35 h. ago I see time as a grid in my mind. I remember the birthdays of friends I haven’t seen for 65 years

Judy Stokes, a retired GP, shares her experience as a spatial-sequence synaestheteRead more stories of synaesthesia in the way I feel seriesDid someone with spatial-sequence synaesthesia design the calendar app on mobile phones? Because that’s how time and dates look in my brain. If you say a date to me, that day appears in a grid diagram in my head, and it shows if that box is already imprinted with a holiday, event or someone’s birthday. Public holidays and special events like Christmas and Easter are already imprinted for the year, and the diagram goes backwards to about 100,000BC and then forwards all the way to about the year 2500 before tapering off.It was only in my 60s that I discovered there was a name for this phenomenon – not just the way time appears in this 3D sort of calendar pattern, but the colours seen when I think of certain words. Two decades previously, I’d mentioned to a friend that Tuesdays were yellow and she’d looked at me in the same strange, befuddled way t...

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68 h. ago Ugandans to vote in election expected to extend Museveni’s four

Campaign beset by violence with supporters of rival candidate Bobi Wine teargassed and detainedUgandans are preparing to vote in an election that is expected to result in Yoweri Museveni extending his nearly four-decade grip on power in the east African country, after a campaign beset by violence.Security forces have frequently clamped down on supporters of Museveni’s main opponent, Bobi Wine, by teargassing and shooting bullets at events and detaining people. Authorities have also arrested civil society members and suspended rights groups. On Tuesday, they shut down internet access and limited mobile phone services countrywide. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground  ianVisits

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4 d. ago Iranians able to make some calls abroad while internet access is still out after protests

Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad Tuesday after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which the internet and international calls were cut

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5 d. ago Met chief Sir Mark Rowley accuses 'pundits' of damaging London's reputation after being confronted with figures showing disastrous record on mobile phone theft

Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said negative 'rhetoric' was masking the reality that London was a 'safe' city.

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5 d. ago Violent thug pictured holding knife after stabbing disabled neighbour near playpark

James McMaster McLaughlin was captured on mobile phone footage after attacking his victim.

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5 d. ago Chalamet a smash, Sinners shut out: the key Golden Globes snubs and surprises

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another looks unstoppable ahead of the Oscars, despite Timothée Chalamet’s triumph over Leonardo DiCaprio for best actorThe biggest backlash brewing concerns Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, lauded by critics and embraced – especially in the US – by audiences as one of 2025’s key cultural landmarks. The thriller did win two Globes – for cinematic and box office achievement and original score – but both wound up not really counting. The first is the Globes’s consolation prize (it was won by Barbie in 2023 and Wicked last year); the second wasn’t even broadcast on the telecast. Coogler missing out on screenplay to One Battle After Another was perceived by some as a slap in the face – the Oscars and Baftas separate the category into original and adapted, however, so a corrective could come. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Amy Schumer shares parenting rules for raising young son Gene

Actor and comedian Amy Schumer has revealed she never lets her son play with her phone or watch YouTube, as she joined Oprah Winfrey to discuss the importance of limiting children’s screen time.

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9 d. ago Emergency red weather warning alert to be sent to mobile phones in high risk areas

The Met Office has issued its most severe weather warning to half a million UK phones as Storm Goretti approaches the coast. The emergency alert was broadcast to mobile devices this afternoon amid growing fears over the storm's potential impact.

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1 week ago DARREN LEWIS: 'The fatal Swiss fire exposes a dangerous instinct we've normalised'

The fatal Swiss fire is a terrifying reminder of why we all, adults as well as children, need more situational awareness - and to put our phones away

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1 week ago Mobile phones will shut down today unless you take key steps

Your phone could stop working today and it may be permanent

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1 week ago Powers to seize mobile phones over Channel crossings come into force

The new powers come after the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act became law in December.

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1 week ago UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners

People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from MondayHome Office plans to immediately begin seizing asylum seekers’ mobile phones and sim cards without the need for an arrest have been condemned by a solicitor and anti-torture campaigners.People who arrive by small boat and are sent to Manston processing centre in Kent will from Monday be eligible for searches for electronic devices, a minister has said, with technology on site to download data. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mobile phones of migrants to be seized in Channel crackdown on 'small boats' smuggling gangs

Border guards, police and crime investigators are using new powers from Monday to examine phones and SIM cards of economic migrants and asylum seekers without having to arrest them

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2 w. ago ‘The children were delighted to see themselves in such bright colours’: Moe Wai’s best phone picture

The photographer’s painted bottles and hoops enhanced a carefree afternoon on a Burmese beachAs a tuk-tuk driver, Moe Wai feels that he has honed both his observational and people skills. Wai lives and works in Myin Ka Par, a village in Myanmar, and became interested in mobile photography several years ago. In this instance, he used his phone to capture this gaggle of local children as they were returning home from school.“They were playing on a sandbank with their own plastic bottles,” Wai recalls. He’d been collating props for some time; bottles and hoops he had painted in a variety of colours, including neon pink. “The children were happy to let me replace theirs with my own colourful ones for the purpose of this photo.” He later applied some minor edits using the Lightroom app. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How to beat mobile hikes in 2026 and a top tip to avoid the price increases

Price increases are coming for mobile phone owners - here's what to expect and what can be done about it.

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2 w. ago Watch as London phone thief snatches mobile and is out of sight in 7 seconds

Watch as London phone thief snatches mobile and is out of sight in 7 seconds  My London

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2 w. ago Uswitch issues January 1 energy bills alert as UK homes face 'severe' pressures

Council tax, energy, water, broadband and mobile phone bills have all soared this year, leaving families struggling with the cost of living crisis

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2 w. ago Texas dad helped rescue his kidnapped teenage daughter by tracking her mobile phone, police say

A 23-year-old man was arrested after the girl, 15, was found in a pick-up truck in a wooded area two miles away

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2 w. ago Hero dad rescues kidnapped daughter after tracking her phone on Christmas Day

A 15-year-old girl who was kidnapped at knife point in Texas was rescued thanks to her quick-thinking dad as he was able to locate her using parental control on her mobile phone

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