Older and vulnerable people are being targeted by “cruel” friendship fraudsters online, one of the UK’s biggest banks has warned. TSB said criminals are preying on people’s loneliness and desire to make a connection. People often make just one payment in such scams, but in one case, 60 payments had been made over four years, […]
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Astronomers have spotted a molten alien planet orbiting a star in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way galaxy that has a surface not unlike a vision of hell. The planet, named L 98-59 d, is covered with magma and has a noxious and fiercely hot sulfur-rich atmosphere. It has a diameter more than 60% greater
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Nellie was 14 and in a relationship when she was asked to send nude images over Snapchat. She did it, in part, because it was “so normalised” among her friends to send nudes that she didn’t think too much about it. She also knew that if the images were saved or screenshotted on Snapchat, she’d
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Meningitis is thankfully rare, but the outbreak in Kent is a cruel reminder that the disease is still with us, and that young people are most at risk. Health authorities are yet to identify the exact strain that has killed two students – one a sixth-former in Canterbury, the other studying at the University of
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and “deeper” ties with Europe are the best ways to get the economy growing, the chancellor will say on Tuesday. Rachel Reeves will argue that the UK cannot afford to “bury our heads in the sand”, and allow other countries to lead the development of AI, in the annual Mais lecture. While
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Students are being warned about the symptoms of meningitis after the deaths of two people in Kent. A University of Kent student and a Year 13 pupil from Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham died following the confirmation of 13 cases in the area of Canterbury. A further 11 people have fallen ill with signs
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The Environment Agency (EA) could get “police-style” powers as part of a government crackdown on waste crime. The newly-announced measure, which is part of its yet-to-be published Waste Crime Action Plan targeting issues such as fly-tipping and large illegal sites, could allow enforcement officers to arrest suspected criminals without a warrant. Officials could also seize
NHS hospitals are being urged by a group of doctors, human rights groups and campaigners to reconsider using a major data platform built by US tech giant Palantir, whose owners include Peter Thiel, a close ally of US President Donald Trump. The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) is a system designed to bring together information
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Prostate cancer screening is just as good as the routine checks women have for breast cancer, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings show it no longer makes sense to reject prostate cancer screening on the one hand while endorsing screening for breast cancer on the other. Dr Sigrid Carlsson, who led the
Lawyers in a landmark social media addiction trial – which has seen tech giants face a jury – have made their final arguments. After a month of hearings, 12 jurors are set to decide on whether or not social media companies should be liable for harm caused to children using their platforms. The two defendants
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