Cheshire Police is looking into reports the wheels of an e-bike were used to propel a roundabout.

A rape suspect reportedly staged his own death and survived on berries and puddle water in the wild before fleeing the UK for Spain, a court has heard.

Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the quake, which struck in a mountainous eastern region.

Chinese, Russian and Indian leaders hope their meeting in Beijing this week projects unity and helps usher in a new world order.

Former British heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner - who faced Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier - has died at the age of 75.

Taylor Otwell says skip the clever code, keep it simple

Taylor Otwell, inventor and maintainer of popular PHP framework Laravel, is warning against overly complex code and the risks of bypassing the framework.…

The new restriction comes after a group of Palestinian officials were refused visas for a key UN meeting in New York.

Provisional Met Office figures show that it has been the warmest summer on record - meaning the UK's five hottest summers have all occurred since 2000.

Chelsea have agreed an improved loan, with an obligation to buy, deal for striker Nicolas Jackson to join Bayern Munich, while bringing in Facundo Buonanotte on loan from Brighton,

The UK has just sizzled through its hottest summer on record, a phenomenon made 70 times more likely by climate change, the Met Office said today.

Could dramatically reduce latency between datacenters and on mobile nets

A team of networking boffins has published fresh research on hollow fiber cables that it claims could offer the lowest ever recorded optical loss for a fiber – meaning the signal would weaken less as it travels, leading to faster speeds and lower latencies.…

Joe Bugner, the former British heavyweight boxing champion, who challenged Muhammad Ali for the world title, has died aged 75.

There are fears the death toll will rise significantly as the area is remote and mountainous, making rescue operations difficult.

The daughter of a man who was killed by two children has told Sky News "there is a possibility" he could have still been alive if police had taken anti-social behaviour reports more seriously.

A businessman who snatched a cap being given to a young fan by tennis player Kamil Majchrzak at the US Open has offered a "sincere apology" for his actions and said he has returned it.

Mobile phones across the UK will be sent an emergency alert as the government tests the system nationwide.

Executive order adds space agency to National Security Exclusions, voiding collective bargaining rights for staff

Happy Labor Day. The US administration has removed union recognition from NASA as budget cuts and layoffs loom.…

Some routes will see fares fall by as much as 50% at busy times, but on others prices will be unchanged.

Luke Donald names six experienced players as his wildcard picks for Europe's Ryder Cup team to face the United States in New York later this month.

Angela Rayner is a "great British success story" and it is a "mistake" for people to be briefing against her, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Cloud customers left reeling as forecasts leap hundreds of percent

Some Microsoft Azure customers have had a worrying few days after a problematic account migration caused forecast costs for the cloud service to skyrocket, triggering budget alerts.…

Schools and colleges are increasingly being expected to offer support which goes "far beyond teaching and learning" because of rising child poverty and "crumbling public services", a teaching union has warned.

Tottenham Hotspur agree a season-long loan deal for Paris St-Germain striker Randal Kolo Muani.

England hand a debut to 22-year-old fast bowler Sonny Baker for their opening one-day international against South Africa at Headingley on Tuesday.

The English actor will return as Professor Filius Flitwick, HBO has confirmed.

Oracle billionaire funds project to predict immunity and develop treatments for hard-to-prevent diseases

A research group funded by tech billionaire Larry Ellison is set to invest £118 million ($169.6 million) in applying AI to vaccine research with the UK's Oxford University.…

Aston Villa sign former Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof and are close to loans for Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho.

The firm says it will add more guardrails "as an extra precaution" and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.

Simon King guides us through the weather we're expecting as we start meteorological autumn

Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children's photos online.

A new pay-as-you-go rail ticketing system, which tracks passengers as they travel, is being trialled in England.

BAE's sub hunter production line warms up – shame it's not for Britain

Norway has ordered British-made Type 26 frigates in a contract valued at roughly £10 billion to the UK economy, but this may delay the introduction of the Royal Navy's own desperately needed ships.…

Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government.

Many of Europe's largest economies have a debt problem, but the ramifications for the UK and France have a greater sense of urgency.

Hollywood star Rupert Everett has been working behind the bar of his village pub in a bid to keep the doors open.

The PM's revamp aims to build clearer structures and bolster economic expertise ahead of the Budget.

A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suffered GPS jamming as a result of suspected Russian interference, an EU spokesperson has confirmed to Sky News.

Manchester United agree a deal to sign Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp for an initial 21m euros (£18.1) plus add-ons.

The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of "The Monkey's Paw," a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes, but always by the most malevolent path - the desired outcome arrives after exacting a brutal cost elsewhere first. With the same humorless literalness, ChatGPT […]

Don't worry, there's a twist at the end

Opinion  Agatha Christie stuck a dagger in the notion that crime doesn't pay. With sales of between two and four billion books – fittingly, the exact number is a mystery – she built a career out of murder that out-bloodied Jack the Ripper. It's a fair bet that had she chosen to write about accountancy fraud instead, her sales would be between two and four billion fewer. Some crime is sexy. Some is not.…

Police arrest a woman in connection with the death in a park in Cambodian capital.

The man was found "lying in a pool of blood" at the Nevada desert festival on Saturday night, police said.

If you've ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday, the Money blog speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like.

Newcastle agree a deal worth £55m for Brentford forward Yoane Wissa, a day after he urge the Bees to "keep their word" and let him leave.

The food and children's agency workers are the latest UN staff detained by Houthi authorities.

Authors including literary heavyweight Ian McEwan and big hitters John Scalzi, Yume Kitasei and Cixin Liu have new sci-fi novels out this month

Media organisations from across the world have renewed calls for the killing of journalists in Gaza to stop - warning there will "soon be no one left to keep you informed".

Australia's incoming ban of under-16s on social media can be "privately, effectively and efficiently" enforced, an official report has found. 

The small profit comes as the company looks to turn around its fortunes under new ownership.

Trust and believe – AI models trained to see 'legal' doc as super legit

Researchers at security firm Pangea have discovered yet another way to trivially trick large language models (LLMs) into ignoring their guardrails. Stick your adversarial instructions somewhere in a legal document to give them an air of unearned legitimacy – a trick familiar to lawyers the world over.…

Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry’s sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for seven years, is releasing later this week for just $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on September 4th comes with a modest $5 bump over Hollow Knight’s original $14.99 price tag. While Team Cherry could have charged more for Silksong, it’s essentially […]

House prices are growing at around their slowest rate since last summer as calls to reform property tax grow.

The agreements struck at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit are not what onlookers are likely to remember.

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet

A man has been found dead "in a pool of blood" at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, officials say.

Superfast electrons traced back to the Sun

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter probe has pinpointed the source of electrons expelled by the Sun, with implications for forecasting space weather.…

The future Queen is said to have fought off her attacker on a train using the heel of her shoe.

The Russian president also defended his decision to invade Ukraine, once again blaming the war on the West.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced a shake-up of his team in Downing Street as he seeks to reset his premiership after a difficult first year in office.

The opening hours of Hell Is Us are brilliantly confusing. The game tasks you with getting up to speed on a complicated civil war between the Palomists and Sabinians. A deluge of proper nouns is unleashed: Lymbic weaponry, Guardian Detectors, and more. But the clearest way the game communicates that you should feel utterly dumbfounded […]

BBC Sport takes a look at how Liverpool could fit both Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak in the same team.

Aston Villa are exploring a move for Manchester United's out-of-favour winger Jadon Sancho.

At last, enough hours in the day to RTFM

Who, Me?  No two mistakes are the same, but The Register thinks they're all worth celebrating each Monday when we serve up a fresh edition of Who, Me? – the reader-contributed column in which we share your most magnificent messes, and your means of making it out alive.…

The new list of storm names for the 2025-26 season has been released by the Met Office.

Over 1,400 people have been killed and at least 3,250 others injured after an earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, according to the Afghan Red Crescent Society.

Queen Camilla used a shoe to hit a man who tried to touch her on a train, according to a new book about the monarchy.

Queen Camilla used a shoe to hit a man who tried to touch her on a train, according to a new book about the monarchy.

England, Scotland and Ireland are all through to the World Cup quarter-finals, while Wales bowed out. Here are five talking points from the second round.

Dezi Freeman vanished into thick bushland after killing two police officers and hasn't been seen since.

Sites at yourcountry.gov may also not bother with HTTPs

Internet traffic to government domains often flows across borders, relies on a worryingly small number of network connections, or does not require encryption, according to new research.…

The McLaren Formula One team is to be valued at over £3bn in a deal that will reap a stellar return for the investors which helped bail out its parent company during the pandemic.

Sammi Hill says using Mounjaro was not "just about weight" for her and worries about a price hike.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka breezes past Cristina Bucsa to reach the quarter-finals and continue her title defence in New York.

Wayne Rooney says this season could be "now or never" for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta following the Gunners' defeat by Liverpool at Anfield.

Novak Djokovic storms past qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the US Open quarter-finals and continue his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title.

From 1 September, single fares will cost £1 and a full day pass will cost £3 for those aged 16 to 21.

Insiders tell BBC Panorama how the man behind upmarket jeweller Vashi conned investors and customers.

A new book saying Queen Camilla was the victim of an attempted sexual assault as a teenager dominates Monday's papers.

The meeting took place just days after Trump's administration slapped high tariffs on India.

A British woman has been stabbed to death in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, police have said.

PLUS: Spain cancels Huawei deal; Sony wants to use only recycled gold; Video of Alibaba’s uncanny FOSS digital humans; and more

Asia In Brief  China’s State Council last week announced a new IT policy called “AI +”, the successor to 2015’s “Internet +”.…

However a trial of the technology enforcement options found shortcomings and risks with all of them.

After a summer dominated by criticism over the small boats crisis and asylum hotels, Labour says it's planning to overhaul the "broken" asylum system.

Police say an officer injured their hand but no other injuries were reported.

Anguilla has the internet domain .ai and is earning a fortune selling the address to tech firms.

PLUS: Microsoft ends no-MFA Azure access; WorkDay attack diverts payments; FreePBX warns of CVSS 10 flaw; and more

Infosec In brief  A flaw in Meta's WhatsApp app “may have been exploited in a sophisticated attack against specific targeted users.”…

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was fatally stabbed in Luton, Bedfordshire, on Sunday.

It appears the summer transfer saga involving Alexander Isak, Liverpool and Newcastle will come to an end after a £125m deal was reached.

The mission's goal is to find water on the Moon, which could open the door for a sustained human presence there.

The new list of storm names is released, marking the start of the annual UK storm season. How and why are they given names?

An explanation of the new gene testing rule enforced by World Athletics for women's events.

The vast majority of policymakers in Westminster, let alone elsewhere around the UK, have never heard of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the geopolitical grouping currently holding its summit at Tianjin, but hear me out on why we should all be paying considerable attention to it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says "urgent investigations" are underway to establish what happened.

Advocacy groups sought emergency action amid reports planes carrying the children were about to take off.

Gor's appoinment comes at a time when India-US ties have become strained due to Trump's steep tariffs.

BBC Sport looks at how Oval Invincibles have dominated The Hundred to win three straight men's titles but face their team being taken apart by potential changes to the competition.

Beijing's shipbuilding capacity is 200 times that of the US, an expert says, calling the scale "extraordinary".

Match of the Day pundits Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart analyse Dominik Szoboszlai's "absolutely perfect" free-kick that won the game for Liverpool against Arsenal.

The former Trump adviser's car was struck from behind on a highway in New Hampshire, a statement said.