Sam Corbishley

6 days ago | metro.co.uk | Sam Corbishley

Pope Leo XIV named artificial intelligence as one of the biggest threats to humanity as he laid out his vision for the papacy to cardinals today. In his first formal audience, the new pontiff revealed he took the name to honour Pope Leo XIII, a social justice advocate who backed workers' rights during the industrial revolution.

6 days ago | metro.co.uk | Sam Corbishley

Tyler Webb, 22, told the woman, who cannot be named, to end her life so he could watch. In his Telegram messages, he said she had nothing to live for and suggested various ways she could do it. Webb, from Loughborough, is the first person in the country to be charged with encouraging suicide and one count of encouraging or assisting someone to seriously self-harm.

6 days ago | metro.co.uk | Sam Corbishley

Madeleine McCann's parents vowed their 'determination to "leave no stone unturned" is unwavering' as they marked the 18th anniversary of her disappearance last week. She was three when she vanished while on a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007. There has been no positive sighting of her since, with the trail remaining as cold now as it was nearly two decades ago.

6 days ago | metro.co.uk | Sam Corbishley

Hay fever sufferers have been warned against buying unlicensed jabs online amid a surge in the number of people seeking relief for symptoms. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has told patients not to buy the medicine Kenalog. It found nearly half of pharmacists have been asked for the jab since the spring, when pollen counts increased.

1 week ago | metro.co.uk | Sam Corbishley

Two friends who filmed themselves cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall during a 'moronic mission' have been found guilty of criminal damage. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers drove 40 minutes at night to reach the remote spot in Northumberland, in September 2023. They took just 2min 41sec to fell the 150-yearold tree in a 'mindless act of vandalism', jurors at Newcastle Crown Court were told.