“We need regulations to stop people using it for bad things, and we don’t appear to have those kinds of political systems in place at present.” Prof Hinton said he fears AI will be bad for society if ...

Scotland welcomed 2024 in explosive style with the traditional fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle at the Hogmanay street party. The 12 months which followed saw electoral change, footballing ...

Soap supremo Sir Phil Redmond says that “courage has gone out of broadcasting” in recent years, and suggested that TV watchdog rules should be broken more often.

A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate. Footage of the guard and male prisoner was shared with prisoners at HMP Five Wells, Northamptonshire, the ...

South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has voted to impeach the country’s acting leader, Han Duck-soo. The assembly approved the impeachment motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. Governing ...

Researchers called for the widespread adoption of services that allow patients to self-refer without a GP consultation.

The National Trust’s review of the year’s wildlife and weather sees past drought give way to wet, mild conditions in 2024.

The National Trust says 2024 was good for trees, heather and seals but bad for bees, butterflies, bats and natterjack toads.

The Eagle S is flagged in the Cook Islands but was described by Finnish customs officials as a suspected part of Russia’s ...

Communities and firefighters across Australia’s second-most populous state are preparing for potentially devastating ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has ordered the country’s parliament to be dissolved and set new elections for February 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing ...

The year has not been short of dramatic events and developments, and here the PA news agency provides a month by month look back on 2024.