Gender ruling will have immediate real-world consequences

Gender ruling will have immediate real-world consequences

For years there has been a toxic, emotion-driven debate over gender and sex in this country. Today came clarity.This was the legal crescendo in a saga that has rolled through the courts for more than half a decade.It impacts half of the population in England, Scotland and Wales.Five judges at the highest civil court in the land were unanimous: the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.It essentially means holders of gender recognition certificates are not women […]

16/04/2025

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Post Office auditor under investigation

Post Office auditor and big four accounting firm EY is being investigated by the industry's regulator.Accounting and audit watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said the investigation related to EY's 2015 to 2018 audits of Post Office accounts and the faulty accounting software, Horizon IT.The regulator will be examining the role of EY in meeting the auditing standards, the FRC said.Money: Best mobile phone providers ranked The Horizon computer programme, made by Fujitsu, wrongly generated financial shortfalls. This led many […]

16/04/2025

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Murder arrest after woman stabbed in flat

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman stabbed in Liverpool flat | UK News | Sky News Police say they were called to the tower block in Huyton after a "domestic incident".Wednesday 16 April 2025 11:55, UK Why you can trust Sky NewsA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 30s was fatally stabbed inside a flat in Liverpool.Police said they were called to the scene in the Knowsley Heights tower block in […]

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Politics

Government cuts therapy funding for adopted children

The government is facing a backlash for "slipping out" cuts to the amount that families can access for adopted children to have therapy.The Fair Access Limit (FAL) will be reduced from £5,000 to £3,000 as part of a package of changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Fund (ASGF), which helped nearly 20,000 children last year.Politics Live: Judges rule on definition of a woman - as campaigners celebrateThe cuts were confirmed in an email to the sector over parliament's Easter […]

16/04/2025

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Cyprus attorney general appeals after Israeli men cleared of gang raping British tourist

The attorney general of Cyprus attorney has appealed against the acquittal of five Israeli men accused of gang raping a British tourist on the island.The woman, then 20, said one of them forcibly took her to his hotel room before the others joined the attack during a pool party in the popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa on 3 September 2023.All five of the men, then aged 19 and 20, denied charges, including rape, sexual assault and abduction and have […]

16/04/2025

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Bodycam footage of Gene Hackman’s home released

Body camera footage of Gene Hackman's home has been released by authorities investigating the deaths of the actor and his wife.The video captured by Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office shows officers inside and outside the property in northern New Mexico, with a German shepherd barking at some points as they carry out their search. Image: Hackman and Arakawa pictured in 2003. Pic: AP/ Mark J Terrill The bodies of Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found in […]

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Tech

Millions tune in to see 24-hour live coverage of annual moose migration

Millions of viewers are expected to tune in to one of TV's unlikely hits over the next few weeks, as herds of moose make their annual spring migration toward summer grazing pastures.Nine million people watched Sweden's Great Moose Migration last year, despite not much happening for hours at a time.From now until May 4, remote cameras track dozens of the animals as they swim across the Angerman River, some 187 miles northwest of Stockholm. Image: The 24-hour live stream began […]

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Colossal squid captured on film in its natural environment for first time ever

Colossal squid captured on film in its natural environment for first time ever | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News Experts believe colossal squid eventually grow up to 7m (23ft) in length - and can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lbs). That's equivalent to a Fiat 500 car, making it the heaviest invertebrate on the planet.Connor Sephton News reporter @ConnorSephton Wednesday 16 April 2025 10:58, UK Image: This juvenile colossal squid is just 30cm long - but could grow […]

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‘The end of 4chan as we know it’: Why hacking attack could kill notorious internet forum

4Chan, an online forum notorious for its extreme right-wing content, appears to have been hacked - in a development some believe could spell the end of the controversial messageboard.The concept of 4Chan is simple: anonymous users share pictures and text in forums.Moderators monitor conversations, but the forum is infamous as a place for gory videos, non-consensual pornography and extremist views.The website got mainstream attention in 2014 during Gamergate - a harassment campaign against women in gaming that resulted in bomb […]

16/04/2025

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