58 m. ago Iconic actress Susan Hampshire, 87, loses phone and purse in sickening mugging

Susan Hampshire, whose acting career has spanned more than seven decades, was attacked on the London Underground amid a spate of violent crime on the transport network

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63 m. ago It’s grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people’s creativity | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber

The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would sufferWe are father and son: one has written 16 musicals and counting, the other cofounded The Other Songs, a leading independent record and publishing company. Our work has employed thousands globally, nurturing the next generation of talent. Copyright is the foundation that protects this, and all creative work: from music, theatre and literature to film and art. Copyright ensures creators retain control and are fairly compensated. It underpins the creative economy. Put simply, it allows artists and creatives to make a living. Endless studies have shown what a benefit that creativity – music, theatre, dance, art, film, TV, the list is endless – has on the rest of society.Yet, today, the UK government is proposing changes that would strip creators of this protection. Under the data (use and access) bill, AI companies would be allowed to take works, past ...

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64 m. ago Abandoned baby takes first steps as investigation to find parents continues

Elsa, the third of three siblings to be abandoned by the same parents, was found in east London in January last year.

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1 hour ago Illinois landlord charged with 2023 hate crime and murder of Palestinian American boy set for trial

An Illinois landlord charged with murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American mother and her young son is expected at trial

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2 h. ago More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture

Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detentionAt least 160 healthcare workers from Gaza, including more than 20 doctors, are believed to still be inside Israeli detention facilities as the World Health Organisation expressed deep concern about their wellbeing and safety.Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical NGO, said it had confirmed that 162 medical staff remained in Israeli detention, including some of Gaza’s most senior physicians, and a further 24 were missing after being taken from hospitals during the conflict. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago People over State Pension age with eyesight issues could be due up to £434 extra each month

Attendance Allowance could help people who are severely short-sighted or have eye conditions including cataract, glaucoma or macular degeneration.

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3 h. ago Beatings, torture and electric shocks: freed scam compound workers allege horrific abuse

Lured by the promise of well-paying jobs in Southeast Asia, thousands instead allegedly end up enslaved in jail-like compounds and forced to carry out online scams“The Chinese would shock me with electric probes almost daily. I endured this continuously for nine months,” claims Seye, a 27-year-old woman who is one of hundreds of alleged trafficking victims who streamed across the Thai-Myanmar border this month.Seye was among 260 people, more than half of them Ethiopian, who were transferred across the border to Thailand this February by a rebel group. Several among the group agreed to be interviewed on the condition they use only their first name. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago In Rome, talks to protect Earth's biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda

An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda

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4 h. ago Cannabis dealer who made more than £7.5m from crime must pay back just £3,000

A man who made more than £7.5million from crime has agreed to settle a confiscation action for less than £3,000.

Economics

5 h. ago Liam Gallagher hints at Oasis gigs' short set length with curious post on X

Oasis are gearing up for their long-awaiting tour, which will be their first since the band's split in 2009, and see Noel and Liam Gallagher perform across the UK and Ireland

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5 h. ago Tennessee suspect in dozens of rapes gets 95 years for child sex abuse images and escape convictions

A Tennessee man accused in lawsuits of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women has received a 95-year prison sentence for two other types of offenses: the production of child sex abuse images and an escape from an inmate transport van

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6 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Actress Susan Hampshire, 87, is mugged for phone on Tube

At 87, she is one of our most celebrated actresses, but Susan Hampshire has proved that no one is safe from the epidemic of violent crime afflicting London.

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7 h. ago Make It Fair: National World among UK publishers calling for copyright protection from AI companies

We’re calling on the Government to spur growth in the creative and tech sectors by protecting copyright

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7 h. ago Ofcom to ‘shine light’ on sites not doing enough to protect women and girls

The regulator has published new guidance for tech firms on protecting women and girls under the Online Safety Act.

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7 h. ago Crime Bill ‘stops short of protecting delivery riders from abuse’

Pizza Express, Dishoom and Morrisons are among the businesses to call for delivery riders to be included under a new offence to protect retail workers

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7 h. ago These six common mistakes are stopping you getting out of bed in morning

January is synonymous with growth and progress, whereas February is the month where bad habits creep back in

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7 h. ago Police could search for stolen phones without warrants under new crime Bill

The Crime and Policing Bill is set to be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.

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7 h. ago Daily Star fights Big Tech to stop AI grab for news and creative content in copyright row

The Daily Star is part of a fight against the 'threat' of Big Tech using copyrighted content to train their generative AI tools for free - it is pushing for AI companies to pay up

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7 h. ago WHO alarm over mystery illness that's killed more than 50 people in just hours

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported more than 50 deaths from an unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has an extremely short window between symptoms and death

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8 h. ago Iranian exiles in the US want $225 million for years of brutal torture by notorious security chief

Exclusive: Three former dissidents are accusing the Shah of Iran’s “chief torturer” – who later relocated to Florida and became a real estate developer – over years of unimaginable abuse they say continues to haunt them to this day

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