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Police failed to properly investigate allegations that a gang was blackmailing men on the gay dating app Grindr, the BBC can reveal. Our investigation has learned of five cases of suspected blackmail using Grindr in one area, with at least four of them connected to the same gang, which remainsContinue Reading

A California doctor who supplied ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 30 months in prison in the US. The actor was 54 when he died from a ketamine overdose in 2023, after years struggling with addiction and depression. Dr Salvador Plasencia was one of five chargedContinue Reading

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Today, the UK’s secretary of state for justice David Lammy has confirmed plans to get rid of jury trials for crimes with sentences of less than three years. The reforms to the justice system include creating “swift courts” under the government’s plan to tackle unprecedented delays in the court system.Continue Reading

The White House has defended its Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over allegations he authorised a second round of strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in September. It has been reported that two people survived the first blast, and were still clinging to the burning vessel when they were killed,Continue Reading

Today, the Prime Minister has defended Rachel Reeves saying she did not mislead the public. Pressure has been building over the chancellor this weekend after Reeves was accused of misleading the public and the cabinet, something she denied.  She is accused of of not giving the upsides to forecasts inContinue Reading

The death toll in flooding which has struck south-east Asia has reached more than 1,100 with rescue workers battling to reach affected areas. Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka have all been hit with devastating storms. Hundreds of people are reported missing. In Indonesia the floods, caused by a rareContinue Reading

The death toll in the floods which struck Indonesia last week has now climbed to nearly 600, with rescue workers still battling to reach affected areas. The floods, which were caused by a rare cyclone that had formed over the Malacca Strait, have hit three provinces and impacted some 1.4Continue Reading

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the country’s President, Isaac Herzog, to pardon him, over longstanding corruption charges. Netanyahu has been on trial for the past five years, accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate criminal cases. He has denied any wrongdoing. President Hertzog’s officeContinue Reading

Glaciers are melting – but what remains uncertain is how quickly they are. This poses a problem in not knowing how much and how soon sea levels around the world could rise. One of the Arête Glacier Initiative’s aims is to predict just this, with a helping hand from technologyContinue Reading