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Oxford-educated Paul Humphries, 63, pulled out from a £200-a-night four-star hotel and spa, where he had been staying with his wife, into the path of motorcyclist Zoe Heath.

The Princess of Wales has been crowned Tatler's 'Best Dressed in Britain' this year.

Footage captured the moment rescue boats battled choppy seas and thick smoke to reach 29 people stranded on a beach.

Whether you are packing for a sun-soaked escape or navigating a summer heatwave back home, the annual Marks & Spencer summer sale is a good place to turn for all your sartorial needs.

Princess Anne was animated as she enjoyed a day out at the Commonwealth Games this afternoon - joined by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh .

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Amazon's Zoox unit has won U.S. approval for limited commercial deployment of its novel steering-wheel-free robotaxis, a first for the autonomous ride industry, the U.S. auto safety agency said on Thursday. Zoox said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's decision gives the company federal approval to begin charging for rides, and that it will soon begin charging for service, first in Las Vegas, with additional markets to follow as it completes various state requirements. [...] NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison told Reuters that Zoox had received clearance to commercially deploy up to 2,500 vehicles in each of the next two years. Zoox currently carries passengers in parts of Las Vegas and San Francisco as part of testing. The exemption would allow Zoox to charge them fees, subject to state and local approvals. The agency said it determined the vehicle is as safe as an equivalent vehicle meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards that are being waived. Zoox cannot sell any of the vehicles to the public. "We can say pretty clearly that the systems in place on the Zoox exceed the equivalent performance requirements of a compliant vehicle," Morrison said in an interview. "But we still want to make sure that the automated driving system will operate appropriately." As part of the exemption, NHTSA is placing additional reporting requirements on Zoox for issues such as crashes or stopping inappropriately on roads, and the regulatory agency will adjust the conditions based on how the vehicles behave. "We have the ability to pull the exemption if we see major safety issues," Morrison said. All remote operators must be located in the United States, NHTSA said, and Zoox must publish maps of areas indicating where the vehicles are operating. Morrison said NHTSA expects to develop the first federal safety standards for automated driving systems by the end of the Trump administration. It is also proposing to overhaul some existing rules written with human drivers in mind such as requiring brake pedals and rear-view mirrors.

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Emergency services were called to the seaside resort of Arrifana on Monday morning following reports Arran Strong, 28, had vanished in the Atlantic Ocean.

CRAIG HOPE: Daily Mail Sport understands Howe has been contemplating his future for some time and has come to an agreement with the club to end his four-and-a-half-year tenure.

Chocolate Factory LLMs join Big Red's Fusion automation party

Scroll through Instagram and it can feel as though Britain's rich and famous are hopping from one holiday to another. But what you might miss is that someone else is usually picking up the bill.

The star's pal Mark Johnson White has shared a hilarious clip from their time staying on a yacht to celebrate his birthday, where Pete was forced to intercept his plans for a late night swim.

Victims have slammed local authorities for not investigating the King Evelthon Hotel over repeated fatalities as the two-year-old's grieving father is due to appear in court tomorrow.

High-bandwidth flash promises SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds, but it's not all unicorns and rainbows

Emergency services rushed to Moorways Sports Village in Allenton, Derbyshire, at 1.38pm on Thursday after a potential chemical leak was reported.

Once associated more with hospital workers, gardeners and children than the fashion-conscious, Crocs have undergone a remarkable image transformation over the past two decades.

Officers from the Met stopped a suspicious vehicle and its 54-year-old driver in Catford, south London on Wednesday evening.

Hidden traces of two mysterious human species have been discovered hiding inside our DNA.

A UK parliamentary inquiry found that a catastrophic Ministry of Defense breach exposing 18,700 Afghans could have been prevented with basic Excel training, after an employee unknowingly shared a hidden worksheet containing their details. The Independent reports: The leak, in February 2022, exposed the details of 18,700 Afghans who said they were in danger from the Taliban because of their links to UK forces and now wanted to escape to Britain. The blunder triggered an unprecedented superinjunction used against the national media, including The Independent, and prompted a secret evacuation program -- the cost of which is still unclear but which likely ran into the billions of pounds. Following the revelation by this outlet and others in July last year of the hidden operation, MPs set up an inquiry to scrutinize what had happened. In their report, the defense selection committee concluded that: - The data breach could have been prevented if Ministry of Defense (MoD) personnel had received basic Excel training - By August 2023, when the department discovered the leak, thousands of people already knew that a significant data incident had taken place - The government did not strike "the right balance between operational secrecy and democratic accountability" -- and the superinjunction was in place for too long - Secrecy denied affected Afghans the chance to take steps to protect themselves and their families and caused delays to evacuation program - Thousands of Afghans eligible to come to Britain are still trapped in Afghanistan with the government failing to explain how they will help get families to safety. MPs have called on the government to publish periodic reassessments of the risks facing Afghan applicants to UK resettlement schemes, with officials to report findings annually. They also want ministers to publish a clear policy explaining how they will help Afghans who are eligible to come to Britain but who have not yet been evacuated. The defense committee have also called on the MoD to explain who was responsible for data protection risk before the Afghan breach, criticizing the lack of accountability within the civil service.

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Firefighters have attended 570 separate incidents across Essex in one of its busiest weeks in four years these past six days.

Firefighters have attended 570 separate incidents across Essex in one of its busiest weeks in four years these past six days.