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Total cost of policing Just Stop Oil protests nears £20m, Met reveals

Total cost of policing Just Stop Oil protests nears £20m, Met reveals

Total cost of policing Just Stop Oil protests nears £20m, Met reveals

06 December 2023

Some 657 Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested since October, the highest number ever made for mass unlawful disruption, according to the force.


AI could pose new risks to UK financial stability, Bank of England warns

AI could pose new risks to UK financial stability, Bank of England warns

AI could pose new risks to UK financial stability, Bank of England warns

06 December 2023

The Bank revealed it is looking more closely into whether the wider adoption of AI poses risks to financial stability in the UK.


Arrest over alleged fake plane parts scam

Arrest over alleged fake plane parts scam

Arrest over alleged fake plane parts scam

06 December 2023

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said its investigators carried out a dawn raid at a site in London used by AOG Technics.


Braverman: Tories face electoral oblivion if they get Rwanda legislation wrong

Braverman: Tories face electoral oblivion if they get Rwanda legislation wrong

Braverman: Tories face electoral oblivion if they get Rwanda legislation wrong

06 December 2023

The former home secretary delivered the warning in a personal statement in the House of Commons.


Woman ‘gobsmacked’ by Downing Street lockdown party on day of mother’s funeral

Woman ‘gobsmacked’ by Downing Street lockdown party on day of mother’s funeral

Woman ‘gobsmacked’ by Downing Street lockdown party on day of mother’s funeral

06 December 2023

Sharon Mair was giving evidence to the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry on Wednesday.


Google upgrades Bard with ‘most capable’ AI model to date

Google upgrades Bard with ‘most capable’ AI model to date

Google upgrades Bard with ‘most capable’ AI model to date

06 December 2023

The tech giant said Gemini will not yet be available in the UK.


Council loses High Court fight over migrant plan for disused Dambuster airfield

Council loses High Court fight over migrant plan for disused Dambuster airfield

Council loses High Court fight over migrant plan for disused Dambuster airfield

06 December 2023

West Lindsey District Council argued that a decision to use land at the disused RAF Scampton airfield, where the Dambusters were based, was wrong.


Queen hosts Clarence House Christmas party for poorly children

Queen hosts Clarence House Christmas party for poorly children

Queen hosts Clarence House Christmas party for poorly children

06 December 2023

Camilla helped the youngsters choose decorations for the Christmas tree.


New BBC chairman will return to corporation after 25-year absence

New BBC chairman will return to corporation after 25-year absence

New BBC chairman will return to corporation after 25-year absence

06 December 2023

Samir Shah is currently the head of production company Juniper.


Johnson: I shouldn’t have shaken hands with hospital patients in March 2020

Johnson: I shouldn’t have shaken hands with hospital patients in March 2020

Johnson: I shouldn’t have shaken hands with hospital patients in March 2020

06 December 2023

The former prime minister boasted of ‘shaking hands continuously’ at that time.


Key points: Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Covid Inquiry

Key points: Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Covid Inquiry

Key points: Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Covid Inquiry

06 December 2023

Here, the PA news agency summarises the first of the former prime minister’s two days of questioning.


Development of HS2 trains continues despite doubts over order

Development of HS2 trains continues despite doubts over order

Development of HS2 trains continues despite doubts over order

06 December 2023

Alstom told MPs ‘cost is being incurred right now’.


Rheumatoid arthritis drug ‘offers new hope for type 1 diabetics’

Rheumatoid arthritis drug ‘offers new hope for type 1 diabetics’

Rheumatoid arthritis drug ‘offers new hope for type 1 diabetics’

06 December 2023

A rheumatoid arthritis drug can suppress the progression of type 1 diabetes, a world-first clinical trial has found.


Cash usage has grown for first time in a decade, British Retail Consortium finds

Cash usage has grown for first time in a decade, British Retail Consortium finds

Cash usage has grown for first time in a decade, British Retail Consortium finds

06 December 2023

Faced with rising living costs, cash has been a useful tool for some people to manage their finances and track day-to-day spending, the BRC said.


TV executive Samir Shah is Government’s choice for next BBC chairman

TV executive Samir Shah is Government’s choice for next BBC chairman

TV executive Samir Shah is Government’s choice for next BBC chairman

06 December 2023

Dr Shah is currently chief executive of award-winning production company Juniper TV.


Countries to be taken off gender recognition list over ‘less rigorous systems’

Countries to be taken off gender recognition list over ‘less rigorous systems’

Countries to be taken off gender recognition list over ‘less rigorous systems’

06 December 2023

Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch said the change was ‘long overdue’, with the list last updated in 2011.


Earlier hospital admission could have saved my fiance, woman tells Covid inquiry

Earlier hospital admission could have saved my fiance, woman tells Covid inquiry

Earlier hospital admission could have saved my fiance, woman tells Covid inquiry

06 December 2023

Constance McCready gave evidence to the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry on Wednesday about her partner Jim Russell.


Vertical farm unveiled to grow crops and reduce water use in extreme climates

Vertical farm unveiled to grow crops and reduce water use in extreme climates

Vertical farm unveiled to grow crops and reduce water use in extreme climates

06 December 2023

Being built in Dubai, it will feature hundreds of 12-metre growth towers spread over a vast area.


Academics say universities will ‘suffer’ from government’s migration measures

Academics say universities will ‘suffer’ from government’s migration measures

Academics say universities will ‘suffer’ from government’s migration measures

06 December 2023

A professor and a doctor who came to the UK from overseas said the scientific community will be negatively impacted by the new measures.


Junior doctor strikes at Christmas ‘wrong’, says Rishi Sunak

Junior doctor strikes at Christmas ‘wrong’, says Rishi Sunak

Junior doctor strikes at Christmas ‘wrong’, says Rishi Sunak

06 December 2023

The Prime Minister criticised the announcement by the BMA to take industrial action in England later this month and in January.


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