Susan Hall, the Conservative candidate for London mayor, is reported to have liked tweets praising controversial former minister Enoch Powell. Ms Hall, who will go up against Labour’s Sadiq Khan in the mayoral election next May, liked a message in February 2020 quoting the far-right, anti-immigration politician as saying: “It’s never too late to save
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TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for breaching privacy laws over the processing of children’s personal data, an EU regulator has said. The investigation by Ireland‘s data protection commission found the Chinese-owned video app‘s default settings made teenagers’ accounts publicly viewable by default. It said this also posed a risk to children under 13 who
Mobile phone retailers are preparing for a spike in organised robberies when Apple’s new iPhone 15 goes on sale next week. Thefts involving a group of people targeting a shop for goods are sometimes referred to as “steaming” and there were more than 300 incidents of this in telecoms stores last year. Half of these
A man accused of repeatedly stalking celebrities has been arrested for barging into a dressing room at a New York City fashion show and screaming that he wanted to marry Emma Watson, police say. Chad Michael Busto, who was arrested last month after attempts to approach Drew Barrymore, pleaded not guilty to criminal trespass and
American XL bully dogs are a danger to communities and will banned, Rishi Sunak has said, after a man was mauled to death. Announcing the move, the prime minister stressed the need to end such violent attacks “and keep people safe”. Mr Sunak was responding to the latest incident in which a man died after
Incoming changes to Unity’s gaming engine have caused outrage among developers who use the platform, with some of its biggest creators threatening to pull their games from the engine entirely. Developers have been scathing of pricing changes announced by Unity to its gaming engine, with many threatening to switch to its competitors. Unity’s engine –
“Incoming!” One word and then Gosha’s life changed forever. The mortar exploded right next to the 30-year-old Ukrainian soldier. If his friend, Vasian, hadn’t shouted, Gosha wouldn’t have turned. The mortar would have exploded in his face. Instead it was his arm. “Blood was streaming like hell,” Gosha recalls. Image: Warped metal and broken cars
From Indie Kylie to gold hotpants Kylie, can’t-get-her-out-of-our heads Kylie to Country Kylie, the star has always been a master of reinvention. Now, Kylie Minogue has ushered in the era of the Padam-ic, thanks to the summer heartbeat-pounding earworm that set TikTok alight and spent four weeks in the UK Top 10, her highest-charting single
The government has officially launched an independent investigation into how terror suspect Daniel Khalife was able to escape from Wandsworth prison. The investigation will look at several issues including whether the relevant protocols were in place and applied correctly, whether there was sufficient staffing and whether Khalife was held in the right category of prison.
A British judge has admitted using ChatGPT to write part of a case ruling. Lord Justice Birss said he called on the “jolly useful” AI chatbot to summarise an area of law he wasn’t familiar with, and then copy and pasted its response. The Court of Appeal judge, who specialises in intellectual property law, said
Friends and colleagues of Maddy Anholt have paid tribute after the actress, comedian and author died aged 35. Anholt, who also campaigned against domestic abuse, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer shortly after giving birth to her daughter, Opal, last year. Her family confirmed she died at her parents’ home on Wednesday.
Thousands of jobs are expected to be lost at Britain’s largest steelworks despite a £500m rescue package. The government will make the offer to assist Tata Steel employees who may face redundancy at its site in Port Talbot, as it moves from blast furnaces to greener steel production. Tata is expected to contribute £700m towards
A potential cholera outbreak could add to misery in the Libyan city of Derna, where the sheer number of people dead or unaccounted for after a massive flood is overwhelming survivors. The number of fatalities has soared to 11,300, according to the Libyan Red Crescent, with a further 10,100 reported missing as hopes of finding
The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna is overwhelming survivors, who say they had minutes to get away before the coastal city was devastated by flooding. A Sky News TV crew has reached the devastated port city where people have been using their bare hands to dig
Donald Trump’s New York fraud trial has been temporarily halted after the former US president turned the heat on the judge overseeing this case by suing him directly. The trial, stemming from New York Attorney General Letitia James’ fraud lawsuit against Trump and his family business, was scheduled to start on 2 October. In the
Three people have been charged with the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif. Surrey Police said the Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges against Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, his partner, Beinash Batool, 29, and Mr Sharif’s brother, Faisal Malik, 28, all of Hammond Road, Woking. They have also been charged with causing or allowing the death
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