• Monday, March 10, 2025

Met Police apologises for racially stereotyping people of Turkish heritage

The Metropolitan Police has apologised over its training material which appeared to “racially stereotype” people of Turkish heritage. Scotland Yard said it “misjudged the wider impact” of a case study in the material, which had been “designed by educational professionals”. A Turkish Muslim man was the subject of the case…

Sewage monitors on UK coastline ‘faulty or not installed’, reveals…

A large part of sewage discharged into the sea across the UK goes undetected as monitors are faulty or not installed by water companies, according to the country’s third largest political party. Liberal Democrats said the water companies could be guilty of gross negligence by failing to install functional sewage…

UK PM race: Team Sunak attacks rival’s ‘magic money tree’…

Rishi Sunak’s team on Monday launched a renewed attack on his Conservative Party leadership contest rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, for pushing through magic money tree promises to address the cost-of-living crisis faced by the British public. The British Indian former Chancellor’s prime ministerial campaign headquarters and supporters highlighted that…

Tingling, prickling feet? A doctor explains when you should head…

‘Pins and needles,’ (paresthesia) is an uncomfortable sensation of tingling, prickling, itching, or crawling of skin – usually felt in the feet or hands. These areas are also sometimes said to have ‘fallen asleep,’ Better Health Channel states. This is mostly a temporary condition caused by a blood flow blockage…

Former British spy, who infiltrated Al-Qaida, accuses Edinburgh school of…

A spy, whose undercover operations helped thwart several al-Qaeda terror attacks, has accused a prominent Scottish school of discriminating against his daughter. Aimen Dean, a Saudi Arabia-born British citizen, complained to the Registrar of Independent Schools, saying his five-year-old daughter was singled out at St George’s School in Edinburgh because…

Ben Affleck is indeed a part of Aquaman and the…

DC fans’ joy knew no bounds when Jason Momoa recently announced that Ben Affleck would return as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the much-awaited Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the sequel to Jason’s standalone superhero film Aquaman based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Affleck last played the caped…

NHS trials smart goggles to allow nurses more time with…

High-tech goggles will be worn by community nurses on home visits to free up time with patients, as part of a cutting-edge NHS pilot. As long as a patient consents, the virtual-reality-style headset can transcribe the appointment directly to electronic records, reducing time-consuming admin for nurses, a release from NHS…

FB and Instagram’s message encryption plans would be ‘grotesque betrayal’…

According to media reports, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, Meta has plans to make end-to-end encryption (E2EE) the default system for all personal calls and messages. However, the UK’s home secretary, Priti Patel, has written in an op-ed for The Telegraph this week, saying it would be a…

Embattled Credit Suisse hires Deutsche’s Joshi in leadership overhaul

Credit Suisse named a new chief financial officer and group chief operating officer on Monday as Switzerland’s second-biggest bank tries to steady the ship following a series of scandals. Dixit Joshi will take over as CFO on October 1, while former Bank of Ireland chief executive Francesca McDonagh will start…

RAF recruitment head quit after refusing to follow ‘unlawful’ order…

The group captain of the Royal Air Force (RAF), who stepped down as the head of its recruitment team, is believed to have opposed an order to ‘prioritise women and ethnic minorities over white men’ to meet diversity targets. In an email seen by Sky News, she told her boss that…