6 h. ago Rapists snared by 'gamechanging' new police tech to record bruising on darker skin

Officers have previously faced challenges trying to gather evidence of some injuries, which limit chances of successful prosecutions

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15 h. ago Mayor says device to assess bruising to darker skin shows police have changed

The devices, known as Project Archway, allow officers to better assess victims’ injuries, particularly on darker skin.

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17 h. ago Pyrrhic victory on UK welfare shows need for systemic reform, analysts say

Think-tanks argue sensitive policy change should not be driven by need to meet fiscal rules

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22 h. ago Immigration reforms for ‘complete reset’ to be introduced in Parliament

The legislative measures are the first policy changes to be introduced from the Government’s Immigration White Paper.

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36 h. ago BBC response to Bob Vylan’s IDF chants at Glastonbury ‘not good enough’, says minister

Jacqui Smith says live broadcast should have been pulled, but rapper stands by performance calling for ‘change in foreign policy’UK politics live – latest updatesOn-screen warnings issued by the BBC about discriminatory language during Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set were “not good enough”, a minister has said.The BBC is facing questions after the musician Bobby Vylan – of the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan – led crowds at the festival’s West Holts stage in chants of “Free, free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]” on Saturday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

The Trump administration is continuing to make its imprint on U.S. vaccine policy in recent days

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4 d. ago New driveway rule change affecting all homes in England has already begun

The Department for Transport has announced a change to planning policy in England, which will make it easier to install electric vehicle chargepoints at home

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4 d. ago Olympics chief reveals plans for transgender policy change and pledges to 'protect the female category'

Kirsty Coventry revealed that a working group was being set up to determine a new policy after 'overwhelming support' amid raging controversy over transgender boxers.

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5 d. ago Effort to repeal Ohio ban on college DEI programs, faculty strikes falls short

The petition drive seeking repeal of an Ohio law banning DEI programs and faculty strikes at public colleges and universities, and making other higher education policy changes, has fallen short of the necessary signatures

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6 d. ago Trump administration says California must bar trans girls from girls sports

The Trump administration says California must change its policies allowing transgender girls to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity

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6 d. ago Make electricity cheaper so households benefit from heat pumps, advisers urge

The Climate Change Committee has called for policy costs to come off electricity bills in an ‘optimistic’ first report on Labour’s climate progress.

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7 d. ago RFK Jr. promises change to health insurance prior authorization policies

Pledge from insurers to cut red tape could impact 257 million Americans

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9 d. ago US attacks on Iran inflicted major destruction, Pentagon officials say

Defence secretary denies US is pursuing policy of regime change after strikes on Iranian nuclear sitesMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe surprise overnight US attack on Iran inflicted major damage and destruction on three of its key nuclear sites, senior Pentagon officials said, as the US defence secretary denied that the Trump administration was pursuing a policy of regime change in the Middle East.In a press conference in Washington, Gen Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, detailed Operation Midnight Hammer, in which seven B-2 Spirit bombers flew 18 hours from the US to sites in Iran to drop 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators in strikes that were said to have caused “extremely severe damage” to Iranian uranium enrichment facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Reckless cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life as government set to crackdown on 'nightmare' E

Under changes to the Crime and Policing Bill, a cyclist who kills someone by riding dangerously could face life in prison.

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1 week ago Ryanair claps back at couple who kicked off after being split up on flight to Spain

A couple who were separated on a Ryanair flight have demanded the airline change its policy. But the airline's response has sparked a mixed reaction on social media

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1 week ago Canada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it’s taking cues from him | Shiri Pasternak and Dayna Nadine Scott

Federal and provincial governments are ‘flooding the zone’ with damaging corporate giveaways under the guise of resistanceSteve Bannon calls it “flooding the zone”. Donald Trump demonstrated it in his first weeks back in office, when he introduced over 100 executive orders. Regardless of their legal viability, the sheer volume of policy changes is the point. It is a political strategy to overwhelm institutions, courts and social groups, preventing effective opposition.In Canada, we are witnessing our own version of “flooding the zone” from our new prime minister, Mark Carney, in coordination with provincial and territorial premiers. Carney is the former governor of the Bank of England. Prior to that, he was the governor of the Bank of Canada. He recently won the federal election by defeating a rightwing opponent Canadians feared would steer them too far towards Trump policies. Yet Carney’s “negotiations” with Trump have so far involved gentle reminders that Canada would never become...

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1 week ago Trump’s Yemen bombings killed nearly as many civilians as 23 previous years of US attacks, analysis shows

Monitoring group says high death rate in two months indicates change in US policy that could affect Iran• Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US bombing campaign of Yemen under Donald Trump led to the deaths of almost as many civilians in two months as in the previous 23 years of US attacks on Islamists and militants in the country.An analysis of Operation Rough Rider by the monitoring group Airwars has concluded that 224 civilians were killed between March and the end of the campaign in May, compared with 258 between 2002 and 2024. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Judge says government can't limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people

A federal judge has expanded a ruling that blocked the Trump administration from enacting policy changes to sex markers on passports to cover all transgender and nonbinary Americans who are without a passport or need to apply for a new one within a year

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2 w. ago Plurality of Americans hate the Republican ‘Big Beautiful bill’ – but Congress is working to approve it anyway

Forty-two percent of Americans oppose legislation ‘changing tax, spending, and Medicaid policies’

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2 w. ago MPs to vote on decriminalising abortion – what is the law and how could it change?

The vote could result in a major change to how abortion law is policed in the UK

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