Online forum 4Chan has been fined £450,000 by regulator Ofcom for failing to have age checks in place to stop children from seeing pornography on its site. The controversial US website must now add an effective age check by 2 April or face a penalty of £500 a day, the online safety watchdog said. Ofcom […]
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Sharp rises in the price of oil and gas as a result of the war in Iran have set off an economic chain reaction which is already hitting people in the pocket. The benchmark Brent crude oil remains around $110 a barrel, compared to around $72 before the war. And a unit of wholesale gas
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Heavy social media use has led to a stark drop in happiness among young people, according to a major academic study. Fifteen-year-old girls who use social media for more than five hours a day are the most likely to see a drop in life-satisfaction, the 2026 edition of the World Happiness Report reveals. The annual
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Val Kilmer is to posthumously appear in an action-adventure film, a year after his death from pneumonia. The company behind the movie, First Line Films, say it is the first-ever performance enabled by generative artificial intelligence. The Top Gun star was originally cast in As Deep As The Grave five years ago but had been
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Kevin Spacey has reached an out-of-court settlement in civil claims brought by three British men accusing him of sexual assault. Trials were due to start in October this year, but will now not go ahead, after all the separate lawsuits were halted earlier this month due to an undisclosed agreement being reached by the parties.
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Apple is urging users to update their iPhones after the discovery of new spyware that can take over phones running older versions of the iOS operating system. The powerful software exploit can steal information from potentially hundreds of millions of users, said cybersecurity researchers at Lookout, iVerify, and Alphabet’s Google. It is unclear how many
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China is not currently planning to invade Taiwan next year, according to US spy agencies. Instead of military intervention, Beijing is looking to gain control of the key island in the Pacific without force, an intelligence assessment states. The annual report said that although Chinese Communist Party leaders did not plan to retake Taiwan by
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Police have paid tribute to the bravery of a shop worker who was assaulted and threatened with a large knife by an armed robber, but managed to trap him so he could be arrested. Jordan Peebles, 32, pulled out a kitchen knife as he robbed an off-licence in Coventry on Christmas Eve. But as he
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Drugs used for weight loss could help reduce anxiety and depression, a new study revealed. Ozempic and Wegovy, which are two common obesity jabs, may help alleviate the symptoms of mental health conditions. They can also help cut the risk of drug abuse and binge drinking, scientists discovered. An international team of experts analysed the
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“I’ve had someone pull a knife on me outside the shop. Six times we’ve been broken into.” Cobbler Vince Ayris, 62, is a former boxer and says he can handle himself in most situations, but the frequent raids on his shoe repair shop frustrate him. “It does annoy us when we get hit. Someone nicked
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