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Chief Superintendent Robyn Williams, 54, indicated a plea of not guilty to possessing the moving image at Willesden Magistrates' Court today

Attorney general says May's new deal can still leave UK in backstop against its will. In a huge blow to the PM the Attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, has indicated that the UK could still be trapped in the backstop, even after the concessions May negotiaited last night. The government’s top lawyer did say the prime minister’s efforts had reduced the risk of being trapped in the backstop however he admitted it could still happen. Theresa May is to put her...

But he says it all hinges on Attorney General's legal advice

During the marine heatwave off the West Cost of the United States, scientists noticed creatures typically seen only in places off the coast of Mexico, showing up hundreds of miles further north

Theresa May’s Brexit deal will be rejected by 363 MPs today, according to spread betting firm Sporting Index. The under-fire Prime Minister faces a second vote in the House of Commons later today and they believe May will inevitably face more disappointment, predicting ‘ayes’ to be at 275. Following late night talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker around changes to the deal – mainly the Irish backstop – the Prime Minister will claim she has delivered what Parliament have...

A former Australian PM has not held back on his thoughts on the potential Brexit trade plan with the Commonwealth. Kevin Rudd called the idea ““the nuttiest of the many nutty arguments” and more tellingly “utter b*llocks.” He was PM of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and from June to September 2013. Rudd told the Guardian: “I’m struck, as the British parliament moves towards the endgame on Brexit, with the number of times Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India have...

People living in Britain have one and a half years slashed from their life expectancy due to air pollution, warns new research. Dirty air also causes double the number of deaths than previously thought, according to the study. The findings suggest that an estimated 8.8 million people died globally from air pollution, rather than the previously estimated 4.5 million. And in Europe, 790,000 extra deaths took place in 2015 as a result of poor air conditions - caused by diseases...

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed suspicions aired in the Commons last night that nothing has fundamentally changed in relation to the backstop in the withdrawal agreement. Labour's Shadow Brexit Secretary waved a fat wad of legal papers in the chambers last night and asked: "Is a single word of the Withdrawal Agreement different now to the document that was agreed on November 25?" Having studied the documents, he confirmed this morning that there is unlikely to be changes sufficient to...

It was only identified through its teeth - and fills a six million year gap in the fossil record.