Day: February 5, 2024
‘Fake’ Bitcoin founder ‘used ChatGPT’ to ‘tell a brazen lie’
February 5, 2024A computer scientist lied that he is the founder of Bitcoin and used ChatGPT to forge documents to help his case, the High Court has been told. Dr Craig Wright, 53, has claimed to be ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’, the pseudonym of the person credited with founding the cryptocurrency. Nakamoto, the secretive software engineer who vanished from […]
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Man arrested ‘for hiding Clapham chemical attack suspect’
February 5, 2024A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of helping the suspect in the chemical attack in Clapham, south London. The hunt for Abdul Ezedi has entered its fifth day since the incident on Thursday evening in which 12 people were injured with a corrosive substance. Metropolitan Police said a 31-year-old woman and her daughters, aged […]
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Man pushed onto tracks at Oxford Circus in ‘attempted murder’
February 5, 2024A man was charged with attempted murder after a commuter was pushed on to Tube tracks in London’s Oxford Circus station. British Transport Police (BTP) said the victim was shoved on to the rails at around 3pm on Saturday. Moments before a train arrived, members of the public helped him back on to the platform and he was […]
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People travel to work 75 days a year in UK’s worst commuter city
February 5, 2024Lizzie ThomsonPublished Feb 5, 2024, 10:46am|Updated Feb 6, 2024, 4:15pm With its ridiculously loud Tube lines, crammed train carriages, and eye-watering travel costs, it’s only natural to assume London might be the worst commuter city in the UK. But this simply isn’t the case. Another spot has scooped the top spot in recent rankings by […]
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Clapham chemical attack suspect could be dead or aided by ally, says former officer
February 5, 2024Nick Aldworth, a former national counter-terrorism co-ordinator, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think if we’ve not seen or heard from him in the the last couple of days, which appears to be the case, he’s gone to ground, possibly supported by somebody… or it’s not unlikely or improbable that he may have taken […]
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Millionth pure battery electric new car registered in the UK
February 5, 2024PA Archive The millionth pure battery electric new car has been registered in the UK, industry figures show. This milestone was reached in January, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said. Only around 674,000 pure battery electric cars were licensed for use in the UK by the end of 2022. The SMMT expects […]
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Fears of unfair scrutiny seen as barrier to climate action in big firms – report
February 5, 2024The study looked at how firms are making the transition to net zero (David Jones/PA) PA Wire Sustainability leaders in large businesses have identified unfair scrutiny of climate efforts as a barrier to net zero, according to a report. The Carbon Trust, which helps businesses and governments to decarbonise, surveyed more than 400 sustainability experts […]
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Australia voices outrage as China imposes suspended death sentence on writer Yang Hengjun
February 5, 2024Yang Hengjun and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang AP Australia has condemned China after it handed a suspended death sentence to Australian writer Yang Hengjun on espionage charges. The sentence, handed down five years after Mr Yang was detained in China and three years after his closed-door trial, shocked his family and supporters. In a statement, […]
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London campaigners hail tripled parking charges for SUV drivers in Paris
February 5, 2024SUV car drives on the Champs Elysees avenue, near to the Arc de Triomphe AP Green campaigners in London on Monday welcomed Paris’s decision to triple parking charges for SUVs in a bid to discourage drivers from bringing the large vehicles into the city centre. Almost 55 per cent of people voting in a referendum […]
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Clapham chemical attack – live: Police draft in NCA amid ‘fears gang could be helping Ezedi evade capture’
February 5, 20241707107444 Questions around Abdul Ezedi’s stay following sex offence conviction Questions have been raised around how Abdul Ezedi was able to stay in the country following his sex offence conviction. Speaking on the Trevor Phillips On Sunday programme on Sky News, education secretary Gillian Keegan said: “I think that (asylum) is something that more than […]
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