Anthropic is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” How worried should we be?

Doreen Lawrence and other victims of police surveillance have waited decades for justice. Delays and expense due to Met intransigence are no excuse to deny them that, says solicitor Imran Khan

Menissa Saleem takes us from beach to gallery to Dreamland via the many wonderful bookshops, bars and restaurants that Margate has to offer

Samantha Jones or spouse held financial interests in G Square Capital private equity business

Alistair Burt will bring diplomatic clout to complex cases involving human rights violations and arbitrary detention The Foreign Office has appointed a special envoy for British citizens detained overseas, a new role to deal with “complex consular cases” such as that of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national who was imprisoned in Tehran for six years. Alistair Burt, the former Conservative Middle East minister, has taken on the role, fulfilling a pledge by David Lammy when he was shadow foreign secretary. Continue reading...

As ICE-style deportation rules come into force, the unsavoury circle the EU wants migrant deals with includes the Afghan regime. This is a nadir, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

Washington says its jets targeted air defence and radar sites after Iranian forces downed American helicopter

Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, had multiple private-sector interests

Booming sector is attracting plumbers, hairdressers and Airbnb landlords with no experience in care

Workers are often even more vulnerable than consumers, the researchers say.

The move against the boss of London’s Southbank Centre sends a forbidding message about who is and isn’t seen as fit to lead in UK culture, says writer Afua Hirsch

PEN International Case List 2026 launch

Review finds no ‘meaningful impact’ five years after race action plan launched, amid calls for government to step in Promises by police chiefs to tackle racial bias failed owing to “a lack of clear national leadership”, an independent police report has found. The promises were made five years ago in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and led police bosses in England and Wales to launch a race action plan promising to tackle the “stigmatising and humiliating” experiences of Black people at the hands of officers. Continue reading...

Browse film times and buy tickets for Game at The Prince Charles Cinema

Liam Ramos' innocence, like the innocence of all kids, is unimpeachable. The visuals of his arrest are excruciating.

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language

Bring your ostracised wardrobe items in from the cold by forgetting about whether they go with each other. Instead, let them shine in all their glory

One of world’s largest private equity groups is embroiled in a tug of war over future of sprawling complex

International humanitarian law and the rights of civilians are being eroded

Our garments offer glimpses of the unconscious; we may also choose them because they feel nothing like us—because they allow us, briefly, to become someone else.

Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor

Move is part of a long-awaited Labour strategy including outlawing hen cages and ending puppy farming Boiling lobsters alive will be banned under proposals to improve animal welfare in England. Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published. Continue reading...

Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.

Tests found false matches highest for black and Asian people, prompting demands for stronger safeguards

It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?

The French postal service, La Poste, honoured Noor with a stamp issued to honour the “Fig­ures of the Resistance” who fought against Nazi Germany.

With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.

With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.