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The lawyer who overturned Andrew Malkinson's (pictured) wrongful conviction for rape has said the Jeremy Bamber case 'bears all the hallmarks' of a miscarriage of justice.

This country has become shockingly unfree. But this attack on liberty has been very hard to oppose because it is usually so misty and shapeless.

Russell Ball and Ann Beaumont's £6,000 dream cruise turned into a nightmare after BA 'lost' their luggage at Heathrow.

Eamonn and Ruth, both 66, announced their split in May 2024 after 27 years together, 14 of which were spent in wedlock.

Vickrum Digwa, 23, who is serving at least 21 years in prison for the stabbing of the Southampton University student, was also banned from another gurdwara over concerns about his behaviour.

The revelations last week that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been living rent-free for two decades in grace-and-favour homes in royal palaces have drawn considerable outrage.

Sales have increased for Hyundai's under-$35,000 IONIQ 5, totalling 18,395 for the first five months of 2026, reports Electrek, "up 16% from the same period last year." But meanwhile BYD's overseas sales surpassed 160,000 for the first time last month, "up 80% from May 2025 and 19% from the previous record of 135,098 set in April." Through the first five months of 2026, BYD sold 616,263 vehicles overseas. In May, overseas sales accounted for over 41% of BYD's total sales. In several major markets, including the UK, BYD surpassed Tesla and Kia to become the best-selling EV brand through April. "With fuel prices remaining high, more drivers are turning to electric vehicles as a smarter and more economical choice," Bono Ge, BYD UK's Country Manager, said last month. Elsewhere Electrek notes that Toyota's bZ (starting at under $35,000) was the third-best-selling EV in the U.S. in the first three months of 2026, behind only the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. "Last month, bZ sales doubled from May 2025, with 2,646 units sold." And meanwhile the first Volkswagen ID. Polo and Cupra Raval models "rolled off the production line at the Group's Martorell plant in Spain, the first of several new affordable, mass-market EVs." Starting at €24,995 ($29,000) and €26,000 ($30,100), the ID. Polo and Cupra Raval are the first models from the Group's Electric Urban Car Family... [T]he first customer deliveries are scheduled to begin later this summer and into the fall. Following the ID. Polo and Cupra Raval, Volkswagen will introduce new members to the Electric Urban Car Family, including the ID. Cross, an electric version of the T-Cross, later this year. According to Volkswagen, the ID. Cross will start at around €28,000 ($32,500).

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) often does not present symptoms until the organs are about to fail, leaving an estimated one million people unaware they are ill.

TAP flight TP2678 from Lisbon to London Heathrow ended up being diverted to Porto because of a 'strange noise'.

The Chinese regime has been criticised for 'snubbing' a forthcoming judicial review on the mega-embassy they want to build in London, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Today in 1944, on a cool, cloudy June morning, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on beaches across Normandy to carry out the largest seaborne invasion in history.

The sound of a piano drifts from the open French doors of the Brenners Park Hotel as old ladies clutching parasols tiptoe around its exquisite gardens.

Moscow's Northern Fleet is sending ships and submarines in unprecedented numbers to threaten and test our defences, key infrastructure and resolve.

Thomas Tuchel criticised England's first half XI - and the pitch - as the Three Lions started their World Cup preparations with a low key victory over New Zealand.

The chilling email was sent by Hotel Zum Hirschen, in the Bavarian town of Lam, in response to a booking enquiry from Jewish tourist Michael Winokur.

Throughout my time as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the unravelling of Liz Truss's mini-Budget, the chaos of the markets and her subsequent fall were never far from my mind.

The actress, who recently gave birth to her third child, appears to have become engaged to her actor boyfriend Oli Green after almost five years together.

Radio and TV star Jeremy Vine has revealed he is too afraid to talk openly about his belief in God while at work at the BBC.

Ilyas Khan, a 63-year-old tech entrepreneur, was hailed for investing in his local football club Accrington Stanley FC and saving it from bankruptcy.

Friday the Open Source Initiative welcomed the EU's new tech sovereignty package, noting that "over a third of the 29-page document is devoted to Open Source." The nonprofit OSI — maintainers of the Open Source definition — submitted their official feedback in February, and notes that "many" of their key requests were addressed, "as well as some exciting new announcements!" One of the biggest barriers to Open Source adoption has been public procurement. Too often, tenders have been designed around proprietary solutions, ignoring the benefits of Open Source and locking public institutions into closed ecosystems. The OSI called for procurement rules that prioritize interoperability, reusability, and vendor independence. The package takes a major step forward in this area. The EU pledges to make the public sector an anchor consumer for Open Source solutions. The Commission plans to reform procurement rules to remove barriers for Open Source, provide better guidance to EU countries on procurement criteria to avoid excluding Open Source, and uphold the "public money, public code" principle when procuring software development. Both proposals align with the OSI's feedback. The next critical step is the EU's public procurement law reform. The OSI will continue advocating to ensure these pledges translate into action. Beyond procurement, the OSI highlighted challenges faced by Open Source communities in Europe, particularly difficulties accessing investment and expertise to commercialize and scale projects. The Commission has responded by committing to ensure Open Source companies are considered for funding under the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF). It also plans to create "Open Source business accelerators" that will offer mentorship, training, legal and licensing consulting, and business development support, including marketing. Additionally, the Commission will work to raise industry awareness of Open Source solutions by leveraging the EU's existing business support networks. These measures directly address the OSI's concerns and could significantly boost the Open Source ecosystem in Europe... [I]n our feedback, we called for the continuation of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative that has funded many Open Source projects, and for the creation of a European Sovereign Tech Fund to fund ongoing maintenance and features development to meet the EU's needs. We also highlighted the need to mainstream Open Source in other funding opportunities (like the €100bn+ Horizon Europe programme). The Commission's strategy addresses these requests. The NGI will be scaled up under the new name "Open Internet Stack." A new Open Source Maintenance Instrument will fund the "maintenance and security upkeep of essential components." The Commission will also create a list of critical and security-relevant Open Source dependencies to inform funding decisions and promote Open Source solutions as the default approach in Horizon Europe funding. Friday's announcement from the Open Source Initiative notes that the EU is already leading by example in Open Source adoption. It applauds the EU for "deploying a Matrix-based communications system and the openDesk collaboration environment internally, trialing an alternative operating system to replace Windows, which is currently widely used in EU institutions, and expanding its presence on the Fediverse, with Commissioners and key departments already joining the EU's Mastodon server.'

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