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A former employee in the Houses of Parliament was arrested last week under anti-hacking laws, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has announced. Addressing MPs at the start of business in the House of Commons on Monday, Sir Lindsay said the former staff member had been detained under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. The law covers unauthorised access to computer material, includes intent to commit or facilitate further offences, and unauthorised […]

Sir Keir Starmer has blamed former top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins for deliberately keeping him in the dark over Lord Peter Mandelson’s failure to pass security vetting checks before taking the role of ambassador to the US. The Prime Minister said he would not have appointed Lord Mandelson if he had known the peer had failed the checks and insisted there was no pressure from No 10 to push […]

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with an arson attack at a synagogue in Harrow, the Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service has said. A “bottle with some sort of accelerant had been thrown through the window” at Kenton United Synagogue at around midnight on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Met police previously said. The Community Security Trust (CST) said that minor smoke damage to an internal room […]

The offshore energy industry will hold an exercise to test its response to simulated threats involving suspicious vessels, drones and cyber attacks. Ahead of a conference taking place in Aberdeen this week, “exercise Granite Resolve” will gauge how the industry, police and other agencies deal with a complex emergency situation. While the desktop exercise does not specify the origin of the potential threat, it comes after the UK and allies […]

The United States said it attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around a naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first interception since its blockade of Iranian ports began last week. Iran will respond soon, its state broadcaster said later, calling the armed boarding an act of piracy. The events threw into question both the fragile ceasefire and President Donald Trump’s earlier announcement that US […]

The average price tag on a home increased by nearly £3,000 month-on-month in April, according to a property website. But the 0.8% monthly rise in the typical asking price was lower than the long-term average increase of 1.2% seen in the month of April, Rightmove said. Across Britain, the average asking price in April is £373,971, which is £2,929 higher than the previous month. Increased mortgage rates and strong competition […]

Erling Haaland struck a vital winner as Manchester City slashed Arsenal’s Premier League lead to three points with a 2-1 victory over the Gunners at the Etihad Stadium. The Norwegian pounced after 65 minutes of a compelling clash on Sunday, sparing Gianluigi Donnarumma’s blushes after the goalkeeper had gifted Kai Havertz an equaliser following Rayan Cherki’s opener. It was Arsenal’s second successive defeat and City, with a game in hand, […]

Counter-terror police are looking into whether the series of arson attacks against Jewish sites in north London have been carried out by Iranian proxies. It comes after officers on “deterrence and reassurance patrols” in the wake of the previous incidents spotted damage to a window of Kenton United Synagogue, Harrow, at around midnight on Sunday. Vicki Evans, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said the incidents have been “similar […]

West End composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed he is a “recovering alcoholic”. The 78-year-old said he had previously checked himself into a clinic to deal with his addiction, which he added did not work, before then attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in Switzerland and the UK, which he said he “adored”, in an interview with The Times. Lord Lloyd-Webber said: “I am a recovering alcoholic. Sixteen months ago I […]