Facebook says it opposes calls for backdoors that would ‘undermine the privacy and security of people everywhere’The United States, United Kingdom and Australia plan to pressure Facebook to create a backdoor into its encrypted messaging apps that would allow governments to access the content of private communications, according to an Read more
• Athlete broke British record to win world heptathlon gold • ‘I’ve had a lot of bad years, I’m just so happy I came out in front’Katarina Johnson-Thompson admitted that the twin joys of beating Jessica Ennis-Hill’s British record and winning her first world championship heptathlon gold was “like a Read more
Ben Emmerson QC said Beech’s ‘inherently implausible’ claims had ‘ring of outlandish fabrication’ A report into Scotland Yard’s disastrous investigation into an alleged VIP paedophile ring will reveal the lawyer who led the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse warned detectives the star witness was a probable liar, but was Read more
Activists deride ‘the piecemeal action we’re currently seeing across the world’ from governments Via: Extinction Rebellion: Climate change protesters plan to shut down central London roads a second time
Home Office says change will speed up investigations into paedophiles and terrorists Via: British police to demand data from US tech giants directly after delays to paedophile investigations
Law change marks ‘momentous day for children’s rights,’ campaigners say Via: Scotland becomes first part of UK to ban smacking children
Metropolitan Police launched 16-month investigation over fake claims by fantasist Carl Beech Via: Priti Patel demands police watchdog investigates Scotland Yard's response to fake paedophile ring claims
Standard Liege play Arsenal tonight and supporters of the east Belgium team poured into London this lunchtime ahead of the 8pm kick-off. Via: Kings Cross station is evacuated as Standard Liege football fans set off flares
Irish PM Leo Varadkar said polls suggested the UK public would prefer to Remain in the bloc, but they were being failed by the ‘political system’. Via: Irish deputy PM Simon Coveney hits out at UK Brexit plan
The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose. Via: Extinction Rebellion: Climate protesters spray fake blood at Treasury