57 h. ago Shop sold vape to child and had illegal products seized in sting operation

South Wales Police, together with Neath Port Talbot Council's trading standards team carried out test purchases

Events

4 d. ago Keir Starmer may be too busy to master the latest dance craze – but he needs to be on TikTok | Carys Afoko

Yes, there’s a country to run, but the social media platform has 30 million users in the UK. Can the PM afford to abandon them all to Nigel Farage?Marks & Spencer recently announced that it would start selling some of its beauty range through TikTok. It’s a no-brainer for the retailer: a beauty product is sold every second on TikTok Shop, and 25% of Britons say they will use it to buy their Christmas goodies. If you haven’t bought something that way, picture a cross between Amazon and QVC. There is everything from books and clothes to groceries and beauty products. The app has endless deals, discounts and bright red countdowns that encourage you to “buy now”. The items you see are personalised, shaped by the all-powerful algorithm. I’m trying not to be offended at how often it suggests I buy serums that are like “botox in a bottle”.TikTok’s struggles in the US are well documented, but in the UK it is booming. We have the most users in Europe, with more than 30 million people usi...

Transport

1 week ago Inside secret sex robot ‘swap shop’ where torsos & ‘cheating wife dolls’ are shared, sold and used to ‘romp outdoors’

SIX sex dolls are pictured in a garage lined up next to a motorcycle – varying in hair colour, height and clothes. The person who shared the photo online, viewed 11,461 times, has titled the post "My Girls". The post reads: “I would like to introduce everyone to my girls: Rebecca, Kimberley, Mona, Monika, Alicia...

Society

2 w. ago Here’s where the royal jewels stolen from the Louvre could end up

They could be melted or broken down and ‘sold down the street’ in a shop

Politics

3 w. ago I sold my £4.50 charity shop find for nearly £300 – how to find bargains and resell to make hundreds

A BARGAIN hunter has revealed how he sold a £4.50 charity shop punt for nearly £300 - and we explain how to find a hidden gem of your own. Chris Hutton, 47, flipped a second-hand oil painting for hundreds of pounds more than he bought it for. The bargain lover has been buying and selling...

Economics

3 w. ago 'I bought a painting in a charity shop for £4.50 and sold it for hundreds'

Chris found out the painting was by a Spanish artist

Economics