Sam Hall

Outgoing science committee chair Greg Clark has said AI regulators are under-resourced (James Manning / PA).
Tech

AI regulators in UK are ‘under-resourced’, warns science committee chairman

The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee said the £10 million allocated to regulators was ‘insufficient’.
By Sam Hall
28 May 2024
John Cryer, outgoing Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead (David Woolfall/UK Parliament)
Politics

Five Labour MPs announce they will stand down at General Election

Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party John Cryer joined Kevin Brennan, Barbara Keeley, John Spellar and Virendra Sharma in stepping down.
By Sam Hall
27 May 2024
Police officers at the scene of a fatal stabbing at Durley Chine Beach in Bournemouth (Angus Williams/PA)
UK

Teenager released without charge over murder of woman on Bournemouth beach

Dorset Police said he had been ‘eliminated from inquiries’ following investigations over the weekend.
By Sam Hall
27 May 2024
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Politics

Theresa May: I should have met Grenfell Tower survivors sooner

The outgoing MP for Maidenhead also described Donald Trump as an ‘unpredictable’ president.
By Sam Hall
27 May 2024
Howard Michael Phillips appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Rick Findler/PA)
UK

Man, 64, appears in court charged with assisting Russia

Howard Michael Phillips was charged with an offence contrary to section three of the National Security Act.
By Sam Hall
23 May 2024
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case giving evidence at the inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)
Politics

Simon Case tells Covid inquiry Boris Johnson was ‘very frustrating’ to work with

Giving evidence on Thursday morning, the Cabinet Secretary discussed his deep ‘regret’ over sending scathing WhatsApp messages about Mr Johnson.
By Sam Hall
23 May 2024
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Politics

'It had to be D:Ream to drown out Sunak', says anti Tory protester

Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray said he selected the D:Ream song for its association with the Tory landslide defeat in the 1997 general election

By Sam Hall
23 May 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, soaked by rain, walks back in to 10 Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Things can only get wetter: Sunak soaked as he announces election to Labour song

Heavy rain poured down on the Prime Minister who spoke from a lectern outside No 10 without an umbrella.
By Sam Hall
22 May 2024
A person died after a flight from Heathrow to Singapore encountered ‘severe turbulence’ (Steve Parsons/PA)
UK

Passenger tells of ‘awful screaming’ on flight hit by severe turbulence

Another said everyone not wearing a seatbelt on the plane was ‘launched immediately into the ceiling’.
By Sam Hall
21 May 2024
The Queen during a visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (Adrian Dennis/PA)
UK

Camilla makes Bridgerton admission during Chelsea Flower Show royal visit

Camilla said ‘I watched the first lot’ during her visit to a garden based on the Penelope Featherington character from the Netflix Regency-era show.
By Sam Hall
20 May 2024
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Politics

Universities warn of fall in number of international student applications

The warning comes ahead of a report expected this week on the graduate visa route.

By Sam Hall
13 May 2024
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UK

Locomotive derails from heritage railway during festival

The restored 115-ton heritage diesel locomotive, built in 1968, was on the back of a six-carriage passenger train when it partially derailed.

By Sam Hall
12 May 2024
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Politics

Zahawi: I’m sorry for not being more explicit over tax declaration

The outgoing MP for Stratford-on-Avon said the total payment he made to HMRC was ‘just shy of £5 million’.

By Sam Hall
12 May 2024
<p>Police and forensic investigators at the scene in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire after a police officer was shot in the leg with a crossbow after reports of a stabbing (Sam Hall / PA).</p>
UK

Fortunate no-one suffered life-threatening injuries in crossbow incident: police

Thames Valley Police officers attended School Close in Downley, High Wycombe, at around 6pm on Friday after a man in his 60s suffered a stab wound.
By Sam Hall
11 May 2024
Forensic investigators at the scene (Sam Hall/PA)
UK

Man held after police officer shot with crossbow following reports of stabbing

A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and was taken to hospital under police supervision after he was shot by an armed officer.
By Sam Hall
11 May 2024
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Showbiz

Juliet Stevenson ‘interested’ in Garrick Club membership after vote

The central London private members’ club has been strictly male-only since it was founded in 1831

By Sam Hall
8 May 2024
Vivienne Stern, chief executive of UUK, said she disagreed with ‘those who say that too many people go to university’ (PA)
Politics

41% of ‘first-in-family’ graduates needed financial help for university – poll

Universities UK, which represents 142 universities, said the figure of 41% was equivalent to around 1.1m 24 to 40-year-olds in England and Wales.
By Sam Hall
15 Apr 2024
People look at flowers and tributes left in St Ann’s Square in Manchester after the attack in 2017 (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Crime

Hundreds of Manchester Arena bombing survivors take legal action against MI5

Legal teams representing injured survivors of the bombing said they had collectively submitted a group claim to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
By Sam Hall
14 Apr 2024
<p>Emergency officers outside Westfield Shopping Centre in Sydney (Rick Rycroft/PA)</p>
UK

Sydney attacker advertised himself as male escort and tried to join gun groups

Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland, had been known to police, particularly over the last five years, but had not been arrested or charged.
By Sam Hall
14 Apr 2024
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UK

Boy, 8, dies after being hit by car in Wiltshire

Wiltshire Police said the incident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian happened in Dilton Marsh.

By Sam Hall
14 Apr 2024
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UK

Sydney knife attacker was 40-year-old man with mental health issues, say police

New South Wales Police said they had identified the attacker as Joel Cauchi from Queensland and do not think he was motivated by terrorism.

By Sam Hall
14 Apr 2024
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