Whistleblower says senior managers did not forbid intimate relationships and advised him to use condoms Senior managers running a covert unit permitted undercover police officers to deceive women into sexual relations, the spycops public inquiry has heard. Peter Francis, a former undercover officer who has become a whistleblower, said the sexual relations were a routine feature of the covert operations for years. He said they were “an ordinary part of the undercover role … it was regarded by officers and management alike as part of the work”. Continue reading...

Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience. But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...

Una investigación de un año de duración de 'The Guardian' revela cómo varias madres perdieron a sus hijos tras escuchar en un pódcast los inspiradores relatos de partos sin comadronas ni médicos

La compañía tecnológica niega que la herramienta actuara de forma autónoma para incitar al menor y rechazan la acusación de que el chatbot "ayudó activamente al joven a explorar métodos de suicidio...