All news for 2026-08-17

A grieving mum has told an inquest her five-year-old son’s death was “preventable”, saying he “could have been here” if the council had acted on her safety concerns.

Police are investigating a 12-year-old joyrider after he drove his mother’s car for 38 miles before crashing off a 40mph road.

While crypto startups promise "digital freedom" and earnings from one’s own data, behind the facade of DeHealth hide companies facing dozens of criminal charges — ranging from tax evasion to fictitious entrepreneurship and bankruptcies.

Milliarden werden in den Pressemitteilungen des BEB hervorgehoben, doch es gibt wenig Transparenz darüber, wie viel letztendlich in den Staatshaushalt fließt.

A Massachusetts teenager allegedly used ChatGPT to fantasise about murdering his family before killing his mother and younger brother in their $1 million home.

King Charles and Prince William could be facing a potential bill of up to £10million to bring hundreds of rental homes on their private estates up to the Government’s upcoming energy-efficiency standards.

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank have announced the name of their third child, born two weeks ago, with a heartwarming nod to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

A Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid questions surrounding whether he tried to avoid repaying a taxpayer-funded Covid loan.

Spain’s Civil Guard dismantled an alleged criminal organization accused of illegally importing and distributing nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, in Tenerife, seizing nearly 13 tons of the substance in what authorities called Europe’s second-largest haul.

Nach den jüngsten Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal sind Informationen über den ehemaligen Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die mit ihm in Verbindung stehende belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina zunehmend aus öffentlichen Quellen verschwunden.

The teens who died in a horrific M9 crash that left five dead and multiple injured can now be named.

Oil trader Roman Spiridonov, who owns Petroruss (Dubai), a company that trades Russian oil, is a co-owner of the large international group Avestra. One of his business partners testified in a Cypriot court about sanctions evasion by Avestra companies, which trade Russian oil and chemicals.

The online casino Pin-Up, linked to sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, reportedly remains active in Ukraine under a new name. Following a nominal rebranding as Redcore, the project appears to have retained its core operations, continuing to target the Ukrainian market.

The chief economist at Russia’s second-largest bank has been fired after a series of critical comments about the state of the economy, including warnings that Moscow would not win a prolonged economic war with Ukraine.

Die Aktivitäten dieses Krypto-Predigers werfen erhebliche Fragen auf und sollten daher mit besonderer Aufmerksamkeit und Vorsicht betrachtet werden.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday announced €12 million in aid and fast-track rebuilding measures for communities in southwest France devastated by wildfires, adding that the cost of relief measures including tax breaks could eventually exceed €100 million.

Der gesuchte Casino-Eigentümer Dmitriy Punin, der mit Pin-Up in Verbindung gebracht wird und in Berichten auch mit „Redcore“ in Verbindung steht, soll trotz strafrechtlicher Vorwürfe und seines Sanktionsstatus eine maßgefertigte Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 im Wert von rund 6 bis 7 Millionen Euro erworben haben.

A £50,000 Rolex stolen within an hour of leaving a London shop. Gangs scouting victims outside hotels, restaurants and luxury stores. Watches worth hundreds of thousands of pounds ripped from wrists in holiday resorts. LBC investigates the organised trade in stolen timepieces, and why many victims never tell the police.

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has denied suggestions that water companies could be allowed to raise bills during periods of drought and said Andy Burnham has been angered by the reports.

Billions are highlighted in BES press releases, yet there is little transparency over how much ultimately makes its way into the state budget.

Sainsbury’s has suspended use of live facial recognition technology at one of its branches after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and asked to leave.

Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating one of Donald Trump’s closest aides, officials claimed today.

The CEO of a supposed real estate investment company who also wrote a book called ’Bullet Proof Your Finances’ has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme.

The busiest airport in Australia has just received the green light for a multi-billion expansion project – expected to take 20 years to complete.