[ad_1] Social media site X has taken action against a network smearing UK politicians, including Labour's Wes Streeting, with doctored clips - removing several accounts and posts.It comes after a BBC investigation - part of its Undercover Voter project - revealed how a group of accounts had been creating and sharing the deepfake images ahead of the general election.The accounts then posted misleading comments to bolster the impression the clips
[ad_1] Just nowBy Joe Inwood, Kostas Kallergis, BBC NewsNew CCTV appears to show Michael Mosley walking towards rocky hills"We will not lose hope," the wife of missing TV and radio presenter Michael Mosley has said, as the search continues on the Greek island of Symi. The 67-year-old vanished after setting off on a walk on Wednesday. His wife Dr Clare Bailey Mosley said in a statement that the days since he went missing
[ad_1] A teenager is in a critical condition after a car crash in Kesh, County Fermanagh. The collision involving two cars happened on the Letterboy Road on Friday at 18:00 BST. The 18-year-old man was taken to hospital for life-threatening injuries. A 44-year-old man was also brought to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), NI Fire and Rescue Service and NI Ambulance and
[ad_1] 11 hours agoBy Craig Williams and Chris Diamond, BBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesGeorge Orwell - his most famous work Nineteen Eighty-Four celebrates 75 years in print on Saturday George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was published 75 years ago on Saturday.It is the story of Winston Smith, an obedient citizen in an oppressive future state who slowly rebels against the system. The book is a powerful study of totalitarianism and its effect on the
[ad_1] 2 hours agoBy Suzanne Allan, BBC Scotland NewsTwo Rivers Media/BBCElliot Castro was 16 when he first conned someone out of their bank detailsElliot Castro was 16 and selling mobile phones from a Glasgow call centre when he first conned someone out of their bank details.Soon he was enjoying a champagne lifestyle, that included first class flights and luxury watches. The teenager would go on to mastermind the theft of £2.5m from
[ad_1] 32 minutes agoBy Christian Fuller, BBC News, South EastDan JessupPolice found a badly damaged vehicle in Polegate on FridayPolice are searching for the driver of a vehicle which was found crashed and abandoned in East Sussex.Emergency services discovered the badly damaged vehicle in Hailsham Road, Polegate, just before 21:00 BST on Friday.It was found in dense bushes and undergrowth near the Cophall Wood Recycling Centre, police said.Ch Insp Dave Groombridge said
[ad_1] Students from a school in Derby have been telling the BBC what they would do if they became prime minister.Electoral pledges made by pupils from St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy in Alvaston included a shorter school week and higher prices for "things that are bad for us".Video journalist: Heidi BoothFollow BBC Derby on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk or via WhatsApp
[ad_1] 2 hours agoBy Nikos Papanikolaou, BBC NewsLive News / Mega TVCCTV footage appears to shows Michael Mosley in the main street of PediThe search for missing TV presenter Michael Mosley is to resume for a fourth day.The 67-year-old, known for his TV programmes and his Just One Thing podcast which airs on BBC Radio 4, vanished on Wednesday while on holiday on the Greek island Symi.Dr Mosley was reported to have
[ad_1] 4 hours agoBy Eleanor Lawrie & Michael Buchanan, Social AffairsLook AheadCharlie Gibbs (l) and Hannah Debellotte both live in supported housingHannah Debellotte and Charlie Gibbs are joking around as they make lunch in the shared kitchen of their supported-living flats.Charlie's on a day off from her job at a nursery, while Hannah has just started a course to become a nail technician. They've both come a long way since moving here
[ad_1] 57 minutes agoBy Pamela Tickell, BBC News, North East and Cumbria • Jennie Dennett, BBC Radio CumbriaPA MediaDave Myers, one half of TV cooking duo The Hairy Bikers, died from cancer aged 66Thousands of motorcyclists are riding from London to Cumbria, to celebrate the life of Hairy Biker Dave Myers.The TV chef died in February, at the age of 66, after he was diagnosed with cancer.Dave Day will see a remembrance procession made up
