41 minutes ago TikTok ban live: App gives ultimatum to Biden administration ahead of ‘going dark’ on Sunday

Biden administration said it will not enforce ban on Sunday, leaving fate of the social media platform up to Trump

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10 hours ago Loud fireworks stop guide dog users going out, says MP in call to limit sales

Sarah Owen brought forward proposals to block members of the public from buying fireworks louder than 90 decibels.

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47 minutes ago Homeless TikTok star who was 'exploited for likes' dies in street: Charity blasts Gen Zers who gave woman, 34, cash and alcohol to sing, dance and swim in fountains for the camera

Keeley Thorton - known as 'Sheffield Keeley' on social media platform TikTok - was reportedly found unconscious in the city centre on Tuesday, January 14.

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18 hours ago No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canonIn 2011, Jacob Rubeck and Nick Rattigan were living in a basement in Reno, Nevada, and thinking about starting a band. One afternoon, Rubeck came up with a frisky Strokes-like guitar riff, Rattigan whipped up the melody and lyrics and Surf Curse’s Freaks was born. “We wrote the song in like 30 minutes,” the singer says.A catchy song about alienation and longing, Freaks was released in 2013 and became a raucous highlight of their live shows but didn’t trouble the wider world until 2021, when it was discovered, out of the blue, by TikTok users. Its Spotify streams kept going up and up and up, until last March it passed a remarkable milestone. Unlike Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Prince, Surf Curse can claim membership of Spotify’s Billions Club, the running playlist of every song to have a...

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12 hours ago Elon Musk taking over TikTok could lead to 'unparalleled power' and change democracy

EXCLUSIVE: The goal of the ban is to put the US wing of TikTok into American hands or be pulled from app stores over fears of its connections to the Chinese government and, unsurprisingly, the name being touted is Elon Musk

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11 hours ago Catherine, 33, was fit and healthy and thought she was having 'normal' symptoms experienced by millions of Aussies. Then a 'gut feeling' led her to discover the unthinkable

Catherine O'Dea, from Victoria, was living a seemingly normal life when her world unexpectedly came crashing down at the age of 33.

Science

12 hours ago Temporary cameras catch more than 3300 drivers speeding on Scots motorway in just three months

The cameras enforced a 40mph speed limit on a 3km stretch of the M80, near junction 9, Bannockburn, between September and December last year.

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4 hours ago Sunderland star breaks down in tears after double penalty nightmare proves costly

BURNLEY 0-0 SUNDERLAND: Wilson Isidor should have handed the Black Cats victory in the top of the table Championship clash at Turf Moor, but ended the night in tears after seeing James Trafford save two late penalties

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11 hours ago ‘What’s wrong with a little twerk before work’: Flight attendant fired for TikTok video launches fundraiser

‘Although it was a poor decision on my behalf I didn’t think it would cost me my dream job,’ the former Alaska Airlines flight attendant said

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14 hours ago NASA astronaut trapped in space is dubbed an 'indentured servant' as she steps out of the ISS for the first time in more than 7 MONTHS

As one of NASA's trapped astronauts stepped outside the space station for the first time since arriving in June, many social media users were shocked to realise they were still trapped in space.

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4 hours ago Love Island All Stars couple called out for 'faking' relationship days into new series

During Friday's episode of the ITV2 dating show, Nas and Catherine decided to take their romance to the next level and enjoyed their first kiss - but some fans weren't convinced

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13 hours ago Designer £74 perfume that's guaranteed to 'turn heads' now just £24 Superdrug

"This fragrance will catch your senses from when you walk into the room and turn heads as you leave"

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3 hours ago How one of Paris's most historic theatres has been hijacked and turned into a giant migrant camp

Over 300 migrants are now living in the theatre as part of what they're calling an 'anti-racist and anti-colonial struggle' for state-sponsored housing.

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19 hours ago Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship debris streaks through sky after spacecraft destroyed

Debris from SpaceX’s Starship rocket fell through the sky after the spacecraft was destroyed following a booster catch back at the pad during its latest test flight on Thursday, 16 January.

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4 hours ago The Traitors viewers are left in stitches as Alexander hilariously falls into a bush

The former British diplomat, 38, left fans in stitches as he quite literally 'sacrificed' himself to catch a ball while playing badminton outdoors with fellow contestants Charlotte and Leanne.

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14 hours ago Traitors fans left baffled as sneaky shoppers place cloaked M&S Colin the Caterpillars in Aldi aisles amid Cuthbert cakes

Hilarious photos shared to social media show a singular M&S Colin the Caterpillar cake - draped in a signature Traitors-style dark cloak - placed on shelves of Cuthbert cakes in Aldi stores.

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5 hours ago TikTok refugees are pouring to Xiaohongshu. Here's what you need to know about the RedNote app

A rare wave of U.S.-China camaraderie broke out online in recent days as “refugees” from the popular short video platform TikTok poured onto a Chinese social media platform to protest a now-delayed ban on the service

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4 hours ago Love Island couple branded 'fake' as fans left 'not convinced' after kiss

Love Island fans have shared their thoughts on Nas and Catherine sharing their first kiss, with many questioning the couple's authenticity, branding them 'fake'

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17 hours ago Billy Bob Thornton: ‘I didn’t want Johnny Cash to catch me looking in his fridge in my underpants’

The actor and musician answers your questions on his time as a roadie, being intimidated by rich people and falling off a horse for Steven SeagalIs your music less important, more important, or about as important as your film work? BenderRodriguezHere’s the thing: I grew up in music. I saw the Beatles when I was eight. By the time I was nine, I had a band. Started with a little cheap guitar and then got a drum kit, which my father hated. I was playing pretty big concerts by the time I was 16 and then went on tour. I became a roadie from 18 to about 22. I went to LA to play music, accidentally got into acting. I’m still not sure how it happened. I always say that my success as an actor was out of ignorance, because I didn’t know how to be anything other than natural, and I think they liked that.I loved both of them. It’s all one vision, all out of the same brain. I couldn’t choose one over the other. I’d like to do both, as long as they’ll let me. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation

Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibilityThe European Commission has asked X to hand over internal documents about its algorithms, as it steps up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media platform has breached EU rules on content moderation.The EU’s executive branch told the company it wanted to see internal documentation about its “recommender system”, which makes content suggestions to users, and any recent changes made to it, by 15 February. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Kristi Noem wants to shrink cyber agency that pushed back on Trump 2020 election conspiracies

Conservative critics have long accused agency of pushing left-leaning censorship

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9 hours ago Urgent warning to pet owners over dog chews from China linked to serious illness

The treats from China have been linked to ‘werewolf syndrome’ 🚨

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8 hours ago TikTok CEO 'thankfully for President Trump's help' as he breaks silence on SCOTUS ruling

The Supreme Court upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company over the risk to national security posed by its ties to China

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9 hours ago Beauty queen facing prison over 'disgusting' stunt involving cat and firework

Gabrielly Palacio, 19, was allegedly seen lighting a firecracker and throwing it towards a cat as she laughed with a pal in a clip that surfaced online - and now faces jail

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9 hours ago Woman horrified by 'catfish' London accommodation with mysterious 'brown spots' on the bed and a VERY impractical entrance

A Twitch streamer known as Knightenator, 28, accused the London hotel of pulling a fast one and branded it a 'catfish' because it looked much nicer in photographs.

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10 hours ago What is RedNote? The Chinese app 'TikTok refugees' are using as US ban looms

RedNote is a Chinese social media app that is rising in popularity in the US and the UK

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9 hours ago Woman horrified by 'catfish' London accommodation with mysterious 'brown spots' on the bed and a VERY impracti

Woman horrified by 'catfish' London accommodation with mysterious 'brown spots' on the bed and a VERY impracti  Daily Mail

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10 hours ago TikTok will be banned in the US this Sunday. Here's what you need to know

The US Supreme Court will shut down TikTok on Sunday if Chinese parent company ByteDance cannot find a buyer for the social media app

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9 hours ago Trump inauguration to move indoors amid frigid temperatures in Washington – live

President-elect says festivities scheduled for his inauguration day will be held indoors – including the traditional paradeDonald Trump told CNN that he will decide what to do with TikTok once he takes office, after the supreme court upheld legislation that will ban it on Sunday unless its Chinese owner sells its US operations.“It ultimately goes up to me, so you’re going to see what I’m going to do,” Trump said in an interview with the network. Asked if he would try to reverse the ban, should it go into effect, Trump said: “Congress has given me the decision, so I’ll be making the decision.”It is not clear that the Act itself directly regulates protected expressive activity, or conduct with an expressive component. Indeed, the Act does not regulate the creator petitioners at all Petitioners, for their part, have not identified any case in which this Court has treated a regulation of corporate control as a direct regulation of expressive activity or semi-expressive conduct We hesita...

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10 hours ago TikTok ban live: App should remain available says White House as it leaves shutdown decision to Trump

Biden administration said it will not enforce ban on Sunday, leaving it up to Trump

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9 hours ago TikTok ban live: App will shut down on Sunday unless it is sold or saved by Trump after Supreme Court decision

Biden administration said it will not enforce ban on Sunday, leaving fate of the social media platform up to Trump

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11 hours ago US supreme court cites TikTok’s relationship with ‘foreign adversary’ in upholding sale

The supreme court has allowed to go into effect a law that will force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell its US business by Sunday, or face a banUS supreme court issues ruling upholding nationwide ban on TikTokCan Donald Trump circumvent a TikTok ban?Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed reservations about the TikTok sale-or-ban billThough Gorsuch voted to uphold the law, he did not express total certainty in it.There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community. But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary. For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ first amendment rights. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Vegetarian diners moan vegans are 'ruining dining' as 'all good options' have had 'dairy removed' for 'high processed fake meat'

Many UK restaurants have been offering just one meat free option in a bid to cater to both vegetarians and vegans - something diners have branded 'lazy'.

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11 hours ago TikTok ban live: App will shut down on Sunday unless it is saved, Supreme Court says

Biden government has suggested it will not enforce ban – and leave final decision to Trump

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10 hours ago TikTok hopes for Trump intervention after US supreme court upholds US ban

App will become unavailable in US on 19 January, unless Trump directs justice department not to enforce the lawUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has issued a ruling upholding a nationwide ban on TikTok unless it sells to an owner in the US. The nine justices voted unanimously in a decision on Friday that sides with the majority of the US Congress and the US Department of Justice that the hugely popular social media app is a threat to US national security.“We conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights,” the justices wrote. “The judgment of the United States court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is affirmed.” In December, a Washington DC appeals court upheld the ban. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Supreme Court allows TikTok to be banned in the U.S. just days before Trump's inauguration

The Supreme Court made a ruling on the fate of TikTok as the ban on the social media app in the U.S. looms.

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10 hours ago TikTok hopes for Trump intervention after US supreme court upholds ban

App will become unavailable in US on 19 January, unless Trump directs justice department not to enforce the lawThe US supreme court has issued a ruling upholding a nationwide ban on TikTok unless it sells to an owner in the US. The nine justices voted unanimously in a decision on Friday that sides with the majority of the US Congress and the US Department of Justice that the hugely popular social media app is a threat to US national security.“We conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights,” the justices wrote. “The judgment of the United States court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is affirmed.” In December, a Washington DC appeals court upheld the ban. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it's not sold by its Chinese parent company

The Supreme Court has upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the U.S. A sale does not appear imminent

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10 hours ago Woman shuts down Bonnie Blue's 'lie' about having sex with 1,057 men in 12 hours

After Bonnie Blue claimed to have slept with over 1,000 men in a day, TikTok sleuths picked holes in her maths, as one woman has 'proof' the adult star is lying about it

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12 hours ago Yvette Cooper looks to push through plans for China's 'super embassy' in Tower Hamlets despite security concerns

Yvette Cooper looks to push through plans for China's 'super embassy' in Tower Hamlets despite security concerns  Evening Standard

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10 hours ago This 'green flag' attribute could see you lucky in love, according to dating app users

As many Brits start looking for love in the new year, this trait has been revealed as a good sign on a first date.

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12 hours ago GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’

Aid was historically seen as a way to ‘restore the status quo’. Now the actor’s bid for help amid the LA fires raises a question: who deserves to crowdfund?It was a perfectly ordinary celebrity Instagram post for the first week of 2025, which is to say, it was nightmarish, but in a way that we’ve grown accustomed to.The actor and musician Mandy Moore was one of many entertainers to lose her home to wildfire in Altadena, California, last week. In her post upon returning to the neighborhood, photos bearing the jaundiced cast of wildfire smoke reveal rubble, charred trees, and an exterior staircase on the verge of collapse. Moore’s captions cataloged further losses: her husband’s studio and instruments, her children’s school, and the home of her brother-in-law and his wife, who are expecting their first child within weeks. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago TikTok ban live updates: Trump says he’ll make app decision when in office after supreme court ruling

US supreme court cites TikTok’s relationship with ‘foreign adversary’ China in upholding sale-or-ban lawUS supreme court issues ruling upholding nationwide ban on TikTokCan Donald Trump circumvent a TikTok ban?Donald Trump told CNN that he will decide what to do with TikTok once he takes office, after the supreme court upheld legislation that will ban it on Sunday unless its Chinese owner sells its US operations.“It ultimately goes up to me, so you’re going to see what I’m going to do,” Trump said in an interview with the network. Asked if he would try to reverse the ban, should it go into effect, Trump said: “Congress has given me the decision, so I’ll be making the decision.”It is not clear that the Act itself directly regulates protected expressive activity, or conduct with an expressive component. Indeed, the Act does not regulate the creator petitioners at all Petitioners, for their part, have not identified any case in which this Court has treated a regulation of corporate con...

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13 hours ago UK police seize Cyberpunk Tesla Cybertruck at Morrisons petrol station over 'concerns'

The Tesla Cybertruck is a beast of a vehicle, but it is also a danger to other road users. The vehicle was seized by police in Greater Manchester and the driver was reported

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10 hours ago Kristi Noem pressed on whether she would stand up to Trump during confirmation hearing: Live updates

Controversial South Dakota Republican appears before Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as president-elect reveals China call while TikTok ban looms

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13 hours ago The Traitors fans think they've discovered a huge flaw in the hit BBC show

One fan of the British show, Dan Harry, posted compelling a theory on his TikTok as to why he thinks the Faithful might be falling behind this season so far.

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10 hours ago Skin is in: as sales of thong bikinis rise, is body confidence also growing?

A Sydney council’s ban on ‘inappropriate’ swimwear stirs a wider debate over complex feelings about women’s bottomsWhen it comes to clothing advice for women, the “rules” are endless. They range from sizeist – “avoid horizontal stripes if you have a wider frame”, to ageist – “don’t wear a crop top over 50”. Now Australia is weighing in. A council in Greater Sydney has banned thong and g-string bikinis at its public swimming pools causing outrage among pool users and stirring a wider debate about the policing of women’s bodies.In a now-deleted post on Facebook clarifying its swim-attire rules, Blue Mountains leisure centres stated that skimpy swimwear was “inappropriate” at its facilities. The guidelines were posted after pool users queried posters at centres warning that “revealing swimwear/thongs” were not to be worn. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago Missing TikTok star Jiare Schneider's cause of death confirmed after horror incident

TikTok star Jiare Schneider, 31, was found dead in a woodland in Georgia, US a whole 10 days after he went missing - authorities have now confirmed his cause of death

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11 hours ago Petition for Gisele Pelicot to win Nobel Peace Prize passes 125,000 signatures

In 2024, Gisele Pelicot waived the right to anonymity to speak out on behalf of other victims of sexual assault.

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13 hours ago In Guatemala and Minnesota, holy feast brings migrant families hope and pride amid crackdown fears

Hundreds of Guatemalan faithful found the sounds and colors of their tropical homeland during the biggest-yet celebration of the Black Christ of Esquipulas in the heartland farming town of Worthington, Minnesota

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