2 h. ago JK Rowling welcomes Supreme Court ruling on transgender women saying it 'protected rights of women and girls'

Author JK Rowling has welcomed the UK Supreme Court ruling that transgender women who have a gender recognition certificate are not “women” under the law.

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2 h. ago Google sued for £5bn in UK over allegations of shutting out rivals

Class action argues US tech firm charged more for advertising on its preinstalled apps than it could in fair marketGoogle is being sued in the UK for up to £5bn in damages over allegations it shut out rivals in the internet search market and abused this dominance to overcharge businesses for advertisements. A class action filed at the competition appeal tribunal on Tuesday argues that the US technology company has taken actions that enable it to charge higher prices for the promotions that appear in search inquiries than it otherwise could in a fair market. It alleged that Google, which is owned by the US tech company Alphabet, contracted phone makers to preinstall the Google search app and Chrome browser on Android devices and paid Apple to make it the default search engine on iPhones, with the intention of shutting out competition. The claim is filed by the competition law expert Or Brook on behalf of thousands of businesses and alleges Google ensured its search engine had better ...

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2 h. ago 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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3 h. ago The £350million diamond heist bust: How failed plot to steal the De Beers diamond is latest Netflix true crime hit produced by Guy Ritchie

Months of planning and meticulous preparation went into the audacious heist. It would see a JCB smashing into the dome in Greenwich, London, and speedboats used to escape.

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3 h. ago Coronation Street star criticises affair storyline that risks splitting up couple

A former Coronation Street cast member has shared their thoughts on a new storyline which will see character Abi Franklin embark on an affair with her brother-in-law Carl Webster

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3 h. ago 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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3 h. ago UK supreme court ruling on legal definition of woman ‘brings clarity and confidence’, says government – live

Judges say definition of women and sex in Equality Act 2010 act refers to biological women and biological sexFull report: Gender critical campaigners win at UK supreme court over definition of womanThe definition of a woman and sex in the Equality Act relates to “a biological woman and biological sex”, the supreme court has ruled as it unanimously allowed an appeal from gender critical campaign group For Women Scotland.A possible outcome of the case is that the court will agree with the previous interpretation of the law as it stands, but suggest parliament considers amending the Equality Act to deal with these previously unforeseen consequences. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The Diamond Heist review – Guy Ritchie’s thrilling tale of the failed Millennium Dome jewel robbery

This three-part documentary about the attempt to steal hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of diamonds is pacey and stylish – but it definitely didn’t need to glamorise the real-life violenceI suppose the wonder is that it has taken Guy Ritchie so long to get around to telling the story of the Millennium Dome robbery, in which – way back at the turn of the century, children – a group of south-east London criminals ram-raided a national joke in pursuit of the 203-carat Millennium Star diamond worth £200m, which De Beers had unaccountably agreed to display in the capital’s gangster heartland.Strictly speaking, Richie himself is not telling it; the three-part documentary The Diamond Heist comes from Oscar and Emmy award-winning company Lightbox and is executive produced by Ritchie. But the subject matter is so perfectly him that any meaningful separation in your mind as you watch it collapses quicker than a Greenwich exhibition venue’s shutters under the weight of a JCB driven at spe...

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4 h. ago 'She has left a family grieving... what they thought was a joyful reality was in fact a wicked lie'

Beth Fernley has been spared jail

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4 h. ago UK supreme court rules definition of woman in Equality Act refers to ‘a biological woman’ – live

Transgender women with gender recognition certificates not included in definition of women in the Equality Act 2010, say judgesFull report: Critics of trans rights win UK supreme court case over definition of womanThe definition of a woman and sex in the Equality Act relates to “a biological woman and biological sex”, the supreme court has ruled as it unanimously allowed an appeal from gender critical campaign group For Women Scotland.A possible outcome of the case is that the court will agree with the previous interpretation of the law as it stands, but suggest parliament considers amending the Equality Act to deal with these previously unforeseen consequences. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Widow of man whose corpse was allegedly abused on New York subway tells of shock

Woman identified as Teresa says she was estranged from Jorge Gonzalez, 37, and is worried for her ill mother-in-lawThe widow of a man who died on a New York subway train before his corpse was robbed by two different people and then allegedly sexually violated by one of the assailants says learning of her mostly estranged husband’s grim fate left her “shocked” as well as worried for her ill mother-in-law.In an interview published on Tuesday by the New York Daily News, the woman said the last thing she was expecting was to learn from investigators the horrifying details concerning the death of 37-year-old Jorge Gonzalez as authorities asked for help in finding suspects. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Tommy Robinson LOSES appeal against jail term after saying prison is 'making him ill'

Tommy Robinson was jailed last year after admitting multiple breaches of a High Court order

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5 h. ago ‘Woman’ in equality law refers to biological women, Supreme Court rules

Justices at the UK’s highest court considered a case brought by campaigners For Women Scotland.

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5 h. ago What Princess Diana REALLY would have thought about Meghan Markle, according to her close friend Richard Kay on PALACE CONFIDENTIAL

Although Diana died long before she could meet Meghan Markle, royal fans often wonder what she would make of her daughter-in-law.

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5 h. ago Major UK Supreme Court ruling on legal definition of a woman after 'unanimous decision'

UK Supreme Court judge Lord Hodge made clear that the ruling was not a victory for either side, stressing that the law gives trans people protection against discrimination

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5 h. ago Transgender women are not 'women' under equalities law, Supreme Court judges rule

Supreme Court judges delivered their ruling on Wednesday

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6 h. ago The biggest heist that never happened: how thieves almost stole £350m of diamonds from the Millennium Dome

The story of how one of the biggest attempted heists of all time collapsed has now been made into a Netflix documentary, courtesy of Guy Ritchie

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6 h. ago ‘West as we knew it no longer exists,’ warns Von der Leyen – Europe live

Wide-ranging interview addresses how Trump presidency has upended certainties over EU-US relationsUkraine’s parliament voted to extend martial law until 6 August, a senior lawmaker said, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country continues.Reuters reported that an overwhelming majority of 357 deputies supported the extension, which allows the country to continue mobilizing troops and suspends the election cycle. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Motherwell duo in dock after garden shed destroyed by blaze caused by fireworks

Nathan Todd, 25, and Scott Law, 26, were convicted of culpable and reckless fireraising following the incident in the town's Scotia Street.

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8 h. ago Definition of a woman ruling to be given after Scottish Government legal battle

The ruling on how a woman should be defined in law will be given this morning.

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