Odeon cinema in Beckenham is one of the most important cultural landmarks and institutions in our constituency. The site has been showing films since 1930, and currently runs showings for children a...

Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use * How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? * Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition Britain’s biometrics watchdogs have warned that national oversight of AI-powered face scanning to catch criminals is lagging far behind the technology’s rapid growth. With the Metropolitan police almost doubling the number of faces they scan in London over the past 12 months and a rising use of the technology by retailers in the UK, Prof William Webster, the biometrics commissioner for England and Wales, said the “slow pace of legislation was trying to catch up with the real world” and “the horse had gone before the cart”. An independent audit of the Met’s use of facial recognition technology (FRT) has been indefinitely postponed after the police requested delays. Polling shows 57% of people believe the systems are “another step towards turning the UK into a surveillance society”. A whistleblower claimed shop-based face-scanning systems had sometimes been misused by shop or security staff “maliciously” adding members of the public to watchlists. Continue reading...

A project that saw young people meet family court judges improved their trust in the care proceedings process and strengthened professionals' decision making, explains Jude Eyre, associate director fo...

Does a court have jurisdiction to set aside a valid adoption order other than by way of appeal?

The historic alignment of the three norths - true, magnetic, and grid north - is set to leave England three years after they combined, and not return for hundreds of years.

Sentencing Bill - <i>Committee (3rd Day)</i> &ndash; in the House of Lords at 4:45 pm 3 December 2025

Explaining the range of trials that are at policymakers' disposal and how to conduct them as efficiently and cost-efectively as possible

The Chief Medical Officer for England identifies areas of good practice and areas of risk, and recommends actions to improve health outcomes for this population.

Government to launch a consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for vulnerable people.

Government says need for more social workers is barrier to rollout of private law pathfinder, which has reportedly improved outcomes for children

Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes

Heritage site was built as a mosque in the eighth century before Spanish royalty turned it into a Christian church A fire has broken out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral of the Spanish city of Córdoba. Videos online show flames and smoke coming from inside the major tourist attraction. The fire service told AFP it had deployed to La Mezquita-Catedral late on Friday without giving further details. Continue reading...

Sharp, witty, enigmatic. DI Strandhed takes on unfathomable murders washed up in Scotland’s waterways - confiding in the audience as she hunts the killers. Starring Nicola Walker.

While we work towards net zero, we also need to adapt. And we can pay for cooling measures like splash pads and trees by taxing the worst polluters, says green campaigner Hannah Martin