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Lancashire Police will not face any action over its handling of the disappearance of Nicola Bulley after investigations by two watchdogs. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced it will not be taking any enforcement action against the force over its disclosure of her personal information. Meanwhile, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has
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The body of a “badly decomposed” minke whale has been removed from a Scottish beach after washing up at the weekend. The mammal’s carcass was cordoned off from members of the public after the alarm was raised in North Berwick on Sunday. The incident follows a number of other recent whale deaths. The body of
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A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in a “targeted attack”. A second 17-year-old boy was also hurt in the Sunday evening attack but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Police are searching for four suspects, who all had their faces covered at the time. No arrests have
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The Metropolitan Police has defended its officers after a suspect was tasered and two dogs were shot in front of shocked witnesses. Footage on social media showed officers pursuing a man holding the two dogs on a lead along a canal in Limehouse, east London on Sunday. The situation then appeared to become heated, with witnesses heard
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The King has been crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury in his historic coronation at Westminster Abbey. The archbishop Justin Welby placed the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown on to the monarch’s head before proclaiming: “God save the King!” The congregation, which includes 100 heads of state, kings and queens from across the globe, celebrities, everyday
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The body of a humpback whale has washed up at a loch in the Scottish Highlands. The mammal’s carcass was discovered on a sandbank at Loch Fleet National Nature Reserve, about 30 miles north of Inverness. NatureScot confirmed the death and said it had been reported to the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS). British
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A review of the artificial intelligence (AI) market has been launched by the UK competition watchdog. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) chief executive Sarah Cardell told the Financial Times its “fact-finding” mission would inform on the “real opportunities” but also the protections that could be needed. The probe would include the models behind popular chatbots
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Shakespeare and the Spice Girls were used by environmental protestors to repeatedly disrupt the Barclays annual general meeting (AGM) in central London on Wednesday morning. Activists from Extinction Rebellion, Fossil Free London and Climate Choir were protesting the UK high street bank’s investment in new fossil fuel projects despite heavy security at the AGM venue.
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