5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (659+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Andy Burnham has been warned by the victims’ commissioner for England that public safety will be put at risk if he abandons plans to reduce the number of jury trials. In an interview with The Observer, Claire Waxman…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (279+ words) Monday 7 September 2026 In China, the process is already under way. In an experiment in Shenzhen it was found that judges came to clear decisions 50 per cent faster in 2024 using an AI tool to examine evidence, leading to the tool being…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (801+ words) Sunday 6 September 2026 When David Ions woke up in hospital 18 years ago, handcuffed to the bed, he turned to a nurse and said: “Why the fuck am I still alive?” Ions, and plenty of others like him, are the dabs of…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (340+ words) Sunday 6 September 2026 A few minutes after jurors acquitted Yorgen Fenech of involvement in the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, a tearful policeman outside the courtroom in Malta said he couldn’t understand what had happened. He is not…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1654+ words) Sunday 30 August 2026 In the cafe, one pupil started waving a porn magazine at her. It was a brief provocation, inappropriate but ultimately harmless, and Gareth’s friends soon tired of their game and sloped off back to school. But Gareth, which…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1084+ words) Tuesday 25 August 2026 Lynsey was on her lunch break when she saw a Facebook message request from an anonymous account. “Whos [sic] the slag in that new pic?” it read, seemingly referencing her profile picture. The account had no pictures, no…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (434+ words) Sunday 23 August 2026 Police have urged social media users to stop sharing AI-generated images of two police officers who died following a car crash on the A66, said local MP Anna Turley. Seven people including the officers have died in the crash,…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (460+ words) Sunday 23 August 2026 A business in Montenegro run by the convicted fraudster George Cottrell has been quietly shut down. Private Family Office, which is linked to Reform UK donations that are under investigation by the Metropolitan Police, is a limited company…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1085+ words) Sunday 23 August 2026 The first barrister in British history to face prosecution for a closing speech – in this case delivered to a jury during a Palestine Action trial – has described how he missed making a last visit to see his father…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (9+ words) Has Tupac Shakur’s murder finally been solved? The Observer...