GCHQ wants AI to help UK combat crime and disinformation attacks

GCHQ has said it believes it can use artificial intelligence (AI) to help expose disinformation attacks by hostile foreign states trying to undermine the UK's democracy.

UK government urged to ‘act unilaterally’ over Northern Ireland protocol

The UK government has been told to "act unilaterally" over the controversial Northern Ireland protocol in its trade deal with the EU.

Whisky collection sells for almost £6.7m at auction

One bottle of whisky fetched a whopping £1m at auction as part of an impressive 3,900-strong collection that became the highest-value of its kind.

‘Dear British, we envy you’: Germany’s top-selling newspaper admires UK’s vaccine rollout

Germany's top-selling newspaper has hailed the UK's COVID vaccine rollout success and its plans to lift lockdown, announcing on its front page: "Dear British, we envy you."

Five officers investigated for alleged manslaughter after death of man following arrest

Five police officers are being investigated for alleged manslaughter after a 24-year-old man died following his arrest in Milton Keynes.

Inmates ‘beheaded and dismembered’ as 79 killed in Ecuador prison riots

Dozens of inmates have died, with some reportedly beheaded and dismembered, during a series of riots at prisons in Ecuador this week.

Suck it up, plastic fans: Ribena switching to paper straws on its cartons

Ribena is to stop using plastic straws - saving an estimated 16 tonnes of plastic from being produced every year.

Sky News named News Channel of the Year at RTS awards

Sky News has been named News Channel of the Year at the Royal Television Society awards.