Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said he is determined to ‘break free’ from the ‘ball-and-chain’ technology currently used in many systems.
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Millions of households face hosepipe ban as one of UK’s biggest firms warns supplies are on the brink
The Environment Agency has declared parts of southeast England as in a period of ‘prolonged dry weather’ after low rainfall
Starmer opens the door for stealth tax extension as he tries to balance books
During a fiery PMQs, Keir Starmer ruled out increases to income tax, VAT and national insurance – but could not answer questions on wealth taxes or a freeze on tax thresholds
Listen to drug smuggler’s voicemail before trying to flee police with cocaine-laden boat
Listen to a voicemail that a drug smuggler left right before trying to flee from police in a boat filled with cocaine.
Primary school teacher banned after failing to tell bosses she was in relationship with sex offender
Leanne Till was found to have made the ‘deliberate decision’ not to inform the school of her relationship
Calls for removal of migrant effigies in boat on loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland
12 life-sized mannequins in life jackets have been placed on the bonfire which will be lit in the next few days
Excavation begins for remains of 800 infants at Ireland home
The remains of 802 children were buried at the church-run home for unmarried mothers from 1925 to 1961
Second UK supermarket introduces ‘checkout VAR’ after widely-mocked Tesco scheme
Shoplifting offences have reached a record high with police recording over half a million incidents last year
British couple held in Iran are alive, officials say — but no one has seen them
Lindsay and Craig Foreman’s family feared they were being held in Iran’s Evin prison when it was bombed by Israel
Mystery over ‘unusually large’ Roman shoes unearthed in Northumberland
The size 14 shoes were unearthed at Magna Roman Fort in Northumberland earlier this year