Former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton is launching legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu, becoming the first individual Horizon IT scandal victim to sue the two organisations. His case is one of the most high profile in the scandal in which hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongfully convicted after faulty software said money was missing from […]
As questions continue to swirl around Washington about the future of TikTok, the name of one potential suitor for the popular video app keeps coming up: Oracle. On Tuesday, Oracle met with top aides on Capitol Hill to talk about how the U.S. tech giant, which processes and serves TikTok user data, plans to work […]
Becky Morton Political reporter House of Commons The government has unveiled sweeping changes to the benefits system, aimed at saving £5bn a year by 2030. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the overhaul would create a more “pro-work system” to encourage people to take up jobs, while protecting those who cannot work. The changes […]
Real Madrid will go into the second leg of the quarterfinal with a healthy advantage. Real Madrid frustrated Arsenal to secure a 2-0 win in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals in Madrid. Goals from Linda Caicedo and Athenea Del Castillo handed Arsenal their first defeat in the Champions League since the opening […]
Huw Thomas Business correspondent, BBC Wales Getty Images US tariffs on imported steel and aluminium have “spooked” customers of British steel, according to Tata Steel UK. Chief executive Rajesh Nair told MPs some American customers were seeking other suppliers to avoid “tariff warfare”. Tata Steel operates the UK’s largest steelworks in Port Talbot and exports […]
Arguments about benefits always revolve around a single concept: fairness. There are timeless questions – who is deserving and who is not? It provokes sharp opinions and so is among the sharpest of domestic political decisions a government ever has to make. There is a direct if not immediate consequence of a decision taken in […]
The NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally on their way back to Earth after nine months at the International Space Station. But they were not the first to stay unexpectedly in space (much) longer than planned. Here are some other notable examples: On May 18, 1991, Sergei Krikalev set off into space […]
When reflecting on his favourite moment of 2024 in December, Jack Draper didn’t pick reaching the U.S. Open semifinal, winning his first and second ATP Tour titles, or beating Carlos Alcaraz. He picked the aftermath of his most disappointing defeat of the year, a loss to qualifier Jesper de Jong at the French Open in […]
The Justice Department on Tuesday charged Carl Erik Rinsch, whom Netflix hired to make a science-fiction series that was never completed, with an $11 million scheme to defraud the company. According to the indictment, which was announced by prosecutors for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York Field […]
The work and pensions secretary has set out plans to “fix the broken benefits system” and tackle the “perverse incentives” driving people to depend on welfare. Liz Kendall’s announcement is designed to bring down the spend on sickness and disability benefits – which has massively increased over the last few years and is forecast to […]