The insurance company Direct Line has accepted an improved offer from its bigger UK rival Aviva, in a deal valuing the business at £3.6bn. Aviva,
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Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality,
‘It comes at a cost’: British growers criticise Christmas vegetable price war
Ten years ago, marketing executives at Britain’s biggest supermarket had a brainwave: might slashing the price of basic vegetables tempt shoppers to do their Christmas
UK weather: Storm Darragh to bring 80mph gusts as amber wind warning issued
An amber warning for wind has been issued for large parts of the UK, with power cuts and flying debris possible amid the arrival of
Lung cancer ‘could be detected by world-first urine test’
Scientists have created a world-first urine test that could indicate the first possible signs of lung cancer. Many lung cancer cases are diagnosed at later
French authorities rescue 85 migrants trying to cross Channel
The French navy rescued 85 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday, maritime authorities said, the latest in a deadly
Starmer seeks to relaunch premiership with new promise to crack down on crime
Keir Starmer will attempt to reset his premiership with a series of pledges to show he is “delivering change”, including 13,000 extra neighbourhood police and
Tata Steel’s UK losses hit £1.1bn on cost of closing Port Talbot blast furnaces
Losses at Tata Steel’s UK operations ballooned to £1.12bn due to the cost of closing Port Talbot’s two blast furnaces. Accounts for the Indian-owned company
Two-child benefit cap ‘will be scrapped’ in Scotland, vows SNP
The Scottish government has unveiled plans to scrap Westminster’s controversial two-child benefit cap to lift thousands of “children out of poverty”. Scotland’s finance secretary, Shona
Lucy Letby questioned over suspicious deaths of babies in Liverpool
Lucy Letby maintains her innocence, her lawyer said on Wednesday as he condemned “leaking by the police” after it was confirmed the neonatal nurse had