NewsBite

UK

Advertisement
Nadia’s Uber trip, when the driver got lost.

Who cares if Sam Kerr called a policeman ‘stupid and white’? I don’t

I’ve been in Sam Kerr’s shoes – a terrified woman of colour trapped in the back of an Uber – and I don’t blame her.

  • Nadia Russell

Latest

Earl and Countess of Yarmouth, William and Kelsey Seymour. He is suing for ownership of his parents’ Ragley Hall.

Family row over $168m ancestral estate left earl needing therapy

A bitter dispute involving the descendants of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife, is playing out in court as the family bickers over a 110-room mansion and a 2600-hectare estate.

  • Jacob Freedland
Sam Kerr arrives in court.

Drunken night out sparks questions about power, privilege and race

On social media and in cafes, many thought the case against Sam Kerr was a storm in a teacup. But inside the court, with two of Britain’s top-flight barristers, it was deadly serious.

  • Rob Harris
Australian soccer player Samantha Kerr, right, departs Kingston Crown Court, in south west London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, where she is was found not guilty on charges of alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A chaotic taxi ride, the big ‘bluff’, and the four words that landed Sam Kerr in court

The jury deliberated for four hours before deciding the Matildas captain did not intend to cause harassment, alarm or distress after a night out two years ago.

  • Rob Harris
Australian soccer player Sam Kerr leaves Kingston Crown Court after being found not guilty of causing racially aggravated harassment.

Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially abusing UK police officer

The 31-year-old Australian soccer star has been cleared of the criminal charge in a unanimous verdict by a British jury.

  • Rob Harris
Sam Kerr, Australia’s best-known Matilda, is facing charges in a London court.

I was a London judge. Sam Kerr’s case should never have gone to trial

The trial of Sam Kerr will shortly end, but whether the verdict is “guilty” or “not guilty”, questions must be asked about whether it should have taken place at all.

  • Geoffrey Robertson
Advertisement
Chelsea and Australia soccer player Sam Kerr, right, arrives wither partner Kristie Mewis at Kingston Crown Court, south west London, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, where she is charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.

‘Vital minutes’ of Sam Kerr’s police encounter never captured on camera, court hears

The soccer star’s behaviour during her exchange with police could be compared to “a puffer fish blowing itself up” to feel more secure, her lawyer said.

  • Rob Harris
Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who last year won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in AI, has criticised his former employer Google.

‘Godfather of AI’ sounds alarm on Google weapons plan

Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton helped pioneer Google’s work in artificial intelligence. Now he has lashed out at the tech giant.

  • James Titcomb and Matthew Field
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Trump: I won’t deport Prince Harry – he’s got enough problems with Meghan

Commenting on Harry’s long-running legal case, the US president said he had no interest in throwing the 40-year-old duke out of the country.

  • Victoria Ward and David Millward
Labour MP Andrew Gwynne has been fired as UK health minister.

UK health minister sacked after wishing for elderly constituent’s death

The Labour MP from England’s north-west also shared racist and antisemitic comments in a WhatsApp group called “Trigger Me Timbers”.

  • Rob Harris

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-gd3