The 39-year-old, from the Guildford area, was arrested on Tuesday following co-operation between the Environment Agency (EA) and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit. Last week, the EA declared the 40ft-high mountain of waste near Kidlington a "critical incident". Anna Burns, the Environment Agency's area director for the Thames, said that the "appalling illegal waste dump... has rightly provoked outrage over the potential consequences for the community and environment". "We have been working round the clock with the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit to bring the perpetrators to justice and make them pay for this offence," she added. "Our investigative efforts have secured an arrest today, which will be the first step in delivering justice for residents and punishing those responsible." Phil Davies, head of the Joint Unit for Waste Crime, added that the EA "is working closely with other law enforcement partners to identify and hold those responsible for the horrendous illegal dumping of waste". He then said: "A number of active lines of investigation are being pursued by specialist officers." Sky News drone footage captured the sheer scale of the rubbish pile, which is thought to weigh hundreds of tonnes and comprise multiple lorry loads of waste. Read more from Sky News:Woman wakes up in coffin at crematorium'Milkshake tax' to be introduced in budget The EA said that officers attended the site on 2 July after the first report of waste tipping, and that a cease-and-desist letter was issued to prevent illegal activity. After continued activity, the agency added that a court order was granted on 23 October. No further tipping has taken place at the site since.

The Trump administration has tabled a plan to open federal waters off the coasts of California, Florida, and Alaska to oil and gas drilling for the first time in decades - including areas that have never been touched. A total of one billion acres of water would be offered for lease under the proposal. That's equivalent to more than half the total land mass of the US. While the rest of the Western world is striving to move away from fossil fuels, the US appears to be gravitating back towards them, with the administration describing climate change as a "hoax," "a scam," and a "con job". In Huntington Beach - a coastal community in California that calls itself "Surf City USA" - a huge oil spill in 2021 shut down a miles-long stretch of the coastline, killing wildlife and soiling the sand. From the beach, where surfers lay out alongside tourists and dog walkers, you can see Platform Esther, a hulking oil rig built in 1965 that ceased production in August this year. Sea lions hug the metal pillars on the rig and dozens of birds perch on the platform. 'What we have here is irreplaceable' Pete Stauffer, ocean protection manager at the Surfrider Foundation, said: "Here in California, we depend on a clean and healthy coastal environment - whether it's coastal tourism, whether it's fisheries, or local businesses and jobs. "All these things are tied to what we have here, which is really an outstanding marine ecosystem. "No disrespect to Mickey Mouse, but you can build another theme park. What we have here is irreplaceable. Why would you put that at risk?" As a state, California views itself as a leader on climate action. A massive spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969 sparked the modern environmental movement. 'We need as much oil as possible' But the Trump administration says more oil drilling will help make the country energy independent, bringing new jobs and reducing petrol prices. That messaging has resonated with some here. Johnny Long is a surfer who lives in Huntington Beach. "Drill, baby, drill," he says, when I ask about Trump's plans for more offshore drilling. "We need as much oil as possible. It's right below us. We need to take it and extract it and bring the gas prices down, it's absolutely fantastic." I ask about concerns that it will be detrimental to the local environment and beyond. "I'd say phoeey on that," Johnny responds. "It's ridiculous. Climate change is a hoax." Read more climate news:What did COP30 achieve?How final deal was reached But others vehemently disagree - including Linda from nearby Seal Beach: "It's so bad for the environment. It's already bad enough, you know, and they're gonna drill, and what happens when they drill? They always have accidents because people are human and accidents happen. "Trump and his goonies don't care about the environment, all they care about is money." The president's push to expand fossil fuel production coincided with the UN climate conference. For the first time in the summit's history, the US didn't send a delegation. Critics say the snub shows a disregard for how future generations will be affected by the decisions the White House is making right now.

Ofcom has asked the likes of Elon Musk's X and Meta-owned Instagram to offer greater protections particularly to stop misogynistic abuse and coordinated pile-ons. "It's really important here that the tech companies step up," Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes told Sky News. It follows a year when female athletes have spoken out against the hatred messaged to them on social platforms. After winning the Euros, England star Jess Carter revealed she has questioned whether she would have "the courage to go back on the pitch and play again" due to the abuse received during the tournament. Now, Ofcom is recommending a series of measures to tech giants, including: • Prompts telling users to reconsider harmful messages • Stopping payments for posts promoting misogynistic abuse and sexual violence • Ensuring "for you" recommended posts have more perspectives to stop being "toxic echo chambers" • Allowing multiple accounts to be blocked or muted at the same time "We're going to lose talent in sport," Dame Melanie warned. "Lots of places where women in particular feel that if they go out there in a public role, they just get abused. "And sometimes the toll on them and their families is not something that they can manage and they withdraw. "So this is about actually helping people to do their jobs, to do incredible things for their country." These measures are not just designed to help sports stars, but they can be the most high-profile women targeted, with events watched by millions on TV. "It's not about curtailing anyone's freedom of expression," Dame Melanie said. "It's about nudges and prompts, it is about better reporting, it is about clearer privacy settings. "All of these ideas have come from experts or victims or survivors themselves, and we will at Ofcom be absolutely clear in our transparency reports which companies are taking it seriously and which are not, so that the public is aware of all of that." But what is the boundary between critiquing a performance and a pile-on that is delegitimising someone playing sport? "It's when it gets really intense," Dame Melanie said. "It's something about volume. It is when everybody joins in. And it's also when it becomes abusive, misogynistic, racist. That's when it crossed the line." There is an urgency. Sky News recently revealed suspected online hate crimes referred to police have already quadrupled this season in English football. Immediate action is demanded, but it won't be for another two years that Ofcom considers asking the government to strengthen online safety laws if moves to reduce the toxicity and trolling fall short. Ofcom says its online safety guidance was developed after speaking to victims, survivors, safety experts and women's advocacy groups. But for Lianne Sanderson, an England star turned broadcaster and pundit, the recommendations are still lacking. "There needs to be online identification to have an account because someone like myself has had death threats," she told Sky News. "I'm a woman, a woman of colour. You know I'm gay. There's loads of things that people can't handle. And that's where it comes to me. It's not even about my job." Read more from Sky News:Everton player sent off after clashing with his own teammateTikTok boss insists teens' safety not at risk from AI moderationParalympics in dispute with UK over Russia's return to event There are the pictures celebrating her marriage to wife Ellis this year attracting hate. "Someone like myself gets abused every single day," Sanderson said. "I posted my wedding pictures yesterday, and the amount of horrific abuse I received on those are just awful." It presents so many with public profiles with a quandary about whether to stay on social media when an online presence can help profile and earnings. "They need to do more to protect people like myself because I've had enough, quite frankly, and it's too much," Sanderson said. "I think to myself, do I come off social media? Is that them winning? But then who's really winning? Because when I'm on my journey into London today, it's on my mind."

The largest year-on-year survey of UK GPs on generative AI has revealed an increase in the number of doctors using tools like ChatGPT in their everyday clinical work. Some 95% of the doctors who said they use generative AI in their work reported no professional training and 85% of them said their employer has not encouraged its use. Last year, researchers from the same study found one in five GPs was using the technology. "In just 12 months, generative AI has gone from taboo to tool in British medicine," said Dr Charlotte Blease, from Uppsala University in Sweden and Harvard Medical School. "Doctors are using these systems because they help - not because anyone told them to. The real risk isn't that GPs are using AI; it's that they're doing it without training or oversight." Some 35% of the doctors used AI for writing documentation, 27% for differential diagnoses and 24% for treatment or referrals. Read more from science and tech:Female stars 'may leave sport because of online abuse'TikTok says teens' safety not at risk from AI moderationTeenagers plead not guilty to London transport cyber attack "This should be a wake-up call," said Dr Blease. "AI is already being used in everyday medicine. The challenge now is to ensure it's deployed safely, ethically, and openly." The study's authors, from Uppsala University, Basel University, the Karolinska Institute, the University of Manchester and Harvard Medical School, surveyed 1,005 GPs around the UK. The findings were published on Tuesday in the Digital Health science journal. Researchers highlighted the risks of using AI in clinical settings like the technology's tendency to get things wrong, or "hallucinate", and the potential for "algorithmic discrimination" because of potential biases in the models' training data. The authors also raised concerns about the data privacy of patients. Sky News has contacted the UK's NHS bodies. "We recognise the role Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play in the delivery and planning of health and social care services," said a Scottish government spokesperson. "However, it is important we work closely with our NHS workforce to do this to ensure the safe, effective and ethical use of AI for public good."

Doctors often prescribe Gentamicin to babies showing signs of serious infection including sepsis, and in most cases this is found to be safe and effective. But, for a small number of infants who carry a specific genetic variant, the antibiotic can cause permanent hearing loss. The new procedure set to be rolled out uses a rapid cheek swab which can establish whether a child carries the variant in just 26 minutes, enabling their clinician to prescribe an equally effective alternative drug. Health Secretary Neil Gray said: "This test will have a life-changing impact on newborn babies in Scotland as we roll it out across the country through our accelerated national innovation adoption pathway, resulting in improved health outcomes and a better quality of life. "This exceptional programme demonstrates the transformative potential of scientific and technological innovation, and our commitment to delivering the ambitions set out in our Programme for Government and the NHS Scotland operational improvement plan." It is hoped the test will help to reduce potential hospital stays, ease pressure on NHS services, and avoid the long-term costs associated with hearing loss. The test was piloted and implemented in Manchester and has now been successfully introduced by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC). It is due to be rolled out across all Scottish health boards with neonatal units over the next 18 months - which will make NHS Scotland the first health service in the UK to introduce the test nationwide. Read more from Sky News:Why is flu season set to be worse this year?Rates of kids' high blood pressure 'doubled since 2000' Ryan Cooper, point of contact lead at National Services Scotland, said: "This simple and gentle test gives us the ability to protect babies from avoidable harm and hearing loss right from the very start of their lives. "This aims to not only safeguard their quality of life but give their families and loved ones peace of mind. "By identifying those at risk within minutes of birth, we can make safer treatment choices and give every child the best chance to grow, learn and thrive without the challenges that hearing loss can bring."