6 h. ago Brits urged to switch off one mobile phone setting on holiday

Before you settle in for a comfortable long-haul flight, there’s one thing you need to do for added peace of mind.

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17 h. ago I'm 87 and my mobile phone fell into the toilet but Vodafone won't send a cheque for £120 lost credit

I had £120.46 credit on it, which I'd purchased at my Post Office. I paid by cash, so I requested a cheque. It refused. This is most unfair.

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18 h. ago Grinning Channel migrants pose for SELFIES on packed dinghy as total tops 170,000 since start of crisis

One man seated on the bow of the inflatable held a mobile phone aloft as other occupants waved.

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28 h. ago Idaho shooting: two dead after gunman ambushed firefighters responding to blaze

Police find body of suspect, who they said started the fire intentionally to ambush first respondersA man armed with a rifle intentionally started a wildfire and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third during a barrage of gunfire over several hours, authorities said.A shelter-in-place order was lifted Sunday night after a tactical response team used mobile phone data to “hone in” on a wooded area where they found the suspect’s body with a firearm nearby as flames rapidly approached, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star Michelle Tsiakkas injured in horror London street phone robbery

Strictly Come Dancing star Michelle Tsiakkas has taken to social media to reveal she was the victim of a startling mobile phone robbery while out in London in broad daylight

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67 h. ago London phone thefts hit record high with 37 people having mobiles stolen every DAY in the West End alone

New data has revealed that almost 231,000 phone thefts and robberies were recorded over the past four years in the capital, a threefold increase.

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3 d. ago UK emergency alert warning: When will you receive it on your mobile phone and why?

The alert will be sent to nearly 90 million UK devices later this year

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3 d. ago Men avoid jail for luring schoolgirl, 15, into van before sexually abusing her and broadcasting mobile phone footage to friends who turned up to join

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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4 d. ago 'Loud siren' emergency alert to be sent to every UK mobile phone

The government is planning to send an emergency alert to every mobile phone in the UK, with a loud siren and a message taking over the screen for 10 seconds

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4 d. ago Everyone to get mobile phone alert as sirens sound for 10 seconds

The system was last used in January when it warned of the oncoming storm

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4 d. ago UK emergency alert set to blast EVERY phone in the country with loud siren

The UK's emergency alert system is set to be tested later this year, with a loud alarm due to be sent to every mobile phone in the country in a 10-second burst

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4 d. ago Trump Mobile removes ‘made in the USA’ tag from its gold smartphone as critics question price tag

Gold smartphone retails for approximately $499, a relatively cheap price point for a US-made device

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5 d. ago Family cabbie robbed and forced to drink acid after heading to mum's to wash car

Family man Tiago Augusto Nicolau was robbed of his car and his mobile phone during the violent attack in Brazil earlier this month

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5 d. ago Three issues update as mobile phone users unable to make or receive calls

The first reports of an issue came shortly after 8am this morning

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5 d. ago Mobile phone network Three and Three iD Mobile down with users unable to make calls

Mobile phone network Three is down for many customers, with thousands of customers reporting issues with voice calls not working on the network.

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6 d. ago Martin Lewis urges Brits to send 'cheeky' text to save hundreds on mobile phone bill

Here's how you can check if you could be paying less on your phone bill

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1 week ago Martin Lewis' alert over 'nasty' phone bill rule that can see you charged again

Martin Lewis, the money-saving expert, has urged people to keep a note of when their mobile phone contract ends as you may not realise you are still being overcharged

Economics

1 week ago Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds

Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis showsIt has become a feature of modern life – millions of phones simultaneously buzz or sound the alarm as users are notified of breaking news deemed too important to miss.Now evidence is mounting that the prevalence of news alerts is giving rise to “alert fatigue”, with some mobile phone users peppered with as many as 50 notifications a day. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dad who spent 13 years in prison for stealing mobile finally released into hospital

Thomas White is to be transferred to a secure hospital from Strangeways prison in Manchester after a long campaign, following his arrest aged 27 in 2012 for stealing a mobile phone

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1 week ago They planned to seek asylum. Trump’s policies have left them stranded at the US

Five months after the president closed the border, many who planned to enter US legally don’t know where to turnDonald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross into the US legally. Five months on, some hold on to hope, others are giving up.A family from El Salvador seeking asylum was left stranded at the border within sight of Texas only three days into the second Trump administration. A grandfather, his daughter, his niece, her husband and two of his grandchildren had done things “the right way”, by requesting one of the highly limited appointments with US Border Patrol, from the Mexican side using the Biden-era mobile phone app called CBPOne. But on January 20, Trump signed an executive order cancelling all scheduled appointments, including theirs on 23 January at noon. Continue reading...

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