In a world first, members of the public are being invited to test a fleet of driverless pods as part of a major research project helping to shape a new kind of transport. Over the next four weeks visitors and residents at the Greenwich Peninsula will have the opportunity to engage with the new technology and share their experiences. The trials mark the final phase of the GATEway Project, which is using a fleet of automated pods to understand public...

Airbus has warned it could take flight away from the UK without imminent clarity over customs rules after Brexit. The European aerospace manufacturer said it would soon have to decide whether to start stockpiling parts to avoid border delays, adding costs that could make its British operations uncompetitive. Airbus employs about 15,000 people in the UK and moves parts between other EU countries and wing-making operations at Broughton in north Wales and Filton, near Bristol. In 2015, Airbus contributed over £1...

A drugged-up teenage arsonist who firebombed a speed camera in a revenge attack after it caught his friend speeding has been fined. Michael Duncan, 19, was spotted by police in the early hours spraying petrol onto an already ablaze traffic enforcement camera on December 27 last year. Officers approached the yob to find he "smelt heavily of petrol" and when searched they found a plastic bottle containing the fluid and a lighter. A court heard Duncan had taken "ten rocks"...

A disgraced former detective who used the dating app Grindr to groom a 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of gross misconduct. Detective Constable Jonathan Davies-Brewin, 50, set up a profile with the display name 'Older4Youngerx' to contact the teenager online. He arranged to meet the boy in a Tesco car park, not knowing he had been snared by a paedophile hunter who was posing as a child. But when he arrived, Davies-Brewin was confronted by his own colleagues who...

What remains long after the credits of Petra Volpe’s sophomore feature, The Divine Order, have finished rolling is the historical context in which the film is set. There will undoubtedly be a great number who see this film (writer included) who will be shocked by the revelation that the women of Switzerland did not possess the right to vote at a federal level until 1971. More astounding still is that the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden remained steadfast in its refusal...

I think we are going to need a bigger boat! This is the amazing moment a giant whale shark is captured looming beneath a boat full of unsuspecting tourists. The enormous whale shark - the world's largest species of fish - appears to dwarf the boat as it floats just below the surface in a crystal clear sea. The extraordinary image was taken by Tom Cannon, 26, earlier this week off the coast of Western Australia and captures the gaping...

Researchers polled 500 adults who don’t eat dairy products and identified the foods they most long for - including cheesecake and lasagne.

Sitting through the trailers at the cinema yesterday I couldn't help but think things have all started to get a bit complicated in the arts and entertainment biz. Wes Anderson's latest offering about canine pets that are exiled to a vast garbage-dump was the first to pique my curiosity, soon preceded by a bunch of old wrestlers that are trying to save their local pub and other such peculiarities. It's almost as if Hollywood's insistence to stick to the same blend of actors...

Workers in London are in line for a pay rise as employers push to attract more candidates. It was a strong start to the year for both employers and professionals, and it’s clear that businesses in the capital were working hard last month to continue attracting talented candidates to their roles. In fact, according to the latest statistics from CV-Library, advertised salaries increased by 2.7 per cent year-on-year across the city. The data, which explored fluctuations in pay, jobs and applications...