The UK’s competition watchdog says it has accepted proposed changes from Meta to the way the social media giant uses the data of customers who advertise on its platforms. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Meta had pledged to allow advertisers to place adverts on Facebook Marketplace and beContinue Reading
The number of companies that became insolvent in July was 16% higher than during the same period last year, according to official data. In England and Wales, 2,191 businesses went bust, according to the Insolvency Service, compared with 1,890 in July 2023. The figures included 320 compulsory liquidations – whenContinue Reading
Media regulator Ofcom is ramping up its hiring of online safety staff as debate continues over the ability of the UK to properly tackle the spread of misinformation online. The riots in parts of the UK earlier this month were fuelled by the spread of misinformation in the wake ofContinue Reading
Chinese scientists have found that the orb-weaving spider manipulates fireflies caught in its web to lure and trap others of the species for its next meal. Abscondita terminalis fireflies use light-emitting cells on their abdomens to communicate with others of the species, with males using multi-pulse flashes and females makingContinue Reading
Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick has admitted he previously used the Ozempic weight-loss jab but “didn’t particularly enjoy it”. The former immigration minister confirmed he took the medication for around six weeks last autumn to shed some pounds. Mr Jenrick was addressing rumours about his sudden weight loss over theContinue Reading
An amateur fossil hunter has uncovered a 7 ft-long, fully intact mammoth tusk in a creek near a Mississippi river stream, a world-first discovery that sheds more light on the region’s ecology during the last Ice Age. While fossils of the closely related mastodon have previously been found across theContinue Reading
Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling was dropped from the entire squad by new boss Enzo Maresca for the opening match of the season against Manchester City. That prompted the 29-year-old’s camp to release a bombshell statement demanding talks with the club’s hierarchy. Sterling played a key role in pre-season and wasContinue Reading
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” wrote Robert Frost, in a poem that has terrorised schoolchildren for a century. Frost’s vision ofContinue Reading
Hopes of a late Tottenham push for Eberechi Eze were dashed this week when his release clause expired. Crystal Palace would have been defenceless if Spurs or any other interested party forked out £60million earlier this summer, but the expiration of Eze’s clause means the Eagles can effectively demand whateverContinue Reading
Health secretary Wes Streeting has been accused of ignoring a whistleblower who helped to uncover a major scandal within the nursing regulator. Evidence of widespread racism and a “toxic” within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) that was putting the public and nurses at risk was found in July byContinue Reading
