6 h. ago Uber and other private hire drivers to log off apps for global strike

Thousands of drivers across the world are planning to join the strike on Thursday

Events

4 d. ago Dating apps face a reckoning as users log off: ‘There’s no actual human connection’

In Australia, dating apps have been hit with lawsuits and new regulation, while their profits are declining worldwideGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailSad, dizzyingly over-scheduled and suffering a serious case of “thumb fatigue”, midway through last year, Anne* decided to delete her dating apps.For the previous four months, the 31-year-old Sydney resident had been attempting to achieve two big adult milestones at once: finding love and finding a place to buy. Every Saturday, it felt as though she was being priced out of another suburb, and at auctions she was mainly surrounded by couples. Then she would come home, open Hinge and experience a crushing sense of rejection “on such a personal level”. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Bella Ramsey deletes social media after hate campaign for not looking 'computer generated'

The 21-year-old actress revealed how the hate she has received for her appearance has forced her to log off social media, but it points to a more troubling trend within the gaming community

Politics

9 d. ago New driving licence rules come into force suddenly and will affect thousands of motorists

Transport for London has launched temporary licences for private hire vehicle drivers in the capital and surrounding Greater London areas in a bid to tackle delays

Transport

2 w. ago Chilling moment taxi driver preys on woman walking home from party before leading her to alley to rape her

Daniel Hayelom, 36, an off-duty private hire driver, raped the victim after he saw her walking home from a party in Beeston, Leeds, shortly after 6am in October 2023.

Society

3 w. ago Tariffs driving India to strike trade deals, finance minister says ahead of UK talks

Nirmala Sitharam says turmoil forcing countries to seek accords beyond old ideological and political tiesIndia is seeking to strike more trade deals with other countries at a time of “global uncertainty”, its finance minister, Nirmala Sitharam, said before talks with the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves.Sitharam, who serves as finance and corporate affairs minister in Narendra Modi’s government, said she was hopeful the UK and India would finalise a free trade deal “sooner rather than later”. Continue reading...

Economics

4 w. ago Motor finance compensation ruling ‘goes too far’, watchdog tells Supreme Court

Two lenders have taken a row over whether drivers could be entitled to money back on their hire-purchase agreements to the UK’s highest Court.

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