5 d. ago Chinese investors in UK face ‘high trust bar’, minister says

Comments follow emergency measures to bring British Steel under government control

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5 d. ago Chinese investors in UK face ‘high trust bar’, minister agrees

Comments follow emergency measures to bring British Steel under government control

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6 d. ago Chinese executives 'tried to enter key areas' of British Steel plant hours before crunch debate that could bring furnace under government control

Police were called to the scene and forced bosses of British Steel owners Jingye to leave after they were prevented from accessing core areas of the plant, according to The Times.

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7 d. ago Scotland hit by 'extreme' wildfire warning as temperatures soar and blazes erupt across the nation

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have issued a whole of Scotland extreme wildfire warning as the nation is hit by a spate of blazes, with emergency services battling to bring the infernos under control

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8 d. ago Nepo baby with VERY famous movie star parents looks the double of her glamorous mother

A nepo baby with very famous movie star parents shared a stunning Instagram selfie where she looks just like her glamorous mum.

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1 week ago Meta announces 'major updates' to Instagram and Facebook affecting all parents

Meta says the updates have 'fundamentally changed' how teens use the social media platforms

Technology

1 week ago Kids under 16 will no longer be allowed to livestream on Instagram without parental consent

Instagram users under 16 won’t be able to livestream or unblur nudity in direct messages they’ve received without parental approval

Society

1 week ago Meta expands Instagram parental controls and brings them to Facebook

The tools mean the accounts of under-16s are heavily restricted by default and require parental permission to reduce them.

Technology

2 w. ago Firefighters bring Stirling wildfire that burned for more than 24 hours under control

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service extinguished a wildfire on land near Port of Menteith, Stirling.

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2 w. ago Firefighters remain on scene of Stirling wildfire 24 hours after blaze broke out

Fire crews were still at Gartur Moss, Port of Menteith, Stirling, on Thursday afternoon as they fought to bring a section of mossland under control.

Events

2 w. ago Virgin River's Alexandra Breckenridge praised for 'crazy' parenting decision while filming

Virgin River star Alexandra Breckenridge, who plays Mel Monroe in the Netflix series, has been praised by fans for her "crazy" parenting decision that she shared on Instagram

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3 w. ago Wildfires rage on in North and South Carolina as more firefighters arrive

Hundreds of people asked to leave their homes amid states of emergency and out-of-state responders battling blazesWildfires continued to rage in North and South Carolina on Thursday, leading to states of emergency and evacuations as firefighters deployed from other parts of the US to help bring the blazes under control.In North Carolina, progress was being made in containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the mountains, but officials warned that fire danger remained from dry and windy conditions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘No consent’: Australian authors ‘livid’ that Meta may have used their books to train AI

A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey SpicerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian authors say they are “livid” and feel violated that their work was included in an allegedly pirated dataset of books Meta used to train its AI.The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is being sued by authors in the United States, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and the comedian Sarah Silverman, for copyright infringement.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago Author Richard Osman says he will 'take on Meta' to fight against AI copyright infringement

The television presenter hit back at the tech giant as it was revealed the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.

Sport

4 w. ago Keir Starmer praised Adolescence. Now he needs to show he’s learned from it | Gaby Hinsliff

The government balked at protecting children from the perils of social media. TV has made the issues plain; now politics must do its jobIt’s the story every parent of teenagers I know has been watching horrified through their fingers. The Netflix drama Adolescence starts with armed police breaking down an ordinary front door to arrest a 13-year-old boy for murder, in front of his bewildered parents. Though initially it seems there must have been some terrible mistake, Jamie’s Instagram account soon yields clues that all the adults – police, parents and teachers alike – had initially blundered past, oblivious.Though talk of misogynistic “manosphere” influencers such as Andrew Tate hovers over the storyline, this isn’t really a story of radicalisation. What it skewers is the feeling of growing up very publicly in a world where sending nudes risks them instantly being shared round the class and everyone automatically films playground fights on their phones, and how that intensifies dan...

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