All news by author Thomas Brown

A U.S. judge has ordered a man to pay over US$36 million for his role in a forex and digital asset fraud scheme, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Contingency plan using sea tankers to deal with future shortages would be paid for from customers’ bills

Michael Ward criticizes Harrods for failing staff, claiming Fayed oversaw a ‘toxic culture’ during a ‘shameful period’.

A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant because he was ‘scaring customers’.

Several major UK train stations appear to be showing Islamophobic messages after being hacked in a major ‘cyber-security’ incident.

The world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted over 50 years after his sentencing.

Police have scrambled to respond to a school in lockdown after the academy received a ‘threatening phone call’.

Despite international sanctions, petrodollars continue to flow into Russia’s budget — primarily thanks to a “shadow fleet” that ships Russian oil to buyers willing to pay prices above the $60 per barrel cap imposed by the G7+ Coalition.

It’s been an eventful travel day already – and now there is more drama after a horse escaped onto the M20 while TfL gave an update on the cyber attack.

To clamp down on stealing, Co-op began trailing AI theft detection technology. The company’s interim results also said it will open 120 new shops by the end of next year.

The massively popular video app follows Meta’s recent move and pulls down accounts associated with the Russian state.

Suspected Russian propaganda operation prompts calls to force UK-registered news sites to reveal ownership

Four people were shot dead in the street in a nightlife area in Alabama last night, according to police.

A building surveyor has been jailed for swindling the National Trust out of more than £1 million through false invoices.

Divers searching British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht off Sicily have found safes holding potentially sensitive intelligence data, sources have claimed.

Twenty five people were killed and at least 600 injured in Lebanon on Wednesday when walkie-talkies used by members of the armed group Hezbollah exploded, the country’s health ministry says.

Some 22 people, including 13 children and six women, have been killed in an Israeli strike on a shelter in Gaza, local officials have reported, while the IDF said it targeted a Hamas command centre.

Drivers have been warned to plan ahead this weekend as a two major motorway closures could impact travel plans.

British employers plan to scale back pay increases next year, according to a survey that is likely to encourage the Bank of England as it seeks further signs that inflation pressures in the economy are easing.

Police officers stopped a driver on Puławska Street who had significantly exceeded the speed limit.

The cost of soft drinks, beer, and kettles is expected to rise due to a scheme that transfers recycling fees to producers.

A pedestrian died when a police car hit him in Warwickshire yesterday.