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Devastated family blame headteacher’s death on ‘deeply harmful’ pressure of Ofsted inspection

The sister of a headteacher who took her own life after a critical Ofsted report has said her death was the “direct result” of...

Biden vows US will ‘declassify’ information about COVID’s origins

Joe Biden has vowed his administration will “declassify” as much information about the origins of COVID-19 as possible – including any potential links to...

Technology

Amazon’s post-Bezos experiment hasn’t gone exactly as planned

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during an Action on Forests and Land Use event on day three of COP26 at SECC on November 2,...

Environment

Metropolitan Police is ‘institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic’ and may have more officers like Couzens and Carrick, review finds

The Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, sexist, and homophobic and may have more officers like killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, a...

Metropolitan Police is ‘institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic’ and may have more officers like Couzens and Carrick, review finds

The Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, sexist, and homophobic and may have more officers like killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, a...

Technology

In San Francisco, some people wonder when A.I. will kill us all

Misalignment Museum curator Audrey Kim discusses a work at the exhibit titled “Spambots.” Kif Leswing/CNBC Audrey Kim is pretty sure a powerful robot isn’t...

Environment

Manchester United sale: Eight bids could be made as Wednesday deadline looms

As many as eight bids could be made for Manchester United before Wednesday’s deadline for second offers, it is understood. The Glazer family will...

Manchester United sale: Eight bids could be made as Wednesday deadline looms

As many as eight bids could be made for Manchester United before Wednesday’s deadline for second offers, it is understood. The Glazer family will...

World

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping praise ‘no limits friendship’ during Chinese president’s trip to Russia

Vladimir Putin has welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to Moscow, just days after a warrant was issued for the Russian president’s arrest over...

Sports

Son of Flyers GM charged in wheelchair incident

5:38 PM ET Associated Press Three misdemeanor charges were filed Monday against Carson Briere, the son of Briere and Carrozzi were seen on a...

Business

RMT union members at Network Rail vote to accept new pay offer

RMT union members at Network Rail have voted to accept a revised pay offer – ending a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions....

Business

Amazon to cut 9,000 jobs in its cloud services, advertising and Twitch units

Amazon has announced it will cut another 9,000 jobs in the next few weeks. The reductions will be made to the company’s cloud services,...

Environment

Rape cases ‘dropped’ by Met Police ‘due to broken freezer’, Casey review hears

Officers at the Metropolitan Police were told some rape cases “would be dropped” because evidence held in a broken freezer had to be destroyed,...

Rape cases ‘dropped’ by Met Police ‘due to broken freezer’, Casey review hears

Officers at the Metropolitan Police were told some rape cases “would be dropped” because evidence held in a broken freezer had to be destroyed,...

Politics

Sturgeon says leadership contest has been ‘less than edifying’ and urges candidates to ‘protect ingredients of success’

Nicola Sturgeon has urged the SNP candidates vying to succeed her as first minister to “protect the ingredients of success” – telling Sky News...

Politics

DUP to vote against key part of Windsor Framework over ‘fundamental problems’

The DUP says it will vote against a key aspect of Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal when it is put to a crunch vote in...

Politics

Suella Braverman ‘encouraged’ by talks with European Court of Human Rights in push to have migrants sent to Rwanda

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she is “encouraged” by “constructive” discussions with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about the injunction that...