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Tories deny relocating asylum seekers from Scotland to restrict legal aid access
SNP MP Alison Thewliss questioned if it was the Government’s ‘deliberate policy’ to move asylum seekers in order to prevent them accessing legal aid.
Coventry nightclub faces backlash for hosting controversial ‘Real Martha’ Baby Reindeer event
A promotional poster posted on the business’s social media accounts has advertised a meet and greet, autograph signing, and selfies.
Cameron condemns Israeli ‘extremists’ for ‘appalling’ attacks on aid convoys
Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said he would raise the situation with Tel Aviv.
Emergency law introduced to exonerate Horizon subpostmasters in Scotland
The legislation will not be passed until a similar Bill from the UK Government completes its passage through Westminster.
Ex-comms chief asked himself if Post Office were ‘baddies’ in Horizon scandal
Mark Davies admitted some emails he had written which blamed journalists ‘look ludicrous’ with the benefit of hindsight.
New free ChatGPT model can teach maths, sing and even flirt
Called GPT-4o, the new model was unveiled to a cheering crowd in OpenAI’s offices by chief technology officer Mira Murati.
‘More than half a million people’ have fled fighting in Rafah and northern Gaza
Around 450,000 Palestinians were driven out of Rafah in Gaza’s south over the past week, the United Nations says.
‘No watering down’ of Labour’s workers’ rights package, Starmer says
The Labour leader said he was ‘absolutely committed’ to his party’s fair pay policy.
Dangerous criminals being freed from jail early to cut overcrowding, says watchdog
The Government had said the measure would be temporary and would only allow low-level offenders out of prison up to 18 days early.