13 h. ago UK traffic to popular porn sites slumps after age checks introduced

Figures from digital data company show effect of strict rules brought in last month under Online Safety ActBritish visits to popular pornography sites have slumped following the introduction of strict age checks last month, data shows.Daily visits to Pornhub, the UK’s most used porn site, fell from 3.6m on 24 July, the day before age-gating was introduced, to 1.9m on 8 August, a drop of 47%. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Welsh woman says she earns £2,500 a month selling fart videos to Americans

Kirsty Farts started posting content after receiving an £11,000 vet bill

Economics

4 d. ago British horse rider tragically dies aged 37 after fatal fall as event cancelled

Sarah Yorke was competing in the Aston-le-Wales Horse Trials in Northamptonshire when the incident occurred

Events

9 d. ago British woman is trapped in US after breaking her back in horror fall at a summer camp and insurance firm 'refused to pay for her flight home'

Charlotte Hollins Anderton, from Abergele, north Wales, endured the 'life changing accident' while working her dream job as a summer camp leader in the US.

Economics

1 week ago Brit woman, 23, plunges 30ft in 'life changing accident' in US and can't get home

Charlotte Hollins Anderton, 23, plummeted 30ft while working as a camp leader in the US and endured an eight-hour wait for rescue with a fractured spine, two shattered feet and internal bleeding

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1 week ago Welsh woman aged 23 falls 30ft in 'life changing accident' in USA

Charlotte Hollins Anderton waited eight hours to be rescued with a broken back, two broken feet and internal bleeding, but her insurance company will not pay for her to be repatriated

Politics

1 week ago The Guardian view on the green transition: renewables are the future – but countries’ actions must catch up with their promises | Editorial

To counter attacks on net zero, challenges including the need for grid upgrades will have to be graspedWith net zero policies under attack from elected far-right populists as well as autocratic petrostates, and another summer of record-breaking temperatures in Europe, the failure to decarbonise the world’s power supply is as gravely concerning as ever. But the UN secretary general, António Guterres, struck an optimistic note in a recent speech in New York. The world, he said, “is on the cusp of a new era The sun is rising on a clean energy age.” Pointing to falls in the cost of onshore wind and solar, and the risk of further gas-price shocks in future, he called on big technology companies – whose datacentres are one reason for soaring energy use – to adopt a target of 100% low-carbon electricity by 2030.Given US president Donald Trump’s personal hostility to renewable energy, Mr Guterres may be right that it makes more sense to demand action from US businesses at this point. In Sco...

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3 w. ago Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy breaks down in tears as she marks nine months since the One Direction star's tragic death

The One Direction star died aged 31 on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was found to have alcohol and cocaine in his system.

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3 w. ago Liam Payne's sister's heartbreaking tribute after Netflix release last TV appearance

Liam Payne tragically died at the age of 31 last year after falling from the third floor of a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

Economics