6 h. ago ‘I was told off for filming at a gig and now I can see why people want phones banned’

"I was stood right behind you, mainly watching the performance through your phone"

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9 h. ago The Traitors bosses banned celebs from knowing one key thing while filming BBC show

Stars had to follow an odd rule while filming Celebrity Traitors last month. The 19 famous faces were told they were banned from knowing what time was during their stint on the BBC show

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17 h. ago Toxic smoke warning as man 'lucky to be alive' after power bank flat fire

Kris Middleton was woken in the middle of the night by a fire in the hallway of his flat in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne caused by a phone power bank charger overheating while on charge

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3 d. ago Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination

When a small Swedish town discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of Pfas, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children’s futureIf Agneta Bruno closes her eyes, the soapy smell takes her back to childhood. Cycling home to the barracks where she lived with her father, an air force major, she would whiz through patches of snowy-white foam near the entrance of the base. The foam resembled the bubbles you get in the bathtub, just thicker. “I had to lift my feet up to avoid getting wet,” Bruno told me.Aqueous film-forming foam (Afff) is a miracle of firefighting: it’s highly effective in putting out flammable liquid fires, such as those caused by jet fuel spills. Chemicals in the foam create a stable blanket over liquid fuel, trapping the flammable vapours and extinguishing the fire. At the air force base in Bruno’s home town of Kallinge in Sweden, firefighters were trained to douse flames using the foam. New recruits came every few week...

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4 d. ago Male escort 'The Punisher' reveals sordid new Diddy 'freak off' revelation after video was shown to jury

Escort Sharay Hayes, also known as 'The Punisher,' told DailyMail.com he didn't know he was being filmed during freak offs sessions with Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Cassie Ventura.

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6 d. ago Giving children phones is the same as giving them cigarettes

Renewing her call for ministers to ban phones in schools, she said they were just as inappropriate for pupils as tobacco.

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7 d. ago ‘We’re being attacked all the time’: how UK banks stop hackers

Devastating attacks at M&S, the Co-op and Harrods highlight risks as lenders say cybersecurity is biggest expenseIt is every bank boss’s worst nightmare: a panicked phone call informs them a cyber-attack has crippled the IT system, rapidly unleashing chaos across the entire UK financial industry.As household names in other industries, including Marks & Spencer, grapple with the fallout from such hacks, banking executives will be acutely aware that, for them, the stakes are even higher. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Benidorm Brits warned of one trick sneaky phone theft scam to empty bank account

A Benidorm expert has warned boozed up Brits of a crafty ruse being run by thieves, who will steal your phone before hacking in to drain bank accounts and ruin your holiday

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1 week ago Government told to ditch 'NO BALL GAMES' signs and ban phones in schools after screens blamed for 50pc decline in time playing outside

A new inquiry calls for smartphones to be banned in schools as part of a national strategy to get young people outdoors and 'disrupt the addictive grip of digital devices on children's lives'.

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1 week ago King Charles told Conclave author he watched papal selection film

Robert Harris, 68, was formally made a CBE by Charles for services to literature in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday

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2 w. ago Children could be banned from spending more than two hours on any one phone app and blocked from social media after 10pm in new anti

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle is mulling a move to cap the amount of time per app youngsters can spend on their phone as part of a swathe of measures designed to reduce 'doomscrolling'.

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2 w. ago School bans smartphones after 9,000 messages sent in just one night on WhatsApp group

The headteacher of Blackhorse Primary School in Bristol, has banned smartphones for pupils after a child's phone was found with 9,000 messages sent on a year's WhatsApp group

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2 w. ago Phones banned after discovery on pupil's device left at school over night

Parents have been told smartphones will no longer be allowed

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3 w. ago Ban smartphones in schools, Starmer told – by the country that’s done it

Keir Starmer has resisted a national ban on mobile phones in schools, but the education minister in New Zealand who introduced the measure in her country has told The Independent that it is already proving successful

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3 w. ago Backpacks! Football shirts! Phone bans! London day festival dos and don’ts

We have officially entered day festival season for 2025. But how can you be a model Londoner while getting sloshed in our lovely parks? Maddy Mussen has your etiquette guide

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3 w. ago This gig was full of people on their phones – I could have been angry but then I realised why

'Almost everywhere, glaring phone screens in the air with sweaty thumbs clumsily smashing the record button'

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3 w. ago Secondary school says it will suspend pupils for using phones

Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen has banned the use of mobile phones and has said anyone violating the policy could face suspension

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3 w. ago ‘Every time I took a shower I thought, ‘Is he watching me?’ – the terrifying rise of secret cameras

Anyone can buy a tiny spy camera and hide it in a mirror, fake smoke alarm or public toilet. But why would they? As cases of voyeurism against women soar in the UK, victims say it’s too easy for men to get away with itThe first time Heidi Marney took a bath in her new, temporary home, she felt she was being watched. “I had this overwhelming sense that there were eyes on me,” she says. She remembers scanning the room. “It was a big, double bath and above, on the wall, there was a TV with a device hanging down with a flashing red light.” Marney sent a photo of it to a friend who assured her that it was a dongle and said he had one too so that he could get Sky in every room.“Logic told me that, if someone was filming me, there’d be a camera in my bedroom,” Marney continues, “so I went to my room and looked everywhere – the wardrobe, the lights; I was meticulous. There was nothing, so I told myself I was being ridiculous. My landlord was the kindest human you could ever meet. He would n...

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4 w. ago Peter Andre admits Jafaican has 'hidden message' that will make fans double take

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Andre has exclusively told Daily Star that his new film Jafaican has a "hidden message" that many people won't notice during their first time watching

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4 w. ago Drivers may be banned for using phone, even if engine is turned off

Motorists could be hit with a driving ban

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