Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.

As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with predictive analytics.

The Home Office has no plans to release the technology nationally but many forces are already adopting it for instant ID searches

The technology is being rolled out by forces across the country—and there are no obvious limits on how it can be used

Academics discover black people ‘significantly more likely’ to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups

Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking ‘10 years younger’

Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts. Based on evidence obtained by the Guardian and Liberty Investigates, legal experts said officers had imposed restrictions on at least two protests based on their “cumulative disruption” since their power to do so was quashed by the court of appeal in May. Continue reading...

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Big Issue investigates the Right To Buy properties sold back to councils for massive profits, just years after being bought at a discount.

Google's AI summary is telling users Arsenal footballer Declan Rice donated £14m to a London housing project. But the story's not true.

There’s been fury in Spain over the tragic death of a street cleaner. It’s not hard to imagine something similar playing out in the UK, says Guardian columnist John Harris

11 of the Premier League's 20 clubs will start the new season with a front-of-shirt gambling sponsor, and no club has abandoned betting firms.

Former Durham county council climate lead calls motion to rescind climate emergency declaration ‘reprehensible’

Just two police forces in the country refuse to give their officers naloxone. Big Issue reporting has sparked politicians to act

What can we do to reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme heatwaves? Quite a lot actually, writes Jon Burke

Police offers have used naloxone more than 1,200 times to reverse opioid overdoses. But as drug deaths rise, two police forces hold out.

Islington Council is taking a food bank to court, saying they are trespassing. The food bank say they will be forced to close if it succeeds.

The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

Data from 119 English councils shows that council houses made up just 6% of planning approvals in Labour’s first half-year in office

A portion of the unspent carbon offset funding can support community-led projects

Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

Guardian journalist Sirin Kale gives evidence in the High Court about carrying out an investigation into actor Noel Clarke.

Government envoys have landed in east London. They are navigating decades-old political tensions, resentments and rivalries

With the overnight temperatures dropping below zero in the past week, Croydon Council has thrown 22 people out on to the streets, with no alternative accommodation, after serving an eviction notice…

Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately

Children’s commissioner Rachel de Souza vows to raise findings with Kent county council, with almost all missing kids from Muslim-majority countries

A lithium factory in a dry Gulf Coast county epitomizes the EV maker’s build now, ask later ethos.

The High Court has heard a legal challenge against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to reform disability benefits.

With inequality and insecurity growing, young men are vulnerable, but in Luton the community is showing them a real alternative, says writer Taj Ali

For 25 years, we’ve been a lifeline for young people, offering space and activities. Now, due to funding cuts, we face closure leaving young people without space We urgently need financial support, to...

A rich heritage of grassroots organisation, from the Indian Workers’ Association to the Grunwick dispute, should be celebrated

Nitazenes, a deadly new synthetic opioid, are killing hundreds of people across the country. Simeon McAnoy is one of them. This is his story.