The UK economy is set to “accelerate”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said as it raised its growth forecast for this year. The influential global organisation now expects the UK to grow by 1.1% this year, up from the 0.7% it forecast three months ago. While slow compared to previous periods, this would put […]
There was a “clear connection” between the violent disorder in the UK in the summer and posts on social media and messaging apps, Ofcom has concluded. The government had asked the media regulator to consider how illegal content, particularly disinformation, spread during the unrest. In an open letter setting out its findings, Ofcom boss Dame […]
An Australian says “you can’t get any better than that” after meeting King Charles and Queen Camilla in Sydney. Source link
For Buckingham Palace, this was the ideal ending to the royal tour of Australia. Thousands of people were out on the streets of Sydney on Tuesday, eager to see King Charles and Queen Camilla, set against the iconic Opera House in the late afternoon sunlight. The optics were positive. Despite a headline-grabbing protest in Canberra […]
Reuters The arrest of two separate cells comes amid heighted tensions with Iran Seven people have been arrested in occupied East Jerusalem on suspicion of planning attacks for Iran, the Israeli security services say, the second such case in as many days. The Shin Bet domestic security agency and police said in a joint statement […]
BBC Science teacher Abid Mustafa, one of the school’s newest recruits, said the day off had attracted him to the role Ask a teacher whether they would fancy a guaranteed day off every fortnight and they would probably bite your hand off or think you were joking. Well, unlikely as it might sound, one school […]
Meta Meta is using facial recognition to combat scams and help people unlock their accounts Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is to introduce facial recognition technology to try and crack down on scammers who fraudulently use celebrities in adverts. Elon Musk and personal finance expert, Martin Lewis, are among those to fall victim to such […]
PA O’Neill has corrected the age of a teenage that was sent inappropriate texts by a former Irish senator and Belfast mayor Michelle O’Neill has corrected the record at Stormont regarding the age of the teenage boy who received inappropriate texts from the former Irish Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile. On Monday, the first minister and […]
Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice has said he’s a “strict teacher” but not a bully, after the end of a BBC investigation into allegations about his behaviour in rehearsals. Actress Amanda Abbington, his dance partner last year, described his behaviour in the training room as “inappropriate, it was mean, it was nasty, it […]
NSW Ambulance The woman slipped into a three-metre crevice A young woman spent hours trapped upside down after slipping between two boulders as she tried to retrieve her mobile phone during a hike in Australia. The woman – named in reports as Matilda Campbell – was walking in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley region earlier […]