10 h. ago Four common scams targeting older people to look out for this winter

The end of the year is peak season for scammers trying to trick people out of their hard-earned cash or savings. Here are four common scams to look out for this winter

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41 h. ago World’s loneliest elephant died of rare disease after decade of isolation in zoo following death of only friend

AN AUTOPSY report has revealed the cause of death of the world's loneliest elephant - who lived in isolation for over two decades at an Indian zoo. The 29-year-old elephant, named Shankar, is said to have died in September from the encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV). EMCV is a rare rodent-borne virus that can infect a range...

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54 h. ago Financial experts warn older people not to fall for these four scams this winter

Criminals are evolving their scam techniques to trick people into handing over cash or personal details.

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69 h. ago Premier League ace Yves Bissouma has more than £800k ‘stolen’ from account at VIP bank Coutts in massive ‘fraud’

PREMIER League ace Yves Bissouma had more than £800,000 “stolen” in an alleged fraud from his VIP Coutts bank account.  The £30million Spurs midfielder’s losses occurred between September 2022 and June 2024, The Sun can reveal.  Maurice Gomes, 31, was initially arrested after a report from the player over a year ago.  Metropolitan police confirmed Gomes was...

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3 d. ago The four most common scams targeting older people – and how to avoid them

Some scammers will even mirror the hold music your bank uses

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3 d. ago A quarter of UK adults report living in damp mouldy homes, study shows

A new report has revealed that more than a quarter of British adults are living in homes that are damp, mouldy or freezing

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3 d. ago 'Choking' in porn has become the new normal. Here’s why a new UK law banning it is so vital | Clare McGlynn

Strangulation during sex damages young women’s brain health and breeds deep gender inequality. But the real test will be its enforcementThis week marks a turning point in the UK’s approach to violent porn. The government has announced it will make publishing or possessing pornographic depictions of strangulation or suffocation – often known as “choking” – illegal. This bold move could transform the porn that appears on porn sites and social media platforms.Strangulation in porn was once niche. Indeed, studies investigating the content of porn 20 years ago found hardly any instances of it. Yet an independent review of pornography released this year found that it was rife on the most popular porn sites. This summer the children’s commissioner released a report revealing that 58% of young people had seen strangulation in pornography, even though only 6% had searched for it. As renowned porn producer Erika Lust puts it, strangulation has become the “alpha and omega” of “any porn scene”....

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3 d. ago Fraudsters stole from one in five adults in past year as shopping scams are on the rise

Scammers have swindled money from one in five adults in the past year, a worrying report today reveals.

Economics

3 d. ago One in five people lost money to scams in the past year, report reveals

A new agreement between government and industry will aim to make it harder for criminals to trick people through scam calls

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4 d. ago Phone companies to block scam calls from abroad that impersonate banks under new Government plans

The UK's biggest phone networks have pledged put an end to scammers being able to bombard Britons with cold calls from overseas call centres.

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4 d. ago Child obesity crisis: London has worst record in weight surge for primary school youngsters, report reveals

More than a fifth of Year Six pupils in the capital are obese, according to new study

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5 d. ago Irish sporting superstar's legacy is now a pathetic image of a cheat with a charger up his nose to carry out a wicked fraud as he is jailed for faking cancer diagnosis in money scam

DJ Carey, 54, who was dubbed the 'Maradona of hurling', pleaded guilty in July to 10 counts of inducing people to give him money.

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5 d. ago Women behind the lens: ‘I envisioned these slaves whose lives were exchanged for indigo’

Stacey Gillian Abe’s Indigogo project explores how the dye was used in the slave trade – and how those enslaved people lost their identitiesIn 2018, I ended a 10-year relationship and it left me broken. I became quiet and irritable; I craved isolation and found myself putting up emotional barriers to avoid having to talk to anyone about it. It felt like I’d never recover.Taking long walks has always been one of the ways I’ve dealt with my emotional and mental state. On one of these walks around my home city, Kampala in Uganda, I discovered an abandoned warehouse. The building was in the heart of the city, among offices and factories, but seemed isolated and forgotten. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago WSL talking points: London City look promising despite loss and Liverpool vow to fight on

Brighton still find goals despite Agyemang blow, West Ham eye an upturn and Everton leave it late to levelIf Jocelyn Prêcheur needed an example of how far his London City Lionesses team have come in a few weeks, it was Saturday’s encounter against Chelsea. It ended in a 2-0 defeat to the champions but his side impressed at Stamford Bridge and asked several questions of their opponents. London City controlled 43% of possession – perhaps more than expected – and managed the same number of shots on target (three), with Isobel Goodwin providing a particular threat running in behind. “When we compare it to September when we played other top-four opposition, it was really good,” Prêcheur said. “What I like is that we start to see a team – [that] was my biggest challenge. We saw a team that defended and attacked together. We still need to improve.” SDMatch report: Chelsea 2-0 London City LionessesSpurs’ rally against Liverpool reveals Ho’s and Taylor’s tasks Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 'I lost everything. I'm broken': Sole survivor of Air India plane crash speaks out

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh is the only person to have survived the crash were 241 people lost their lives

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7 d. ago A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook? | Norman Solomon

The corporate-friendly party refuses to learn the lessons of the past decade. When will it implement a truly humane agenda?Democrats enabled Donald Trump to become president twice because of repetition compulsions that still propel the party’s leaders – undermining the party’s potential to end the real-life nightmare of Maga control over the federal government. Scrutinizing how this century’s Democratic leaders set the stage for Trump’s electoral triumphs is crucial not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a vital focus on how such failures can be avoided in the future.Elites did quite well after Barack Obama took back the presidency for Democrats in January 2009, amid the Great Recession. He bailed out big banks while a huge number of people lost their homes. By the time Obama was most of the way through his presidency, he had facilitated “the dispossession of at least 5.2 million US homeowner families, the explosion of inequality, and the largest ruination of mi...

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7 d. ago Weight loss jab warning: fraudsters’ fake products ‘could cause real harm’

As texts and social media offer cheap offers, buying from unverified sellers can cause serious health problemsYou have heard and read so much about people using weight loss injections to get slim, you feel it is time to give it a go in the run-up to the festive season. The problem is cost.But it seems there are other options rather than getting a prescription from a doctor and going to the pharmacy. A text message arrives giving a link to a site with much cheaper medication – and with no need to go through official channels. And you saw a similar ad on social media the other day, so you decide to go for it. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Major bank issues warning over SCAM weight loss jabs as number of customers being duped surges

Santander says its customers have lost thousands to weight loss drug fraud, and the number of people falling for fake online ads is rising.

Economics

9 d. ago Left lying in excrement for 20 hours and scenes ‘like war films’: The elderly patients neglected in NHS hospitals

New report reveals ‘heartbreaking’ stories of elderly patients left to languish in hospital corridors for hours as experts warn of ‘crisis in plain sight’

Science

1 week ago Banking fraud expert's number one tip for keeping your money safe from scams

Keeping yourself and your money safe from scams can be a struggle. A user online has revealed the two things they do differently to protect themselves from fraud and scams - and it's simple.

Economics