Darth Vader’s lightsaber sells for £2.7m at LA auction
A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films has sold for $3.6m (£2.7m) at auction. The prop featured in films including The Empire Strikes Back and…
Man arrested after two women die five months apart
A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women died in London five months apart. The Met Police said it had been unable to determine a…
Online shopping at work not a sackable offence, UK judge rules
Spending less than an hour during work browsing properties or shopping online is not a sackable offence, a judge has ruled. An accountancy administrator has been awarded more than £14,000…
Does Reform attract men more than women?
The BBC spoke to young supporters attending Reform UK’s annual party conference. Source link
Three ways Epstein scandal could go for Trump
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent Watch: Epstein survivors speak publicly outside US Capitol If Republican leaders in Washington had hoped that a month-long congressional recess would help the Jeffrey Epstein controversy…
‘I missed Lisbon funicular commute that killed my friend’
As Sonia Silva prepared to leave work on Wednesday evening, she was asked by a colleague to help with a quick task. It meant she missed her regular funicular ride…
Google fined €2.95bn by EU for abusing advertising dominance
Google has been fined €2.95bn (£2.5bn) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power in the ad tech sector – the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online…
Banbury bookkeeper jailed for defrauding elderly couple
Dave GilyeatBBC News, Oxford TVP Susan Bruland was sentenced to five years in prison for two counts of fraud by abuse of position A woman who defrauded an elderly couple…
RSF accused of crimes against humanity over el-Fasher siege
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have allegedly committed numerous crimes against humanity during their siege of the city of el-Fasher in Darfur, UN investigators say. The report by the…
Do Reform’s economic plans add up?
Ben ChuBBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent PA Media As conference season begins for the UK’s political parties, Reform UK will be seeking to use its gathering in Birmingham to…