Decision comes after technology was used to analyse cache of 30 million documents disclosed by Rolls-Royce during major investigation Via: Robot investigators 'could be used to examine documents in criminal cases'
Government accused of 'slashing away at welfare' after new figures show 47 per cent of disabled people see benefits reduced or stopped altogether Via: Nearly half of disabled people reassessed under Government's new benefit system had financial support withdrawn or reduced
Convicts committing murder and rape while under supervision in 'two-tier' system Via: Government's privatisation of probation services 'putting public at risk' as offenders monitored by phone
Jorge Glas found guilty of receiving bribes from Brazilian construction company in return for state contractsAn Ecuadorean court has sentenced the country’s vice-president, Jorge Glas, to six years in jail after finding him guilty of receiving bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in return for handing state contracts to Read more
Mothers living within a kilometre of a fracking site were 25 per cent more likely to have a child born at low birth weight, which increase their chances of asthma, ADHD and other issues Via: Babies' health suffers from being born near fracking sites, finds major study
The Bitcoin market is only just maturing as an investment and the underlying value of the cryptocurrency is still unknownBitcoin is a “speculative mania” according to the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. But it’s not so easy to say that Bitcoin is a bubble – we don’t know Read more
Commons select committee says it is 'disgraceful' that education department continues to spend money on Learndirect Ltd, despite its 'declining performance' Via: Government dependent on 'inadequate' education provider, finds audit report
London meeting between Boris Johnson, Gavin Williamson and Japanese foreign and defence counterparts to ‘deepen security cooperation’Foreign secretary Boris Johnson and defence secretary Gavin Williamson are to meet their Japanese counterparts in London on Thursday for talks expected to be dominated by concern over North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme.North Korea’s Read more
Usage rates ‘substantially higher’ than in capitals, report finds, building on concerns of a looming US-style crisisUse of the potentially addictive painkillers oxycodone and fentanyl is rising in regional Australia, the latest analysis of drugs in wastewater has shown.The analysis of 54 wastewater sites by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Read more
In an early morning tweet, President Donald Trump said ‘the deck was stacked against’ accused pedophile Roy Moore throughout the Alabama special Senate election race. Via: Furious Trump says 'deck was stacked against' Roy Moore