Thousands of rail passengers hit by power failure disruption
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

An outage in Manchester caused delays and cancellations, with services expected to be affected throughout the evening.

Burnham orders review of grooming gang early releases
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

The announcement of the review comes after the Tory leader raised concerns that child sex offenders could leave jail early.

Uefa says boycott may still go ahead as FA withdraws Infantino support
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

Fifa's backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday "changes nothing", says European governing body Uefa.

Amanda Knox defends Fringe comedy show after claims it will 'trivialise violence'
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of the murder of a British student, said she does not downplay the seriousness of Meredith Kercher's death.

Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
Posted on Thursday August 06, 2026

Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.