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April 16, 2025
Spotify down for many as firm investigates ‘issues’
The music streaming giant said it was ‘checking out’ the problem.
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April 16, 2025
Royal Parks issue warning as thousands gear up for 420 cannabis protest in Hyde Park
The Royal Parks has warned that ‘people may be liable for prosecution or arrest’
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April 16, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer’s route to ‘common sense position’ on transgender policy
The Prime Minister has faced repeated questions over his definition of a woman in the five years since he became Labour leader.
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April 16, 2025
QuillBot: the AI writing tool to spot and avoid plagiarism
The AI-powered editor can rewrite your work, ‘humanise’ ChatGPT-generated text, and spot chatbot-assisted fakes — all for slightly less than...
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April 16, 2025
What does the Supreme Court ruling on definition of a ‘woman’ mean?
Campaigners who brought the legal case have told of their delight but others raised concerns at the implications.
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April 16, 2025
Ofsted inspection system placing teachers in ‘imminent serious danger’
The claim was made at the annual conference of the National Education Union in Harrogate.
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April 16, 2025
Rare otter sighting in Canary Wharf in sign of species' 'remarkable' recovery
Security camera footage captured the elusive creature on a dock in Canary Wharf in boost for London wildlife
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April 16, 2025
Ex-snooker champion Graeme Dott in court accused of child sex abuse
He had bail continued and will next face court in June.
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April 16, 2025
Princess Royal surprised by campaigner during investiture ceremony
Tess Howard was made an MBE for services to inclusive sportswear for women and girls, which she described as a ‘ridiculous’ campaign.
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April 16, 2025
Everything we know about the felling of Enfield's ancient oak tree
Toby Carvery's decision to cut down a centuries-old oak tree in Enfield has led to public anger and an investigation into its legality
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April 16, 2025
Spotify down: More than 21,000 UK users hit by widespread outage
Users have reported playback, search and log-in issues with the music streaming service
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April 16, 2025
Christian Candy wins £2m tax battle over Chelsea mansion
Christian Candy bought the Chelsea mansion before handing it over to his brother Nick
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April 16, 2025
We asked ChatGPT to plan the ultimate Easter egg hunt
Typing the prompt of ‘Which five places can I hide an Easter egg for a hunt?’ into ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and WhatsApp’s AI tools elicited so...
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April 16, 2025
JK Rowling hails Supreme Court ruling on legal definition of a woman
Author JK Rowling has welcomed the UK Supreme Court ruling that transgender women who have a gender recognition certificate are not “women”...
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April 16, 2025
Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules
Lord Reed said the need for restriction of freedom of speech must be ‘established convincingly’.
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April 16, 2025
Triple killer’s 49-year jail term referred to Court of Appeal
Questions were raised over whether Nicholas Prosper, 19, should have received a whole-life order after murdering his mother, brother and sis...
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April 16, 2025
Manchester bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after guards attacked
Hashem Abedi has been transferred to the high security jail in south-east London, it is understood.
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April 16, 2025
Campaigners say Supreme Court ruling on biological sex ‘a watershed for women’
Former MP Joanna Cherry said there must be ‘a sea-change’ across the public sector to recognise the law has been clarified.
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April 16, 2025
Trans women with gender certificate can be barred from single-sex areas
The UK’s highest court has ruled in favour of campaigners For Women Scotland.
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April 16, 2025
Protecting rights of all will inform response to Supreme Court ruling
The court ruled the definition of a woman in the 2010 Equality Act is based on biological sex.
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April 16, 2025
Council fined £6 million after deaths and injuries on guided busway
Judge Mark Bishop said that Cambridgeshire County Council had taken a ‘rigid and blinkered approach to safety issues’.
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April 16, 2025
Trans women with gender certificate can be barred from single-sex areas
The UK’s highest court has ruled in favour of campaigners For Women Scotland.
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April 16, 2025
Rain warnings for several counties across island of Ireland
The wet weather marks an end to weeks of dry and sunny weather across Northern Ireland and the Republic.
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April 16, 2025
Irish rape victim Hazel Behan takes case to European Court of Human Rights
She alleges Portuguese authorities failed to properly investigate the 2024 attack on her.
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April 16, 2025
ITV closes channel to shift reality shows to ITV2
ITV said on Wednesday that The Real Housewives Of Cheshire and Real Housewives franchises will move from ITVBe to ITV2 in June 2025.
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April 16, 2025
Campaigners say Supreme Court ruling on biological sex ‘a watershed for women’
Former MP Joanna Cherry said there must be ‘a sea-change’ across the public sector to recognise the law has been clarified.
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April 16, 2025
Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules
Lord Reed said the need for restriction of freedom of speech must be ‘established convincingly’.
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April 16, 2025
Protecting rights of all will inform response to Supreme Court ruling
The court ruled the definition of a woman in the 2010 Equality Act is based on biological sex.
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April 16, 2025
Flood warning issued for Devon after night of heavy rain
The Environment Agency issued the warning for the lower River Torridge, from Dolton to Bideford, including Taddiport and Weare Giffard.
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April 16, 2025
Campaigners say Supreme Court ruling on biological sex ‘a watershed for women’
Former MP Joanna Cherry said there must be ‘a sea-change’ across the public sector to recognise the law has been clarified.
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April 16, 2025
Mishal Husain says personality-focused journalism doesn’t have to be bombastic
The ex-BBC journalist has moved to front a new interview series at financial and data media company Bloomberg.
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April 16, 2025
We don't want more visas, says India's top diplomat on trade deal with UK
Vikram K Doraiswami stressed that his country wanted Indian companies to be able to move staff to Britain ‘more easily’ as part of an agreem...
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April 16, 2025
Met Police drops investigation into Enfield ancient oak tree felling
Met Police confirms it has dropped its investigation into tree felling, citing no evidence of criminality
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April 16, 2025
Extinction Rebellion co-founder loses appeal over Heathrow drone conspiracy
Roger Hallam and Larch Maxey appealed against their convictions at a hearing in London in March.
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April 16, 2025
Beijing slams Trump after US document sparks confusion over '245% tariffs' on China
The US President has ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports
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April 16, 2025
Where inflation eased in March – and where it accelerated
Petrol and diesel both saw price cuts picking up pace last month.
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April 16, 2025
Tommy Robinson loses appeal against sentence for contempt of court
The 42-year-old was jailed in October last year after admitting 10 breaches of an injunction barring him from repeating libellous allegation...
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April 16, 2025
Transgender women are not 'women' under equalities law, judges rule
Supreme Court judges delivered their ruling on Wednesday
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April 16, 2025
OpenAI is building a social network
The ChatGPT-maker is said to be working on its own X-style social media platform.
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April 16, 2025
Inflation slows further to 2.6% after drop in petrol prices
The fall was steeper than predicted by economists, who had expected a reading of 2.7% for the month.
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April 16, 2025
Scaffolding collapses in strong winds 'trapping driver' on busy Hackney street
A three storey scaffolding structure appeared to be ripped off a public library in Stoke Newington on Wednesday morning
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April 16, 2025
Primary school offer day 2025: how to appeal first-choice decisions
Children starting reception in September will find out on Wednesday which school they’ll be attending
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April 16, 2025
Seventh person in court in connection with murder of woman shot dead in Wales
Sai Raj Manne appeared before Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday and was remanded into custody until July 7.
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April 16, 2025
Tommy Robinson loses appeal against sentence for contempt of court
The 42-year-old was jailed in October last year after admitting 10 breaches of an injunction barring him from repeating libellous allegation...
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April 16, 2025
Primary school places offer day 2024: When will parents receive the offers?
Children starting reception in September will find out today where they will study
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April 16, 2025
Government ‘in talks on migrant removals agreement with France’
A Home Office spokesman said ministers are ‘intensifying’ collaboration with France and other European countries.
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April 16, 2025
Government scrambles to stop Trump tariffs on British medical industry
Tariffs on Britain’s pharmaceutical industry could deal a severe blow, potentially costing firms billions of pounds
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April 16, 2025
London travel news LIVE: Multiple delays across National Rail network
Passengers face delays on Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink services
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April 16, 2025
Joe Biden slams Donald Trump in first speech since leaving office
‘In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction,’ the former president told crowds gathered...
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April 16, 2025