Uber could work around rules governing workers' rights by running driverless cars. The ride-hailing firm has just snapped up thousands of autonomous vehicles from Volvo just weeks after it failed to overturn a landmark legal judgement over drivers’ working rights. A recent tribunal ruled that Uber’s drivers qualify as workers, which means they qualify...
A speeding drink-driver who killed a cyclist in a head on crash and then fled only to order another pint has been jailed for just three years and four months. Joseph Bills, 22, was one and a half times over the limit and behind the wheel of a van when...
Jeremy Corbyn's opponents in the press have been accused of "running out of ideas" after The Times' Senior Political Correspondent accused the Labour leader of being Trump-esque. The allegation came after a chance screengrab captured Corbyn striking a similar hand-pinch pose to the Republican President during a speech. Lucy Fisher...
An "exceptional" student who died in a fall at a Cambridge University college had evidence of LSD in his system, a pre-inquest review has heard. Thomas Millward, 19, was found injured at the bottom of stairs after police were called to 148-year-old Girton College on March 5 last year. The...
Rabbits are behind three months' of road works outside Stanstead Airport after burrowing three-metre deep holes under ground. A void under the M11 at Girton was discovered in September and caused months of disruption on the stretch of motorway that is used by more than 40,000 drivers daily. Highways England...
Brexit has already cost the average worker a week's pay because of low real wage growth and higher inflation. A new report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics has revealed prices since the referendum have shot up while real wages have now shrunk for six...
A new graphic puzzle has been making the rounds on social media as the Northern Irish border with the Republic dominates news headlines. Last week Ireland's Prime Minister warned that his government will not accept a physical border between Northern Ireland and Ireland after Brexit, calling for the commitment to...
Over reliance on repeat prescriptions is costing the NHS almost £8 BILLION a year - its biggest cost after staff and almost half its total spend on medicine. A new report produced by the University of Bradford’s Dr Duncan Petty has revealed that almost half of the population are reliant...
An Afghan Police lieutenant has been called a hero after he prevented mass casualties by bear hugging a suicide bomber. Lt. Sayed Basam Pacha died after he heroically threw his arms around a terrorist in the country's capital Kabul. Although he was unable to stop the suicide jacket exploding he did prevent the...