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Two men fined £10,000 each for organising snowball fight during lockdown

Two men have been fined £10,000 each for their part in organising a mass snowball fight in Leeds, which police say was a ‘blatant breach’ of lockdown.  The unnamed pair, aged 20 and 23, were tracked down after hundreds of people gathered for more than two hours at Woodhouse Moor earlier this month, in scenes […]

Man arrested after suspicious package sent to Oxford vaccine factory

A man has been arrested after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid vaccine production plant in north Wales. The package was received at The Wockhardt factory, in Wrexham, on January 27, and an army bomb squad was called to safely remove it. The factory had to be partially evacuated, and surrounding roads closed […]

Royal documentary banned by the Queen in 1972 leaked on YouTube

A royal documentary the Queen banned nearly 50 years ago has been leaked online. The 90-minute ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary was one of television’s great secrets, featuring never before seen footage of a young Prince Charles and Prince Philip cooking sausages on a barbecue. It’s understood the Queen ordered the BBC film be locked away in 1972 […]

EU tells Google, Facebook and Twitter to extend fake news watch, Covid-19 in focus

Social media and online platforms have come under fire globally over the spread of fake news BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – The European Commission has told Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft to continue monthly reports on their efforts to tackle fake news, especially on Covid-19, for another six months. Social media and online platforms have come under […]

EU tells Google, Facebook and Twitter to extend fake news watch, Covid-19 in focus

Social media and online platforms have come under fire globally over the spread of fake news BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – The European Commission has told Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft to continue monthly reports on their efforts to tackle fake news, especially on Covid-19, for another six months. Social media and online platforms have come under […]

M25 traffic latest: M25 closed as lorry jackknifes through rush hour traffic

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The incident took place on the M25 anti-clockwise from J25 for the A10 Great Cambridge Road to J24 for Stagg Hill. Motorists can expect up to nine miles of congestion back to […]