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The driver of the vehicle, Henry Long, received a 16-year sentence and is not eligible for early release. Speaking on the Today programme, Thames Valley Police chief Jason Hogg urged the government to reconsider its position.Only prisoners convicted of murder, rape, grooming, and serious child sex offences will be excluded from the scheme in England and Wales – while those convicted of manslaughter remain eligible.”I fully understand the challenges around the crisis in the prison system,” he said. “But the decision made and where that line has been drawn, I do not believe that people responsible for taking the life…

The NHS has been warned to prepare for potential annual summer crises caused by extreme heat with the same pressures as winter, as heatwaves caused by the climate crisis become routine in the UK.The health secretary, Yvette Cooper, said NHS staff were feeling A&E pressures that would normally be expected only during flu season – and said the government would use major investment in NHS infrastructure to tackle the health service’s resilience to high summer temperatures.Doctors and other medical professionals have warned of the impact that repeated heatwaves are having on the NHS in England, including advice from the Royal…

Another former Uber executive is joining Travis Kalanick’s robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms, just a few weeks after it raised $1.7 billion. Gautam Gupta, the former finance chief under Kalanick, said in social media posts on Wednesday that he has has joined Atoms as chief financial officer. Gupta spent more than four years at Uber until he left in July 2017, just a few weeks after Kalanick resigned as CEO. (Gupta had announced his intention to leave that May.) Hiring Gupta continues a trend of Kalanick getting the Uber band back together at Atoms. Earlier this year, Atoms acquired…

Black Hat USA 2026 – Las Vegas – In bad news for financial institutions, online retailers, cryptocurrency exchanges, and people in the dating pool who rely on identity verification to make sure they’re not getting taken for a ride, global fraud gangs are aggressively industrializing their scam efforts.That’s according to Eric Huber, senior manager for adversary intelligence and disruption at TD Bank, who said that major centers for organized crime specializing in financial fraud (notably in Southeast Asia and West Africa) are bypassing “know your customer (KYC)” rules and other identity-verification methods with an updated AI tool set that offers…

Michigan State Representative Donavan McKinney won a Democratic primary against incumbent House Representative Shri Thanedar in a race that raised accusations of payback by the cryptocurrency industry.McKinney won the primary for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District with 51.9% of the vote against Thanedar’s 48.1% as of Wednesday, the New York Times reported. The primary saw a cryptocurrency-backed political action committee (PAC) spending more than $2 million on media in an attempt to re-elect Thanedar, who has voted in favor of many bills favoring the industry while in Congress. Election results for Democratic primary in Michigan’s 13th congressional district. Source: The New York…

Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has been hired by an undisclosed North Sea operator for long-term topside services work. Illustration; Source: EnerMech EnerMech has secured its second major contract in recent months for comparable topside process services in the North Sea. The latest multi-year assignment will enable the firm to deliver topside process and shutdown services across the offshore asset portfolio of an unnamed company, described as a leading North Sea operator. Charles ‘Chuck’ Davison Jr., EnerMech’s CEO, commented: “This award reflects the confidence our customer places in our people, processes and commitment to continuous improvement. It aligns with our…

The rise of AI has highlighted how the global tax system is ill-suited to capture the profits derived from such technology. While creating an equitable AI economy ultimately requires a durable and robust multilateral tax framework, digital-service taxes can serve as an important stepping stone to that outcome. WASHINGTON, DC—AI’s rapid advance and the resulting popular backlash have lent new urgency to an old question: How can we promote equitable economic growth from technological innovation while mitigating the negative social and environmental consequences? Both domestically and globally, the answer starts with corporate tax policy. …

Claim: The dead body of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, was transported to a Kentucky coroner on Aug. 3, 2026. Rating: In early August 2026, a video circulated online in which a man claimed that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, had died and his body had been transported to a Kentucky coroner. The video emerged following weeks of speculation about McConnell’s health after it was revealed he had been hospitalized in early July. According to the individual in the video (archived), who has more than 1.3 million followers on their @epistemiccrisis Instagram account, McConnell’s body had been delivered to Kentucky Central State…

It’s worth noting that Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan was the latest win for progressives across the country, many of whom challenged establishment-backed Democrats in key races across the country.Last month, Democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseated the long-serving US representative Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary elections.And in New York, Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, who were all backed by mayor Zohran Mamdani, also won races in the June congressional primaries. Lander won his race comfortably, defeating the two-term Democratic representative Dan Goldman. Valdez won against Antonio Reynoso – the handpicked successor of Nydia Velázquez. And Chevalier toppled…

But the campaign has run into strong opposition from Malta. The tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea, with a population of just over half a million people, is home to a burgeoning betting sector. It says that higher taxes will cripple its gambling industry, boost illegal operators and drive firms outside the bloc. “[Malta] will not accept the introduction of any EU-level taxes designed to sustain the bloc’s spending,” the country’s Prime Minister, Robert Abela, told the Maltese Parliament in June. But Shilton, who lost more than £1 million in betting on horse racing over 45 years and now runs…