Teenager charged with killing mum and brother ‘used ChatGPT to play out fantasy’

17-year-old Arjun Aravind was detained last Wednesday after his mother, Sudha Venkatesan, 45, and brother Siddharth Aravind, 14, were found dead with ‘obvious trauma’ the previous night, according to police. Just days…

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‘No tolerance’ for reckless driving, Irish premier says after horror crash

The scene of the crash in Co Kildare (Niall Carson/PA) PA Wire There can be ‘no tolerance’ for reckless driving, Ireland’s premier has said, after a horror fatal head-on crash with involving a stolen vehicle. Five…

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Government weighs up closing sex offender name change loophole

It comes after a woman who was unknowingly dating a convicted paedophile branded the loophole an “absolute joke”. She accused ministers of putting the matter “on the back burner” and said they are failing to protect…

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Pilot suffers life-changing injuries during airshow

It happened at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome in Purleigh, near Maldon, at about 14:30 BST on Sunday. During a low-level display, one of The Turbulent Team's light aircraft was damaged and the pilot was injured, and the…

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Fly-tippers dump 200 tonnes of asbestos on roadside

The hazardous waste was found at various locations along the A10 and A120, which connects Puckeridge, Hertfordshire, and Harwich, Essex. Hertfordshire County Council said it was one of the most serious fly-tipping…

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Russia and Ukraine trade more deadly strikes

Eight people were killed in the western Belgorod region bordering Ukraine in the past 24 hours. A woman died overnight in the southern Astrakhan region. Ukraine said two people were killed in Russian drone attacks on the…

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Arsenal attack transformed as Mikel Arteta handed solution amid transfer wait

Read our privacy notice . Martin Odegaard ghosted into space, sat Gianluigi Donnarumma down, and sealed victory for Arsenal . His wonderful finish came barely two minutes into the second half of the Community Shield, but…

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The Works shareholder questions chair’s New Zealand residency and home working

Kelso asked whether the chair of The Works spends enough time in the UK (Mike Egerton/PA) PA Archive City Edition News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be…

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My generation is trapped in student debt until our 50s. Here’s how we all pay

New figures this week show that 88,057 graduates who took out the first “income contingent” student loans in 1998 – now in their late 40s or early 50s – still owe some debt. Most of these are people who aren’t repaying –…

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Heavy rain to bring threat of floods after another hosepipe ban announced

The dried bed of the village pond in Holyport, near Maidenhead, Berkshire (Jonathan Brady/PA) PA Wire Parts of the UK could have flooding this week, with heavy rain forecast to hit hard, drought-stricken land as yet…

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