All news by author James Smith

The city of Venice, one of Italy’s most popular tourist spots, on Thursday became the first city in the world to impose an entry fee for visitors as it attempts to clamp down on overcrowding from holidaymakers...

The driver of a Tesla involved in a crash that left a motorcyclist dead said he was operating the vehicle’s Autopilot feature and checking his phone at the time, documents show. The 56-year-old unnamed driver was on his way home from lunch at 3.45pm last Friday when his Tesla collided with a motorcycle driven by Jeffrey Nissen, 28, in a suburban area about 15 miles outside of Seattle. Mr Nissen was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are yet to verify that the car was running Autopilot at the time of the crash, but the fatal incident raises questions over whether Tesla’s recent recall of two million cars went far enough to ensure that motorists using the auto drive feature pay attention to the road. The Tesla driver was arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide after he told a Washington State Patrol trooper he was using the vehicle’s Autopilot feature and looked at his cellphone while the car was moving, according to a probable-cause document obtained by the Associated Press.

Ahead of new Channel 5 documentary A Very British Sex Scandal: The Earl & The Escort, the Mirror takes a look at the death of aristocratic Anthony Ashley-Cooper, whose remains were found in a lonely ravine

The bloody cycle of gangland revenge that led to Lee Amos’ death behind bars in a Staffordshire prison

Ministers were accused of a ’colossal act of cowardice’ in a backlash over the Renters Reform Bill after Michael Gove backtracked on a promised ban of no-fault evictions

Brian Reader died at the age of 84 during autumn of last year from cancer, according to his death certificate, despite his family and associates trying to keep his death a secret

A six-months pregnant woman has been found dead in a forest after missing for more than a week.

Tens of thousands of files dating from the Cold War that showed the horror effects of radiation and nuclear testing on British troops were covered up

Double rapist Isla Bryson, 32, from Clydebank, Scotland, says they have been ’misgendered’ by staff at HMP Edinburgh - the prison has apologised following the complaint

The Attorney General has confirmed that it is considering reviewing the sentences of Remy Gordon, 23, and Kami Carpenter, 22, who stabbed footballer Cody Fosher to death in Birmingham

An app designed to reduce disruption for Brits travelling across the Channel will not be ready in time for a new EU border scheme, the boss of Eurostar has told the BBC.

Many in Vietnam are trapped in poverty and are susceptible to promises made by people smugglers of the riches to be found in the UK

A non-league footie boss who took a surprise leave of absence from the touchline is facing cocaine and cannabis supply charges.

Just over eight years ago a robot Atlas was introduced to the world by Boston Dynamics and we collectively freaked out.

Prince William will bravely return to royal duties today while his wife Kate Middleton continues to recover from cancer and his father King Charles responds well to treatment

The loner who snatched Shannon Matthews as part of a fake kidnap plot hatched by her shameless mum has died, The Sun can reveal.

Greater Manchester Police’s investigation into Labour’s Angela Rayner reportedly involves at least a dozen officers and is not limited to potential electoral law offences

Britain’s richest man Michael Platt lives a life largely under the radar - but once joked to a taxi driver that he is the ’highest-earning person in the world of finance’

Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendance

Five of the six people stabbed to death by Joel Cauchi, 40, in the Westfield Bondi Junction complex were women.

Fujitsu’s UK public sector chief said the promise it made was simply an ’extra gateway check’ for the firm