‘Y’, missed out on home-based support for his autism, dyslexia and social skills to which he was legally entitled
Fireball erupts over London as blaze results in travel chaos
Black Midi guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies aged 26
The guitarist helped form the experimental rock band in London in 2017
Mystery paint splodges appear on wall where Banksy's Ibex goat painting disappeared
The Ibex was removed from the building in February last year, much to the chagrin of locals
Nadhim Zahawi ‘begged for Tory peerage' before defection to Reform, Tories claim
Stinging reponse from Conservatives after former chancellor announced his defection to Reform UK on Monday
Victims of crime ‘held to ransom’ by criminal Bar strike, Long says
Naomi Long said in one week of the Criminal Bar Association strike, 10 trials, 57 arraignments and 22 sentencing hearings were directly affected.
Law making creation of nonconsensual, intimate images illegal to come into force this week – as it happened
Liz Kendall says decision by X last week to restrict the Grok AI deepfake tool to subscribers did not go far enoughZahawi says he accepts that the Conservatives are to blame for some of the problems facinng the country.Since leaving parliament, I have been reflecting on the successes and failures of...