42 h. ago Fraudster who conned elderly victims out of £100k by convincing them to leave bank cards outside for couriers to collect is jailed for over 6 years

Abdirahman Yalahow, 29, from Walsall, West Midlands, posed as bank officials or police officers when phoning eight victims to tell them that their bank accounts had been compromised.

Economics

56 h. ago Furious LA homeowner in living hell after California officials banned him from removing enormous brown BEAR squatting at his house

Kenneth Johnson, 63, has threatened to sue the California Department of Fish and Wildlife after they failed to remove a 550-pound bear living under his house.

Society

5 d. ago British officials feared ‘top man’ in Northern Bank robbery would avoid arrest

Downing Street chief of staff at the time, Jonathan Powell, said the robbery ‘had knocked up the price’ of peace negotiations.

Events

5 d. ago ‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires

Russian state has tolerated parallel probiv market for its convenience but now Ukrainian spies are exploiting itRussia is scrambling to rein in the country’s sprawling illicit market for leaked personal data, a shadowy ecosystem long exploited by investigative journalists, police and criminal groups.For more than a decade, Russia’s so-called probiv market – a term derived from the verb “to pierce” or “to punch into a search bar” – has operated as a parallel information economy built on a network of corrupt officials, traffic police, bank employees and low-level security staff willing to sell access to restricted government or corporate databases. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan's favourite referee and why she was banned from officiating player

A snooker referee was unable to officiate one player's matches at the UK Championship due to a conflict of interest

Sport

8 d. ago Bonnie Blue banned from Indonesia for 10 years for flouting traffic law on 'Bangbus' tour

An official said she was banned because her activities were 'inconsistent with the government's efforts to maintain Bali's quality tourism image' and she showed a lack of respect for cultural values

Society

1 week ago Pierce Brosnan says Netflix’s ‘unsettling’ Warner Bros deal ‘doesn’t feel culturally right’

‘Thursday Murder Club’ actor said he has witnessed cinemas ‘evaporating from the landscape’ where he lives in both California and London

Events

1 week ago Deadly LA Palisades inferno took hold in area firefighters were restricted by woke laws protecting endangered plant species

Revealing texts sent by state park officials in California show they created avoidance areas that banned firefighters from where the devastating blaze ignited.

Events

1 week ago Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that would effective ban gender-affirming care for minors

Politics

1 week ago German prosecutors bring charges against Greensill officials over role in bank’s collapse

Bremen lawyers say three unnamed people charged with crimes relating to bankruptcy and misrepresentation of bank’s financesGerman prosecutors have brought criminal charges against three people involved in running Greensill Bank for their role in the 2021 collapse of the lender.The Bremen public prosecutor’s office said the unnamed people were charged with crimes related to the bankruptcy, as well as the misrepresentation of the German bank’s finances. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Modest but steady economic growth lets Europe get by without an interest rate cut

Interest rates in Europe are going to stay right where they are at a meeting of European Central Bank officials

Economics

2 w. ago Andrew Tate 'sent texts saying "Trump admin were on top of things" shortly before Romanian officials dropped his travel ban'

Leaked messages sent to an unknown recipient in January appear to suggest officials representing the US President may have had a hand in Andrew and Tristan Tate's release from house arrest in Romania.

Politics

3 w. ago Russia to use AI to identify 'bad' video games after 63,000 kids demand Putin U

After Russian kids sent Putin 63,000 letters hoping for a U-turn on the ban on Roblox, officials have decided to best deal with the situation is to find a way to ban 'bad' games before children get them

Politics

3 w. ago Aussie teens have left the chat: World first social media ban for under 16s goes into effect as it wipes out more than 1.5million accounts

Australia has officially adopted its world-leading legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from social media.

Economics

3 w. ago Chancellor’s Budget to help bring down inflation from spring, say Bank officials

Clare Lombardelli, deputy governor of the central bank, pointed towards the continued easing of inflation on Tuesday.

Economics

3 w. ago Fanatics beats sports betting rivals to the punch as Fanatics Markets goes live in 24 states

The platform has gone live in 24 states, including California and Texas as the predictions market race continues to heat up

Sport

3 w. ago Bonnie Blue has 'passport seized' after adult star's Bang Bus raided by officials

Adult influencer Bonnie Blue, who has slept with 1,057 men in a day, has reportedly been arrested in Bali while on her controversial "Bang Bus" tour as her passport has now been seized

Politics

3 w. ago Furious neighbour blasts homeowner's 'cheap and tacky' 20ft Santas in furious rant letter

Dave Goodings received an anonymous complaint letter about his 20ft inflatable Santas, branding them an 'eyesore' that ruins the street

Politics