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General Motors

GM shuts down Cruise robotaxis; …

A lawyer who was accused of improperly trying to influence MPs and peers on behalf of China has lost a legal challenge against MI5, who said nearly three years ago that she was trying to interfere in the British democratic processs.

The investigatory powers tribunal ruled the spy agency had …

Road safety campaigners in east London have lost a high court challenge against the mayor of Tower Hamlets over his decision to remove three low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Bethnal Green.

The campaign group Save Our Safer Streets (SOSS) raised nearly

£80,000 through a crowdfunder

Public hospitals should not be able to “opt out of” providing abortions, according to the Greens MP Dr Amanda Cohn, who said despite abortion being decriminalised in New South Wales five years ago “far too little has changed”.

Her comments came in response to data

published by …

An artificial intelligence tool hosted by Amazon and designed to boost UK Ministry of Defence recruitment puts defence personnel at risk of being identified publicly, according to

a government assessment

Data used in the automated system to improve the drafting of defence job adverts and attract more …

Paul Watson, the anti-whaling campaigner, has spoken of delight that he will be reunited with his young children for Christmas after Denmark rejected Japan’s extradition request and released him from prison in Greenland.

After 150 days in jail on the Danish autonomous territory, Watson, 74, was told by his lawyer …

James Watt, the multimillionaire co-founder of “punk” brewer BrewDog, has said he is considering delaying his marriage to reality TV star girlfriend

Georgia Toffolo

The controversial entrepreneur – who …

Sara Sharif’s mother has called her daughter’s murderers “sadists and executioners” as they were jailed for life.

Olga Domin joined the Old Bailey hearing remotely as Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, were sentenced for the 10-year-old’s murder.

On Tuesday the judge, Mr Justice Cavanagh, described the campaign of …

A man accused of murdering a woman whose body was found in her Lincolnshire home is due to stand trial in May.

Kristine Sparane, 37, was discovered in Winsover Road, Spalding, at 7.30pm on 26 November.

When officers arrived they arrested Brian Simpson, 64, of Nene Court, Spalding. He was …