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The Liberal Democrats have proposed introducing film-style age ratings to limit which social media apps children can access. Under the party’s plan, platforms that use addictive algorithmic feeds or host “inappropriate content” would be restricted to users over 16 years old, while sites with “graphic violence or pornography” would be rated 18-plus. This approach, the […]
Scottish actor Peter Mullan was attacked after he tried to stop a man from assaulting a woman. Mullan stepped in between Dylan Bennet, 29, and the woman near the O2 Academy venue in Glasgow on 20 September last year. The actor – also an award winning director for films such as The Magdalene Sisters and […]
Getty Images Bottled water stations are once again being set up by South East Water Water has been restored for most affected properties after almost a week of supply problems across Kent and Sussex, South East Water (SEW) says. Some 30,000 properties had no water at the height of the issues, which were believed to […]
Singer Julio Iglesias has denied allegations of sexual assault made by two female former employees. The women allege that the 82-year-old Spanish superstar “normalised abuse” in a coercive, threatening and violent environment while they were working at his properties in the Bahamas and Dominican Republic. Responding on Instagram, Iglesias said: “I deny having abused, coerced, […]
Flooding in South Africa’s northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga has forced the famed Kruger National Park to suspend visits and evacuate some guests and staff by helicopter. At least 19 people are now believed to have died in recent weeks in South Africa due to floods caused by torrential rain. Among those killed was […]
PSNI Handout Ralph Anthony Singco and Cathrene Kith Quiñones Singco both died following a two-car crash in County Antrim on Sunday A man and woman who died in a two-car crash in County Antrim on Sunday have been remembered as “vibrant and dynamic” by their parish priest. Cathrene Kith Quiñones Singco and Ralph Anthony Singco […]
Getty Images Nia DaCosta is the 28 Days Later franchise’s first female director In the summer of 2002, I was an excited teenager buying a cinema ticket to 28 Days Later, the new British zombie film everyone was talking about. As a devoted horror fan, I had high expectations, and the film didn’t disappoint. In […]
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken a strong lead in provisional results from Thursday’s presidential election, the electoral agency says. The results announced on Friday morning put Museveni in the lead with 76% of the votes, based on results from 45% of the country’s polling stations. He is followed by opposition leader Bobi Wine with […]
The first woman to publicly accuse high-profile twins Oren and Alon Alexander of sexual assault was found dead in Australia late last year, according to new reports. Kate Whiteman sued the men in March 2024, alleging they sexually assaulted her in the state of New York in 2012. Months later they were arrested alongside their […]
Fiona Lamdin,West of England home and social affairs correspondentand Jonathan Holmes,West of England BBC Ellen Roome is campaigning for legislation that will allow parents to access their children’s social media accounts if they die A mother who is one of a group of parents suing TikTok after the deaths of their children said she wants […]