The taxi driver did what

Kaspersky accused of helping Russia develop military drone systems dlvr.it/T6NjkQ

Gareth Corfield I'm pretty sure that's the hallway outside her dining room at home.

Astonishing. From the story it appears the security guards physically dragged a solicitor out of the court foyer after a staff member let them in through a side door, only to then be challenged by a youth offending team - and security then attacked the YOT as well!

Great photo included in today's AAIB report into last August's crash of the Vertical Aerospace VX4 showing the moment a blade on EPU3 released, triggering the eVTOL's rapid descent to the runway. flightglobal.com/aerospace/blad…

Poring through train company accounts. Northern Rail, which has been fully govt-owned since 2020, is startling.
'Turnover for the year ended 31 March 2022 was £941,528,000... [including] subsidy from the DfT of £632,612,000.'
Opex of £928m, reported pre-tax profits £9.4m.

Is this Britain's best-named council candidate?

Paddy Power is standing for the Liberal Democrats in the Thames ward of Wokingham Borough Council, which Ed Davey's party hopes to capture on Friday.

'A safe bet' in the words of one activist.

Lady chief justice heralds 'careful expansion of broadcasting hearings', to increase openness & transparency & announces judicial board to promote increased court access & reporting, chaired by media law judge Sir Matthew Nicklin - speech Society of Editors UK: judiciary.uk/keynote-speech…

A good thread by m'learned friend Sam Tobin on how open justice is being eroded in the major London civil courts. Can echo all of this from experience.

Re point 1 about comms briefing, this is why I firmly believe UK journalism should adopt the US practice of naming all corporate spokesmen. Harder for these people to lie when they have to look us all in the eye.

A fascinating read by Christian Wolmar about US Army engineers who rebuilt the wrecked Cherbourg-Le Mans railway in just 3 days following D-Day telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

Russian GPS jamming forces Finnair to cancel flights to Estonian airport after two flights were forced to abandon landings last week telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Although Tartu airport has an ILS on one end of its single runway - a beacon that doesn't depend on GPS - both of the published approaches depend wholly on reliable GPS signals. Story coming soon The Telegraph

EXC: Rishi Sunak is facing demands to toughen sanctions on Russia after a lawyer employed by a firm linked to sanctioned billionaires became involved in a High Court case in London.
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Exc: Alphabet's drone division Wing is set to start flying in the UK this summer, delivering blood samples between NHS hospitals telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

The Cambridge traitors of the 1930s-1950s were all fervent communists betraying their country to Soviet Russia. Why would one of those throw his lot in with the Nazis? Seems unlikely.