50 m. ago ‘Dangerous’ online pornography featuring choking to be banned

Conservative peer Baroness Bertin warned that there has been a ‘total absence of government scrutiny’ of the pornography industry

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77 m. ago Pornography depicting strangulation to become criminal offence in the UK

Legal requirement to be placed on tech platforms to prevent users from seeing such ‘choking’ materialPorn featuring strangulation or suffocation – often referred to as “choking” – is due to be criminalised, with a legal requirement placed on tech platforms to prevent UK users from seeing such material.Possessing or publishing porn featuring choking will become a criminal offence under amendments to the Crime and Policing bill tabled in parliament on Monday. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Rapist lured teen girl to his flat after her phone died and assaulted her in toilet

A teenage girl was left stranded on a bus when her phone battery died when sick sexual predator Chiemka Okoronta offered to share a cab with her, but took her back to his flat and attacked her

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1 hour ago More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn

Expert panel says report on gap in global wealth between rich and poor highlights need for intervention by G20More than $70tn (£53tn) of inherited wealth will pass down the generations across the world over the next decade, widening inequality and highlighting the need for intervention by the G20 group of leading nations, a group of economists and campaigners have warned.In a report ahead of the G20 meetings in Johannesburg, hosted by the South African government later this month, the expert panel said the gap in global wealth between rich and poor will widen over the next decade without a permanent monitoring group such as the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago All WhatsApp users urged not to miss out amid seven major changes

The messaging platform has launched seven new features

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3 h. ago CM Naidu in London, Showcases AP’s Industry Friendly Ambience

CM Naidu in London, Showcases AP’s Industry Friendly Ambience  Deccan Chronicle

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3 h. ago Former chaplain to late Queen was snared in paedophile sting after sending indecent messages to who he thought was a teenage boy

A former chaplain to the late Queen admitted sending indecent messages to a person he believed to be a 14-year-old boy, a court was told.

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4 h. ago Jurgen Klopp as next Celtic manager claim triggers Rangers pair as Dermot Desmond urged to dig deeper than ever

The Liverpool legend is currently working as Red Bull's Head of Global Soccer after taking a break from the dugout

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5 h. ago All Blacks supremo recalls his Scottish adventure and admits something is stirring in Edinburgh

Head coach has fond memories of spell at Ayr in mid-90s

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5 h. ago ‘It is OK to be different’ — says Northeastern London’s new student group

‘It is OK to be different’ — says Northeastern London’s new student group  Northeastern Global News

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5 h. ago First picture of 'amazing' Scots man killed in horror road crash as tributes paid

Leighton Buchanan was pronounced dead after the crash on the A92 near Inverkeilor.

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6 h. ago The LEGO shop with massive discounts that not many people know about it

Coveted sets like Star Wars, Titanic and Harry Potter, have discounts of up to £70 off

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6 h. ago Huntingdon train stab suspect could be linked to string of knife incidents in hours before rampage

Police are investigating whether man accused of horror attack on London-bound train was also behind stabbing of teenager in Peterborough and terrifying ordeal at a barber’s shop

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6 h. ago Huntingdon train stabbing latest: Attack on teenager the night before may be linked

Huntingdon train stabbing latest: Attack on teenager the night before may be linked  The Independent

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6 h. ago MPs spar over response to Cambridgeshire train attack – UK politics live

Lib Dem spokesperson says Reform ‘trying to exploit incident for political gain’ and shadow home secretary’s remarks are ‘beneath contempt’Farage is speaking now. He says another “depressing budget hoves into view”. It will be a budget that “doesn’t have the guts to cut public spending”.He says Britain has been living under an illusion.I think for some years we’ve actually been living under an illusion. We’ve not been prepared to face up to just how much of an economic mess we genuinely in.As we slipped down the global league tables, we kid ourselves that it’s OK, we’ve got GDP growth. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Away from Brazil’s ‘forest’ Cop30 – the fate of the Congo Rainforest hangs in the balance

The Democratic Republic of Congo government has opened bids for oil and gas drilling across huge swathes of the country, raising fears that the world’s last great rainforest carbon sink could be destroyed, Nick Ferris reports

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6 h. ago The answer to iPhone addiction could lie in this blast from the past

As more parents try to limit their children’s screen time and keep them offline for as long as possible, many are turning back the clock — swapping smartphones for classic 1980s-style landlines. Amber Raiken explores why the retro phone is making a comeback as the latest parenting trend.

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6 h. ago Justin Trudeau's rapper son sounds worse than ever in latest music video despite father's burgeoning romance with Katy Perry

The video featured a cameo from the former Canadian prime minister, after he recently went public with his relationship with the pop star.

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6 h. ago Mum blows away escaped monkey after truck crash unleashes troop of terror

Following a number of primates on the loose since last week in Mississippi, Jessica Ferguson didn't take any chances after her teenage soon spotted one of them by their property

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7 h. ago Rochdale grooming gang 'monster' who trafficked vulnerable girls and made a 13

To the fury of victims, Adil Khan - who sickeningly claimed he shouldn't be sent back to Pakistan because he was a 'role model' for his teenage son - has fought a long-running battle to remain in the UK.

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