James Hetherington

Southampton council considers free passage through road tolls for electric vehicle drivers in bid to clean up air quality.

A female school teacher in Ohio has been charged with two counts of sexual battery. She allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old and performed oral sex on a 17-year-old.

A man suffering from stage 4 cancer has been granted a dying wish by Tesla, to get his Model 3 delivered.

Search engine confirms most searched for terms of 2017 in the UK and across the globe, ranging from weather to technology to royals.

The man filmed his girlfriend walking the streets naked and shared footage of the punishment - which he says is an African custom.

Emotion-provoking Disney movies such as Up are being used to help artificial intelligence identify different human expressions.

Apple will launch the iMac Pro on 14 December and is promising the fastest Mac experience on the market.

One of "top five" phone manufacturers rumoured to be unveiling device at CES with radical fingerprint scanner beneath the screen.

Uber fails to get licence revealed in York after city officials raise concerns about recent data breach.

Harry Potter fans hanging out for another chapter will likely not find what they're looking for here, but it makes for great reading all the same.

A 39-year-old woman will spend the next four years in jail after her dog, which had previously attacked children twice, mauled 12 kids at a local playground.

Thousands of rabbits on an almost deserted Japanese island are struggling because of an influx in tourism.

Apple, Samsung and Google need to strike while the iron is hot. It's been a great year for the iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy and Pixel 2, but there is still work to be done.

Netflix has released statistics on the shows people are binge watching the most. Stranger Things, 13 Reasons Why and Gilmore Girls all made the lists.

American astronauts will be returning to the Moon for the first time since 1972 after trump directed Nasa to start planning.

Londoners are paying more on average for public transport, Ubers and taxis than the majority of other capital cities.

A Southend-on-Sea doctor is facing six charges of sexual assault and has been released on bail until his court hearing on 8 January.

Aspiring Ninja Turtle Caleb Green, 4, set out to read 100 books in just one day. His family streamed the efforts on Facebook Live.

Drone owners in a US state will need to be sober to pilot their devices. If caught drunk or high, pilots could be facing six months in jail.

Google Maps will soon notify travellers when they are nearing their stop on public transport.

Over 50 US mayors have signed a deal to combat climate change in a similar fashion to the Paris Climate agreement.

Smart urinals have joined the ever-growing list of intelligent tech devices that supposedly make our lives easier. This one, however, is more focused on selling you stuff.

A research team from Columbia University has found that an unnecessary amount of kidneys are being discarded instead of transplanted.

A recent survey has revealed the most popular and least loved characters in the Star Wars universe, Mesa.

Apple could look to appease fans in 2018 who are frustrate by the new models' fragile all-glass design.

A new "earthquake-proof" house will be built to fold in half and cost home buyers as little as £19000.

Instagram demo shows camera-first standalone chat app that separates direct messaging from main program.

A month after its launch, the iPhone X is finally in stock at Apple Stores. Here are some reasons you should pick it over a Samsung.

Reddit users have shared and commented on a 1955 book excerpt that draws frightening parallels between the rise of Hitler's Nazi regime and Donald Trump's United States.